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www.HowToImproveEyesight.com
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Publisher and prepress:
Infostudio Ltd. Croatia
2015
Author:
Viktor Medvedev
Translation to English language:
Branislava Pogacic
Proofreading:
Kristin Personette
ISBN:
978-953-56483-2-1
CIP record available at computerized catalogue of the National and
University Library in Zagreb under the No. 806418
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All rights reserved. No part of this book is permitted to be copied,
broadcasted by any means, electronically, mechanically, by
photocopying, re-recording or otherwise, without the prior written
consent of the right holder.
This book and all the guidelines therein are for informational
purposes only and do not constitute medical and / or professional
advice. This book is not to be used to diagnose or treat any medical
problem. The book is written with a benevolent purpose to naturally
help all those who have vision problems, and before performing the
exercises, consult with your doctor or seek the help of a suitably
qualified and competent professional.
Using any tips and advice in the book is entirely the personal
responsibility of each individual. The author, publisher, distributor
or any third party does not bear any material, legal or any other
responsibility for the accuracy of the information, nor for any
damage or physical injury arising out of its use.
When you work on self-healing, it is useful to have the support of a
qualified professional, but keep in mind that most optometrists and
ophthalmologists have not been trained in natural healing and
might not support your efforts or will try to talk you out of doing
the exercises.
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PREFACE .................................................................................................... 9
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 12
How exercises work ............................................................................. 13
Glasses or laser surgery? ..................................................................... 15
Why haven’t you heard of improving eyesight naturally before? 16
How to read this program .................................................................. 17
EYES AND SIGHT ................................................................................... 20
Anatomy of the eye .............................................................................. 21
Eye muscles ........................................................................................... 23
Accommodation or adjustment (focusing) ....................................... 25
Protection of the eye from harmful influences ................................ 26
Visual disturbances .............................................................................. 27
The most common eye disorders caused by changing the shape of
the eyeball ............................................................................................. 31
Short-sightedness (myopia) ............................................................ 31
Farsightedness (hyperopia) ............................................................ 33
Astigmatism ...................................................................................... 35
Eye diseases that lead to visual disturbances .................................. 39
Glaucoma .......................................................................................... 39
Cataract .............................................................................................. 41
Macular degeneration ..................................................................... 43
The connection of vision with the body and mind ......................... 47
Body and vision .................................................................................... 47
Sitting ................................................................................................. 48
Standing ............................................................................................. 49
Recumbency ...................................................................................... 50
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Mind and vision ............................................................................... 52
Sight correction ..................................................................................... 53
Glasses ............................................................................................... 53
Sunglasses ......................................................................................... 56
Pinhole glasses .................................................................................. 57
Contact lenses ................................................................................... 60
Laser eye surgery ............................................................................. 61
NUTRITION AND THE ROLE OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS . 63
Carbohydrates (Carbs) ........................................................................ 64
Proteins .................................................................................................. 65
Fats ......................................................................................................... 66
Nutritive supplements ........................................................................ 66
Vitamins important for your eyes ..................................................... 68
Fatty acids that contribute to good sight .......................................... 74
Minerals essential for eye health ....................................................... 75
Diet that helps with diseases of the eye ............................................ 81
Foods that improve eyesight .............................................................. 81
Hydration .............................................................................................. 85
What harms our sight? ........................................................................ 85
The hazards of fast food .................................................................. 87
White (refined) sugar ....................................................................... 88
Soda .................................................................................................... 90
Influence of alcohol .......................................................................... 91
Harmfulness of nicotine .................................................................. 92
Downsides of consuming caffeine ................................................. 92
Salt and bad eyesight ....................................................................... 93
White flour ........................................................................................ 93
Oils and fats .......................................................................................... 93
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EXERCISES FOR VISION IMPROVEMENT ........................................ 96
What you need to know before starting with exercises ................. 96
Preparing the space for exercise .................................................... 98
When to practice? ............................................................................. 99
Proper breathing ............................................................................ 100
Blinking ........................................................................................... 100
