Guide to Eye Health

Better vision and put away your eyeglasses

The quick and easy clearer vision eyeglasses give us helps create a high dependency on the eyeglasses for those people with vision errors. It is much easier to start wearing eyeglasses for vision correction than to throw away the eyeglasses still to obtain better vision. But if you insist it is possible for you to reward from the good habits which will greatly enhance your vision by kicking off your eyeglasses.

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Borrow large print books from NAVH for free

In New York, the National Association for the Vision Impaired (NAVH) maintains a special loan library which includes a wide catalog of large print books. This loan library contains more than 10,000 books in large print which meet the specific large print standards. All people with impaired vision can borrow their preferable large print books from NAVH for free.

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Bad habits against eye health

There are currently a large number of individuals suffering from vision problems and wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses. Except for hereditary factors, there are many daily habits that may cause vision problems. This article lists some of the bad habits.

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Borrow audio books and magazine for free

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is now providing eligible folks with free books on tape. Through the Library of Congress, this organization offers free Braille and recorded materials to special readers who have seriously poor vision or some other physical problems. This free program covers several needs for those handicapped individuals. First, books and magazines in audio form and Braille are available. When borrowing free books or magazines, a blind person can also get specially designed cassette players without being charged. For those who have significant hearing loss, they can apply for an amplifier. Yet another benefit provided by this special program is that all these services are postage-free.

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Appropriate dosage of lutein

For a few years, lutein has been widely known to contribute to the prevention of age-related macular degeneration. But many people do not know how much lutein dosage is appropriate. In fact, lutein is only one kind of carotenoids. Carotenoids can be mainly grouped into two categories: carotenes and xanthophylls. Alpha, beta-carotene and lycopene belong to carotenes and lutein and zeaxanthin are actually under xanthophylls.

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Various nutrients over lutein and zeaxanthin

In the past years, lutein and zeaxanthin supplements have been widely recommended by lots of eye doctors and nutritionists. These supplements are believed to helpful in fighting against age-related macular degeneration. On the market, there are quite a huge variety of lutein and zeaxanthin supplement products in different brands. In most cases, the recommended dose for is 50mg for lutein and 100mg for zeaxanthin every day.

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Lutein from different sources

As a type of carotenoids, lutein is thought to fight against free radicals in the body and plays a key role in preventing age-related vision problems. Lutein has been taking by ordinary people every day. In order to get the maximum benefit from lutein, it is necessary to consume foods that are rich in the substance. These foods should be part of a health diet.

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Types of eye strengthening exercises

Several eye strengthening exercises will be introduced in this article. First one is playing restful games. The second type is going to the movies and the third one is to avoid four o’clock fatigue.

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Hypertension affects eye health

Also named hypertension, high blood pressure is closely related with macular defects such as macular degeneration. Many eye professionals report that they discover other health conditions in a patient during an eye exam.

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Natural ways to slow vision declining

Some functions of the body can be considerably affected by natural aging. In most cases, an older person is always weaker. Like other parts of the body, the eyes are also vulnerable to the effects of aging. In detail, eye muscles will lose their flexibility as people age. And the pupils can no longer focus light properly, leading to vision declining or even loss.

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