Improve Eyesight With Eye Exercises And Eye Vitamins

The Bates method was established by Dr Bates, the forerunner of natural vision improvement method. 

He was an: Eye-care physician, and his full name is William Horatio Bates, M.D., (1860–1931).  He attributed most sight problems to constant eye strain.  He felt that wearing glasses was harmful and not necessary.

Bates is the publisher of a book, and also a course of magazines.  His focus was on relieving eye strain, and by this, he claimed to improve eyesight.

Why do we blink?  It protects our eyes by moistening them. Blinking causes the moisture of the eye to be spread around.  (Hence - Near Point Stress is a big problem today because, when you stare at a screen, YOU ACTUALLY DECREASE YOU BLINKING RATE.)

The giant squid as the largest known eyes, and they are the size of about a watermelon!

The human eye actually has the most ACTIVE muscles, so who says we shouldn't be exercising our eyes to get them and keep them in shape?.

A newborn baby does not yet produce tears.

Our brain receives the information our eyes "see" via the optic nerve. Our brain than decides what to do with this information.  Our eyes are more complicated than the biggest  and  best computers in the world!  Think about that.

I did eye exercises because I could not drive the highways at night.  The lights went all wavy on my, and the lanes seemed to run into each other.

I am not thrilled about driving the highway at night now, but, I CAN, and I do when I need to.  I find that quite awesome

Check the picture below - Because the answer is:  It's a wave of pink!

Protanopia: One form of color blindness or, color vision deficiency. If you have this condition you will be unable to tell the difference between the colors in the green yellow -red part of the spectrum.

Someone may say "Wow, look at those beautiful pink cherry blossoms." And, those who have protanopia may reply, "You mean those blue/green flowers?"

Because pink flowers, as they reflect both red and blue light, may look blue in the eyes of the protanope.

"So you say you don't have time to work for your vision..."
"Or, you have already made up your mind that it won't work..."
"Maybe, you are just unmotivated..."
"You have all the information, you even have a program, and yet you are not practicing it..."
"Or, you did start, and then just didn't have the discipline to continue..."

Improving your eyesight will NOT work if you do not take action!

Did you know that there are actually a set of vitamins the will help your eye health?

A combination of eye vitamins, good nutrition, good lifestyle will help you keep your eye health remain strong as you age.

There is much you can do to help yourself against Age Related Macular Degeneration.

- don't smoke
- don't drink too much
- drink lots and lots of good clear water
- exercises - yes go out and walk more
- eat nutrient dense foods
- take your eye vitamins
- and, take your omega 3!  ( Check out the blog posts about Omega 3 Benefits For The Eye)

Tips To Improve Eyesight:

So, keep your eyes moving! This may be one of the most important tips you can get in todays busy computer, video and big TV screen world.

Remember when mom told you "Don't stare" Well, she was totally right.  Staring is one of the worst things you can do to your eyes.

"Fixed Focus" anywhere, when you do it for hours at a time and at one distance for a prolonged time - is extremely stressful to your eyes. Using your computer,or even reading a book (that's why students get such tired eyes, especially during exam time.  Even driving a car are some examples of "fixed focus" work.

You can manage this by making sure every 10 minutes, look up, look around, preferably at something more than 10 feet away, and do this for about 10 seconds.

Try and take time to keep your eyes in constant motion.  They can be programmed for fixed vision, and that is not good.

Are you struggling to walk in the dark if you wake up at night?  Or, are you having problems driving at night, with the lights, the dark and seeing the lanes properly? Then you have night blindness, or otherwise officially known as: Nyctalopia.

Our night vision as humans is not as good as an animals vision at night.  Even if we have excellent vision. Cats have more rods than cones, so they see better at night. (Rods are receptors.  The eyes use these receptors for night vision.)

Rumor has it, that it takes about 20 minutes to seriously adjust to night light, or, lack of light at night. As dusk approaches, in nature, our pupils slowly enlarge, and thereby we see "more" of what we are looking at.

At the same time, when our pupils are large, it is harder to change focus quickly, like when driving for instance.

Unfortunately, one of the biggest causes for our night vision change is age, and as of yet we cannot stop time.

But, there are certain things we can do to help manage our aging vision.

1 - Do change your lifestyle to a better one.  You know what to do, right?  Like eat better, drink less, except water - drink more, exercise, don't smoke, lot's of omega 3 the good fats.

2. Vitamin A (It is absolutely required by your retina) And do not overdose on this vitamin if you take supplements, it will build up in your body.

3. Bilberry is smaller than a blueberry,and it is a deep purple color; it has a stronger taste than blueberries.  I am familiar with billberries being of European descent.

Bilberries are associated with improving night vision.

And, to go a step further, laboratory studies show evidence that eating bilberries could help manage, and even help to reverse eye-disorders especially like macular degeneration.

And, eye exercise programs, stemming back to Dr Bates, over 100 years ago, are available.

We stretch, we exercise we look after (those of us who care about our bodies) our bodies, our muscles. There are exercises for just about every single muscle we have. And many of us do exercise these muscles.  So why  be surprised that you can add your eye muscles to the list.

1) Blinking

We blink by nature.  We blink automatically.  That is, most of the time. Blinking keeps our eyes moist, it even helps us focus. And most important, it "rejuvenates" the eye.  BUT, in our new modern lifestyle, our eyes do not get the "blinking" time needed.  We stare, for hours at screens...TV, Computer, Video, Movies.  And, pay attention to your blinking rate while you are starting at these screens....you almost stop blinking.  This is called near point stress.  The good eye programs will teach you how to avoid and manage near point stress.
 
2) Then There Is Palming

Palming is an old exercise, or, procedure, and I believe it goes back to Dr Bates time, over 100 years ago.  There are different methods, but, a simple one is:

- gently blow on the palm of your hands (or hold your palms over a cup of hot water) and make sure your palms are not HOT

- Now take you gently heated palms and cup them over your eyes.  Close your lids, relax you eyes.  You can do that a number of times a day, especially during computer / TV time.

3) Tracing A Huge Clock    

Close your eyes, and imagine a huge clock.  Now gently follow the hands of that imaginary clock all the way around, and then do the same counter clock wise.  This is also a great exercise to relax and stop your eyes from near point stress.
 
4) Focussing on distant objects

Throughout the day your eyes are usually focused within a certain small area/range.  So, many times during the day, just focus on something far away from you.

Always see your eye professional. Never ever self diagnose or assume anything when it comes to your eyes!!!  And also, this article is meant to give information, and never to treat or diagnose.

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