Watching in the blurry zone ......................................................... 101
Moments of clear vision ................................................................ 102
Motivation ........................................................................................... 103
Demotivators .................................................................................. 105
Journaling ........................................................................................ 107
Tracking results .................................................................................. 108
Exercises .............................................................................................. 110
1. Relaxation exercises ....................................................................... 111
1.1 Palm exercise ............................................................................ 111
1. 2. Sun-bathing ............................................................................. 113
2. Warm-up exercises and stretching .............................................. 116
2.1. Jumping .................................................................................... 116
2.2. Stretching neck ........................................................................ 117
3. The massage exercises ................................................................... 118
3.1. Face massage............................................................................ 119
4. Exercises to strengthen the eye muscles ..................................... 120
4.1. closer-farther ............................................................................ 120
4.2. Ribbon for better vision .......................................................... 124
4.3. Dimensioning .......................................................................... 129
4.4. Peripheral vision ..................................................................... 132
4.5. Sharpen vision and reading blurry letters ........................... 134
4.6. Stretching of eyes .................................................................... 140
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4.7. Face stretching ......................................................................... 142
Plan for training conduction............................................................. 143
Daily training schedule: ................................................................ 145
5. Mind exercises ................................................................................ 148
5.1. Getting rid of stress ................................................................. 149
5.2. Relaxing .................................................................................... 150
DAILY HABITS ...................................................................................... 152
Eye hygiene ......................................................................................... 152
How to read correctly ........................................................................ 154
Instructions for computer users ....................................................... 155
Frequent focusing .............................................................................. 158
Do not daydream ............................................................................... 158
Watching TV ....................................................................................... 159
Everyday conduct of vision improvement exercises .................... 160
Relaxing ............................................................................................... 161
Get a good night’s rest! ..................................................................... 161
Proper nutrition and hydration ....................................................... 162
FINAL MESSAGE .................................................................................. 164
BIBLIOGRAPHY: ................................................................................... 165
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I had noticed the first symptoms of visual loss when I was in high
school. Of course, I went to an eye examination and got glasses. The
doctor told me that I have to wear them constantly, but since those
didn’t suit me well, I wore them only when it was necessary.
Dioptre has not further increased.
A few years later, the study of physics required a lot of time on the
computer and reading books. Then I realized that my vision was
beginning to further weaken and I started to regularly wear glasses.
I wore them in hope that my sight will get better, but unfortunately
it didn't. Instead, each following year during the eyes examination
the increase of dioptre was found. With dioptre constantly
increasing, I had to regularly spend a lot of money while I changed
glasses every six months to a year.
I stopped playing sports and eventually I neglected my body. I tried
out contact lenses, but they were uncomfortable and irritating.
I came across the book that changed my life by accident, in the
library, looking for books for a project in optics. It was a very old
book (from the 1920th) written by Dr. William Bates. The contents of
the book really intrigued me, since I was wearing glasses, and the
book was about natural ways of repairing sight.
After I read the book, I realized why my eyesight never improved
while I was wearing glasses. I also found out that Dr. William Bates
has his followers all over the world, testifying that their vision
improved and perfected with the help of his instructions. I learned
that this is not the only book on the subject, and I've read some more
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about natural vision improvement written by well-known Russian
and international ophthalmologists. I learned that the exercises I
found in these books are used by famous professional athletes, pilots
and U.S. Marines. Moreover, I came across a number of professional
and proven researches published in the Official Journal of the
Association of American Opticians.
After I studied all the literature, I started with the exercises. Some
were for the whole body, some only for the eyes, and some were
mental exercises. The exercises were very easy to remember and
somehow very entertaining.
After two weeks of training, I felt that my sight was improving. I
cannot describe that feeling when again, after a long time, I could
clearly see without glasses. Since this gave me the motivation to
continue with the exercises, I seriously got to it. After some time, my
vision was completely healed and I was able to discard my glasses.
My friends were sceptical, and even laughed at me because I, a
physicist, was trying to naturally improve my vision. They were
very surprised when I succeeded, so those with bad eyesight asked
me to help. With my instructions, they all managed to improve their
vision.
This stimulated me to help many people, because I knew what a
suffering is not to see. I began to investigate the treatment of vision
in a natural way, I was educated by and worked with many experts
in this field. Since the training could be done at home, I decided to
make a detailed program one could follow to improve eyesight.
Surely, you must have at least a bit of doubt and you wonder
whether you will really get help with this program to reach vision
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without glasses. You will! The exercises have helped thousands of
people, including me, so surely it will help you too.
