Poor eyesight can significantly impair our quality of life. In absence of healthy vision, what remains is a constant struggle to read, distinguish faces, drive and recognize colors, which can greatly impact our freedom and pleasure. Our eyes need minerals and nutrients, such as vitamin A and C, carotenoids, bioflavonoids, anitoxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. […]
The Link between Your Eyes and Diabetes
Diabetes is a common metabolic disease where your body loses the capability to produce insulin, cannot produce appropriate levels of insulin, or simply cannot use it efficiently for breaking down glucose from food. As you probably know, insulin plays a vital role in breaking down and delivering sugar to cells throughout the body. If there […]
How Your Vision Changes with Age
As you age, it is normal to experience a decline in physical strength and energy levels, and you have to eat more healthy food. Typically, the human body starts becoming weaker, which also affects your eyes as an age-related decline in performance. Where some individuals may begin experiencing eye-related issues in their 40s, others may […]
5 Symptoms That You Need an Eye Exam
Eye health and eyesight varies from person to person. Hence, there is no standard rule of thumb when it comes to heading in for an eye exam. However, it isn’t like visiting the dentist, where you have to go once every six months. That being said, there are some signs and symptoms that show that […]
Why You Should Not Rub Your Eyes
We love rubbing our eyes, don’t we?! It gives us a sense of satisfaction and relief. If you are tired or have dry eyes due to working on your computer non-stop, nothing feels better than to rub your eyes. Rubbing feels good because it stimulates the tear glands, lubricating your eyes and giving you a […]
How to Light Your Room to Reduce Eye Strain
Staring at a computer screen for extended periods strains and stresses your eyes. The eyes become dry and itchy and the vision tends to be blurred. You cannot avoid work, but you certainly can take some measures to make your working experience more pleasant and healthy. Too much or too little light in the workspace […]
Do You Blink Enough?
How often do you blink? Your answer may reveal great deal about the health of your eyes. Blinking is a simple and subconscious activity that involves opening and closing of the eyelids to revitalize and refresh your eyes. An involuntary action that takes less than 1/3 of a second. A person with normal eyesight usually […]
4 Reasons Your Eyes Might Twitch
Your eyes are twitching and you cannot seem to stop? You are not alone. All of us experience twitchy eyes from time to time. Eye twitching or Myokymia is the involuntary contraction of the muscles in an eyelid. Also called eye spasms and eyelid tics, this annoying distraction is usually a sign that you are […]
How Digital Screens Can Affect Your Eyesight
Smartphones, computer screens and tablets display affects the eyesight differently due to pixels. As we focus hard on pixels, our eyes have to work more as compared to while reading a traditional book. Even though digital screen resolution is improving continuously with the help of advanced technology, a few problems still arise due to prolonged […]
Why You Need Proper Sleep for Perfect Eyesight
Life is busy. There is so much to do and so little time. There are countless errands to run, a myriad of responsibilities to fulfill and a number of distractions to entertain us. Who has time to sleep? 1 in 3 adults do not get enough sleep. Insufficient sleep has become a huge problem that […]