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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Key To Maintaining Good Eye Health

By Candace Hubbs

If you want to maintain good eye health, it is advisable to go about it in a similar way to taking care of your general health. Like the rest of the body, the eyes need good nutrition, exercise and occasional examinations by a physician.

It would be much easier to look after our eyes nutritionally if we could count on a wholesome and balanced diet. Unfortunately, modern living has made it that no such guarantees are available. Today, food is plentiful and with glottalization, we have access to the widest range of food in human history. The problem is that modern agriculture and preservation techniques have meant that food has lost a lot of its potency although it looks very good on supermarket shelves. You cannot be sure of the best eye health if your food intake is solely reliant on mass marketed produce.

In order to get a proper balanced diet, you will need to consume what many might describe as a power diet. For example, eyesight can be helped with a diet that is rich in omega fatty acids. This does not mean you can rely on a weekly dose of frozen products from the supermarket to do the trick, no matter how beautifully 'OMEGA 3's' is emblazoned on the packet. You need lots of freshwater fish, cooked very lightly, as soon as possible after it was caught. Alternatively, you can take bottled or capsule fish oil. These should be organically sourced and optimally prepared to maintain the volatility of the fatty acids.

Eyes are mainly muscles and like other muscles in the body they need exercise to remain strong and healthy. In the past it was easy for eyes to get as much exercise as they needed. This was because eyes had much more varied work to do and had to work in different conditions. For example, long range viewing was much more necessary when our ancestors had to keep watch for enemies and prey. Also, as bright light of day faded into the depth of night, our eyes had to work accordingly. Today, with artificial lighting and new light sources from TV's and computer monitors, eyes are not expected to work in the same way they did before. Now there must be a concerted effort to include eye exercises daily.

You should make regular visits to the optometrist to get a professional opinion on your eye health. The optometrist will also advise of impending problems and treat you accordingly. Good medical care of eyes goes a long way to ensuring that you have sight for life. - 17273

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