Regardless of whether you suffer from nearsightedness,
farsightedness or astigmatism, this program can and will help.
Whatever you need you already hold in your hands. Welcome to the
road to your natural sight.
Viktor Medvedev
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If you are able to read this without glasses, take them off. If you
don’t see, keep them on.
This book represents a complete program that will step-by-step
make you familiar with a simple way on how to improve your eye
health with the help of exercise and proper nutrition, which results
in better vision. The program contains a number of tips and hints. If
you apply them regularly and correctly, your sight problems will
disappear. Vision will gradually improve and you will not be forced
to wear glasses or contact lenses any more.
Everything I wrote in this program is part of my experience and the
basic program I walked through until my vision had been brought
to perfection. There is no place for scepticism. Exercises have led my
patients and me to success, and it will lead you to success as well.
The information available to you in this program is not just for
people who have poor eyesight and want to correct it; that is only
one part. The program is designed for those who have perfect vision
and want to preserve it as such. You can find the tips that will help
you improve not only the health of your eyes, but also the body and
mind. You will learn a lot of useful information that will contribute
to your health.
You will also learn how to use your eyes to properly see. You should
communicate this information to your children. A few simple
techniques adopted in their youth will prevent the occurrence of
myopia.
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The program consists of five main chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Chapter about eyes, visual system and eye diseases
3. Nutrition and the role of vitamins
4. Sight improvement exercises
5. Daily habits
Our body constantly faces a number of negative impacts that can
harm it. It’s impossible to protect one against all harmful influences,
so the organism has to adapt to them over time. Myopia, for
example, occurs in long-term viewing nearby. In1900 only 6% of the
population was short-sighted, and now an average of 60% of people
have problems with some kind of myopia (nearsightedness). In
Japan, the percentage of teenagers with myopia is enormous, almost
90%.
Hence, short-sightedness is in a large percentage acquired by misuse
of the eyes. With myopia, the eye muscles get used to one position
where they remain too long and too often, thus keeping the eye in
the form in which it can see that vicinity, but not at a distance. A
similar process occurs with farsightedness. If you focus at a distance
for a long time, the eyes will adjust to that distance in order to suffer
less effort and your vision will deteriorate. These are just two in a
series of many adjustments that the body makes.
Even as you read this book, the muscles in your eyes are in constant
contraction in order to focus on the text. People with
nearsightedness and farsightedness have weakened coordination,
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strength and flexibility in certain eye muscles. The good news is that
these muscles are not permanently fixed in that position, they can be
trained to work properly again.
The exercises contained in this program are the best of all known
and invented exercises in the last 80 years and with them one can
certainly achieve better results much faster. By performing these
exercises, you strengthen the muscles of your eyes, stimulate them
to work and so they return to their normal shape and your eyes
again have the ability to function normally. The exercises will
improve vision and teach you how to use your eyes.
At the very beginning it is necessary to know that each person is an
individual and that everybody improves vision in a different time
period. The way to good vision can last just a few weeks, or months,
even up to a year. Do not get discouraged and demotivated in any
way. The main enemies are doubt, a negative attitude and laziness.
While reading this program, you will find ways to get rid of these
enemies so you can reach your goal.
In the United States, these exercises that improve vision are used by
pilots, police officers, soldiers and professional athletes in their
regular training and specialization. Namely because of nature of
their work, they cannot use glasses because glasses would hinder
them and possibly cause a risk of injury if broken. This is yet another
proof of the success of this program, because the exercises for
eyesight have been listed in the education and training programs of
these professions for years, and thus publicly recognized.
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During my sight improvement journey, I have learned how to use
my glasses properly.
Glasses are not here to fix your vision or cure a disease. They serve
as a "crutch" and sharpen objects around you, not allowing the eye
to do it itself. As I already mentioned, eyes are constantly adjusting
to changes, and when glasses are working for them, eyes and eye
muscles become lazy and over time they have a reduced ability to
function.
As for evidence, my wife was an A student who spent a lot of time
studying and looking into books. In her childhood she was
diagnosed with poor vision and prescribed glasses. Since she was
not from a wealthy family, her father bought her glasses that he
could afford. She found them very ugly and she didn’t want to use
them. Her eyes were forced to work and her vision improved with
time. If she wore them her vision would have worsened and she
would have been doomed to wear glasses her whole life. She was
not even aware of how her father helped her by buying those
glasses.
