Our bodies need a specific blend of vitamins and nutrients to function optimally and last well into our elderly years. Most of those critical vitamins come from our diets. Nearly 45 percent of child deaths are related to undernutrition. But it’s not only third-world countries that suffer from vitamin deficiencies. It’s common for Americans to […]
Millions of people have laser eye surgery, like LASIK, performed to improve their vision every year. For some, the surgery is successful. Their vision improves to the point where they don’t have to wear corrective lenses any longer. For others, the surgery isn’t so successful. While maybe their vision improves slightly, it doesn’t improve enough […]
Your diet plays a huge role in the health of your eyes. What you put in your body either fuels or harms it. This does not necessarily mean that you need to lose weight to have healthy eyes, or, that you need to gain weight. It’s about what your diet consists of and the nutrients […]
Our readers visit our site to learn about vision care and take our eye vitamins for a variety of reasons, from strengthening near and far vision to slowing down and treating aging vision and astigmatism. Still, out of all those, you’ll likely find a couple of unusually popular reasons, like maybe finally getting rid of […]
The names of eye conditions can sometimes be confusing, not to mention completely baffling when it comes to understanding what each condition means. Your eye doctor may have diagnosed you with one, but what does it mean? When it comes to nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism, most people aren’t quite sure of the differences. If you’re […]
Wet eyes aren’t always a sign of crying. The eyes need wetness to stay lubricated and functioning. If you want to have healthy and happy eyes, drink lots of water so you don’t become dehydrated. You’re probably familiar with the fact that dehydration can cause a whole host of health problems. Especially in relation to […]
As you get into your 40s and 50s, you start entering an age where you need to take a little more care of yourself. Unfortunately, unless your name is Peter Pan, you can’t stay young forever! Getting older will begin to take its toll on your body in many ways. Your eyesight is just one […]
Eye exercises are a natural remedy for anyone suffering from poor vision. There are wide arrays of exercises that can be performed. And, all are able to aid certain eye or vision conditions. One major goal of these exercises is to improve the vision of someone who suffers from different vision capabilities and prescriptions in […]
Diabetes is a condition that is the direct result of having an excessive amount of glucose in the blood. This excess can affect many different areas of your body, including the eyes. It has been reported that conditions of the eyes that are directly related to diabetes are the leading cause of blindness in adults […]
Farsightedness is a fairly common ailment, especially as we age. Farsightedness, or hyperopia, makes it hard (and even impossible, in some cases) for your eyes to focus upon up-close objects. Similar to how cars must shift gears when driving up a hill, our eyes need added power when viewing things up close. If our eyes, […]
