We are always talking about eye exercises to improve vision, or eye exercise to promote good eye health, but what about the many ways that we ruin our eyesight from day to day?  What causes vision problems in the first place?  Since everyone is into “prevention” these days, I came up with the following list of the four biggest “Ways to Ruin Your Eyesight” in hopes that we can better minimize or avoid them to cut down on their effects.  So, here are four ways to ruin your eyesight:

1. Wear Glasses or contacts   According to the infamous eye-care physician, Dr. Bates, if glasses are worn continuously over time, poor vision will generally become worse. Essentially, what glasses do is lock the eyes into their refractive state and in order to see through your lenses you have to maintain the poor vision that the lenses are designed to correct.  Dr. Bates was a stanch believer in vision therapy using eye exercises to achieve vision without glasses.

2. Eat Sugary foods – Eating sugary foods is bad for the eyesight and promotes aging.  Although glucose is an important source of energy for the body’s cells, too much glucose in the blood for a long time can cause damage to many parts of the body, including the heart, kidneys, blood vessels and the small blood vessels in the eyes.

3. Watch a lot of TV, Work continuously the Computer, and Play hours of video games without taking breaks   If you watch or read a lot of things that require close up vision, you are probably near-sighted.  The reason for this is because you are spending too many hours focusing on objects close up, so your eyes have lost the ability to focus long range.  This is why most articles about eye exercises say to stop from time to time throughout the day (every 30 minutes) and focus on something far away to balance this out.   Note that many children who are encouraged to sit in front of a T.V. or a video game player without taking adequate breaks to train the eye to refocus, are the most prone to having eye problems.  If you have children, make sure that you give them a break from the T.V. or video games every 30 minutes and give them eye exercises for kids.

4. Smoke Cigarettes – The chemicals in cigarette smoke (around 4000 of them) get into the bloodstream of smokers and may induce damage to the macula, at the back of the eye. This damage results in macular degeneration and blindness over time.  If you want good eye health, stop smoking!

Even though we do our best, eye exercises can only do so much for the health of the human eye.  We all need to take care not to exasperate eye problems by engaging in bad habits on a daily basis. This includes making sure our diets are rich in foods that support good eye health, or that good vitamins for the eyes are considered as a supplement.  For more information about simple ways you can improve your eyesight naturally, check out Vision Without Glasses, or Eye Exercises Online

For more information on eye health…

http://www.livestrong.com/article/265107-free-eye-exercises-online/

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