At the beginning of this program, use glasses only when you need:
while driving and during reading and writing (if you do not see
without them). You should know that if you can not work without
glasses, it is better to use those of lower diopters. Then you will not
give your eyes a magnified image, but instead will force your eyes to
make more effort in order to make the picture clearer.
Some people use glasses for aesthetic i.e. fashion reasons, because
they think they make them more beautiful. Personally, I do not
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understand how a "crutch" to cure the disease in general can be a
fashion accessory? They are showing that the person has a disease -
poor eyesight. Also sunglasses, which are now very popular, are
harmful to eye health as they prevent the normal work of the eye
and the pupil. I will explain more on that in the following chapter.
You certainly thought of the possibility of laser surgery. Laser
surgery never cures causes of the problem, just the symptoms. It’s
much like when you drive a car and run out of oil. The red light
turns on and instead of stopping the car and pouring some oil you
simply break the control panel and rip out the light.
In addition, lasers are very dangerous and terribly expensive. And
no one can guarantee that your vision will not worsen again.
Why not use what nature has given us and improve your vision
without endangering your eyes? I know you will because you were
wise enough to buy this book.
Before I became interested in the work of Dr. William Bates, I did
not know that there was a method of improving eyesight naturally,
i.e. by practice.
There are two reasons for this. First is that when you enter into the
opticians’, you become their lifetime customer. I'm not saying that
there is a conspiracy or something like that, but money plays a
crucial role. Why would you teach someone how to fish when you
can sell it to the person and make profit?
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Another is that doctors (ophthalmologists) are not very enthusiastic
about this idea because it is in many ways contrary to their beliefs.
Frankly speaking, glasses can almost immediately improve eyesight,
and the exercises are only for those persistent ones who can spare a
few minutes a day for their health. But bad eyesight develops for
years and is largely dependent on a person's way of life, so it's not
even possible to fix all the damage instantly. I am one among many
to witness that with this program you can get rid of the glasses and
restore vision.
When you start training, you must know that at times you can
experience the so-called moments of clear vision. In those moments,
you will see clearly. However, it’s temporary. With time and regular
practice these moments will be longer until finally you achieve
perfect vision, which is the goal of this program.
The first question you have certainly asked yourself when you took
this program into your hands is: "Will I really improve vision in this
way?" It's a simple answer: YOU WILL! All exercises and other
instructions in this program have been verified and tested and they
really help with vision correction.
The important thing is to believe, to follow instructions and be
persistent.
It is not enough if you read the program only once. When reading it
for the first time, you'll get a rough idea of steps to improve vision
and much more information. When you read the program the
second time, you will notice all of the little things that you missed,
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and then you can try the exercises. Start reading this program the
third time to get acquainted with each exercise before you perform
it. The exercises are not difficult and you will very quickly learn
them so you will use this manual only sometimes to be reminded of
details, or for motivation.
I tried to compile the text as simply as possible, in a way that
everyone can understand. In areas such as eye disease, optic systems
and the chapter on nutrition, I could not completely avoid the use of
scientific terms, but I've explained as best as possible. It's always
nice to learn something new. While reading the program you will
notice that you are addressed directly. I do that to encourage and
motivate you in a relaxed tone to properly and regularly conduct
exercises.
At the very beginning, I will introduce to you the functions of your
eyes and vision systems, as well as ocular diseases. It is good to
learn about how exactly it works, because this will help you in better
understanding the exercises and their meaning. Then I will
introduce to you a diet that benefits your sight and another, which
harms it. At the end, you'll see the instructions on exercises, daily
training plan and daily habits you need to adopt.
If you wish to improve your sight, you should immediately change
your diet, get rid of harmful vices and comply with the guidelines
for each exercise. It is necessary to be persistent and practice the
training plan. If you miss the training any day of the week, practice
on Sunday, which is usually a free or spare day.
With regular practice you will soon begin to notice results. With
some people, they start to appear very quickly, while with others, it
takes a little longer. Be in no case discouraged. You will see results
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over time and this will give you more motivation to continue with
the exercises. Continue training until your vision is fully repaired.
Then proceed to apply what you have learned about proper
nutrition, posture, daily habits of using your eyes etc., and you will
thus maintain your perfect vision. Remember that you are doing this
for yourself and you will succeed! Many others have succeeded
before you.
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You will agree that sight is one of our most important and most
valuable senses, but it is also the most vulnerable. For the sense of
sight to function optimally, it is necessary that a series of favorable
factors are put together. The slightest stress, tension, fatigue or poor
diet, no matter how irrelevant it seems, significantly affects the
quality of your vision. The main organ of vision system is an eye. It
makes the reception of visual information possible and forms the
main link between the image you are watching and the image you
see.
Before we start with descriptions of how to perform exercises to
improve vision, it is very important to become familiar with the
structure of the eye and your vision. When you have more
knowledge about it, it will be easier to learn how to do exercises
because you will understand them better. To understand what
vision is, you must first become familiar with the structure of the
eye.
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The eye is an amazing and complex organ. It has the ability to
constantly adjust to the light that enters into it and puts into focus
objects in close proximity or at a distance. In that way, it creates
images which are transferred to our brain via eye nerves and as such
we see the objects.
The first thing you notice on your eye is the front, white part which
is called the sclera. The sclera is completely covered with a thin
membrane - the conjunctiva.
The process of creating the image starts by a beam of light that
enters through the cornea, a transparent dome located on the surface
of the eye. The cornea has two functions:
1. Protects the frontal side of the eye,
2. Helps focusing the light onto the retina at the rear of the eye
by retracting light beams that enter
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After entering the cornea, the refracted light beam moves further in
and enters the pupil, a black area surrounded by the iris. The iris is
the colored part of the eye and has an incredible ability of shrinkage
(constriction) and expansion (dilatation). With this mechanism, the
iris controls how much light will be released into the eye to make the
picture clear, which in practice is very reminiscent of the working
principle of the photo camera. Under strong light, the muscles of the
iris (ciliary body) will shrink the pupil so it will look very small,
while in a dark room, in order to collect more light, muscles will
expand the pupil until the image one sees is clear. In this way, more
light enters into the eye and in reduced light conditions we see
better.
The next stop of our beam of light is the lens. Its task is to focus light
on the retina. This is achieved by changing its shape under the
control of the ciliary muscle. The ciliary muscle is an inner muscle of
the eye that has the function of changing the shape of the eye lens.
Normally, the eye is focused on a distance of about 2 meters. Should
we set an object to be observed in front of the eye in the immediate
vicinity, the ciliary muscle contracts and exerts pressure on the lens,
which then takes an elongated, oval shape. If the same object is
being moved away (over two meters), ciliary muscle pulls the lens,
making it flatter and in this way (eye) focuses on distant objects. The
ciliary muscle is relaxed only when the object of observation is about
2 meters away, and then the lens is in its natural form.
This process of changing the shape of the lens using the ciliary
muscle is called accommodation. The aging of the organism may
cause presbyopia, loss of elasticity of the lens, which leads to lower
possibility of changing its shape and reduces the ability to focus on
close objects. Hence, by changing its shape, the lens focuses, i.e.
directs the light for the image to be seen sharp and clear.
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The retina is the final destination of the beam before it becomes an
image. It has a whole tangle of blood vessels that feeds it, as well as
hundreds of millions of interconnected nerve endings (receptors).
Together these receptors constitute the most sensitive part of the
retina that is called the yellow spot (macula). By the light entering
the macula, the image is finally created and is transferred through
the large nerves to the brain.
The shape of the eye is maintained by a fluid that is found in its two
chambers - the front (extends from the cornea to the lens) and rear
(extends from the rear of the lens to the retina). In the anterior
chamber is aqueous humor, and in the rear chamber vitreous humor,
which is in the gelatinous state.
The eye is surrounded with six very strong muscles that act in
groups and are responsible for the accurate, quick and precise
movements of the eyeball. These are:
1. Superior rectus muscle
2. Inferior rectus muscle
3. Medial rectus muscle
4. Lateral rectus muscle
5. Superior oblique muscle
6. Inferior oblique muscle
Contractions (movements) of each of these muscles stimulate
separate brain nerves.
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If you look up, the muscle tone of the upper flat muscle increases,
the muscle tightens and moves the eyeball upwards. When you look
down, it will increase the tension of the lower flat muscle, the
muscle will tighten up and the eyeball moves down. When looking
to the right, the right side muscles increase their tone, tighten and
move the eyeball to the right (in the right eye it’s external flat
muscle, and in the left eye it’s inner flat muscle). When looking to
the left, the left side muscles increase their tone, tighten and move
the eyeball to the left (in the right eye to the inner plane of the
muscle, and in the left external flat muscle).
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We have already mentioned that accommodation is the process of
changing the shape of the lens using the ciliary muscle. This theory
is represented by conventional (official) medicine.
The second theory, the theory of natural medical ophthalmology,
has been developed by prof. Dr. William Bates (1860th - 1931). Dr.
Bates was a successful ophthalmic surgeon in New York. Every day,
he watched his patients who suffered from nearsightedness or
farsightedness, and noted that in some of them condition improves
spontaneously, from the relief of symptoms to complete healing,
while in others, whether they used glasses or not, the situation
remained the same or got worse. This prompted his dissatisfaction
with the conventional theory of accommodation.
He created a new theory. In Dr. William Bates’ theory, the six eye
muscles are involved in accommodating in a way that they alter the
appearance of the eyeball. When you look at an object in their
immediate vicinity, muscle tone of the upper, lower and inner flat
muscle increases, causing contraction of these muscles, which then
put pressure on the eyeball and elongates it. Then the whole eyeball
takes the shape of an egg. The opposite happens if you look into the
distance (further than 2 meters). Then muscles pull the eyeball and it
takes a flatter shape. Muscles are in relaxed shape only when the
object that you observe is at a distance of 2 meters from your eyes.
Dr. Bates proved his theory with numerous experiments conducted
on laboratory rabbits. First, he cut the external eye muscles of one
group of rabbits and observed the ability of accommodation of their
eyes. He noticed that their eyes, with muscles that are no longer in
function, do not have the capability of accommodation. When he
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merged detached muscles, the ability was returned. In order to
eliminate factors of ocular nerve damage with scalpel while
crosscutting of these muscles, he found a less aggressive method of
testing. He injected a drug that temporarily paralyzed the external
muscles into the external ocular muscles of experimental rabbits.
And then he noticed that those eyes lost their power of
accommodation. When the drug's effect wore off, the eyes regained
their normal function. This has proved his theory of
accommodation; hence, the external eye muscles are not just moving
the eyeball from side to side or up and down, but also have the
ability to change its shape with its contractions. This was just one of
many studies that Dr. Bates conducted, which were related to
accommodation.
Dr. Bates was one of the first scientists who performed exercises to
improve vision naturally. "Bates exercises" are some of the most
popular and most effective exercises at the time. Exercises that you
will read as part of this program are based partly on Bates work, but
led by new and more effective theories, I was able to develop more
modern exercises with which you will achieve better results in a
shorter time.
The eye is constantly exposed to harmful influences such as dust,
bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances, and requires
permanent protection. Tissues and membranes that wrap around the
eye not only have the function of assisting the movements of the
eyeball, but also participate in its protection.
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The primary barriers to foreign bodies are the eyelids with the
power of involuntary rapid eye closure on contact with an unknown
particle. With their opening and closing, eyelids maintain moisture
around the eye. Without this fluid, the sensitive cornea would have
succumbed to external factors, dried up and collapsed.
An important part of the eyelids are the tiny hairs that are on the
very edge - eyelashes. They represent the mechanical protection that
keeps off most small particles and prevents their penetration into the
eye. At the edges are also a few small sebaceous glands. They are
responsible for the production of an oily substance that covers the
liquid spread on the cornea and thus protects it from evaporation for
a limited time.
Near the nose, in the corner between the upper and lower eyelids
are tear (lacrimal) channels. They are responsible for draining tears
that form in lacrimal glands located on top outer edge of the eye.
Their importance lies in keeping the surface of the eye moist,
removing fine particles that get into the eye, and containing
antibodies that are important in the prevention of certain eye
infections.
The eyeball and all the aforementioned muscles and nerves are
protected within the eye socket, the bone cavities in our skulls.
What causes visual disturbances?
You have already understood that the image you currently see is
actually a beam of light that enters your eye and which different
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parts of the eye accept, shape, direct and focus perfectly on the
retina. This is a very complex and precise process. If there is any
factor that will turn the beam of light from the retina and focus
elsewhere, blurred vision will occur. Most often it happens that the
blurred vision occurs when one piece of this puzzle is not
functioning properly. One of the more common causes is a change of
shape of the eyeball. Even the slightest irregularity in the shape of
the eyeball can cause blurred vision.
An important factor in maintaining the health of your eyes is
nutrition. Today, life goes fast and few people have enough time to
devote to their diet, which is important not only for eye health but
also the overall health of the body as a whole. Vitamins and minerals
consumed from fresh ingredients are key to improving and
maintaining good eyesight. Some of the foods that contain the
necessary vitamins and minerals are (well-known) carrots, cold
water fish, eggs, grapes, blueberries, dark chocolate, garlic, kale,
spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables.
The metabolism of the eye is much faster than anywhere else in the
body, thus it uses most of the nutrients (about 25%) and one-third of
the oxygen that you daily take into your body through eating and
breathing. The highest concentration of vitamin C in the body can be
found right in a healthy eye.
It is not only important to eat healthy, it is also important to
consume a wide variety of different foods, because many vitamins
and minerals can not be absorbed into the body without the other.
For example, the absorption of calcium requires certain amount of
vitamin D and magnesium; without these other nutrients, the
consumed amount of calcium has no effect.
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However, we can not expect that ingredients contain the optimal
amount of nutrients. This amount depends on many factors: how
and where the food is grown, has it been sprayed with pesticides,
how it was stored before arriving in stores, as well as the way we
prepare food. Thermal treatment (cooking, baking and frying) can
significantly reduce the nutritional value of food. The body can lose
a significant amount of nutrients depending on what kind of food
we consume. Caffeine, white flour, white sugar, medicaments and
various preservatives absorb traces of minerals from our body.
As much as it could sound strangely, poor diet is a common cause of
deterioration of vision. The consumption of alcohol, cigarettes or
other opiates can also lead to a substantial reduction of the amount
of necessary nutrients in your body. If you improve your diet, you
will progress toward your long lost perfect vision much faster. Since
proper nutrition is so essential for good vision, this book devoted an
entire chapter to it, and there you will find more information.
Another important factor that affects your vision is your lifestyle. If
you strain your eyes more than you should on a daily basis, such as
when you read when you are tired, spend a lot of time watching TV
or in front of the computer, have inadequate lighting or fluorescent
light in the rooms where you reside and work, you can be sure that
your sight will soon worsen. As for lighting, if you can, try to
procure lamps that emit a full spectrum of light and thus best emit
daylight.
An irregular shape of the eye is one of the most common causes of
poor vision. The human body faces a number of harmful effects and
stress factors every day, and following the easiest way, it is trying to
adapt to suffer less damage. For example farmers, who often handle
tools, develop calluses on their palms; with excessive sun-bathing,
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redness changes to a darker complexion protecting the skin from
further damage; if the muscles are loaded with weights, their mass
will increase. Like the rest of your body, your eyes also adjust to the
everyday impacts.
This is the reason why children today suffer from short-sightedness,
which in certain countries of the developed world (such as Japan)
reaches 90% of in teen age (source: Wikipedia). Young people simply
spend too much time in front of computers, playing games or
surfing on a very popular Facebook so that their eyes simply adjust
to viewing at the proximity which causes myopia. Fortunately,
you've managed to come across this book you are currently holding
in your hands and here you will find very valuable information on
how you can avoid it.
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Myopia is an eye disease in which the beam of light that enters the
eye focuses in front of the retina instead of directly onto it, making it
impossible to clearly see distant objects. They become blurred and
unclear to the diseased eye.
Myopia is usually caused by continuous activities that involve
excessive focus on objects in close proximity. These actions cause the
external eye muscles to be in a constant state of spasm. This spasm is
stressful for eye muscles, and as we have already said - our eyes and
our body adapt to stress in order to be less damaged. Result of
adjusting to this type of stress is stretching of the eyeball. The
eyeball remains in the stretched position that worsens vision at
distance. It is also known that psychological stress and anxiety can
lead to the progress of myopia.
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To persons who suffer from nearsightedness, remote objects seem
blurry, but they can very well see everything in the immediate
vicinity. They often look through eyelashes or constrict the eyelids to
see a little more clearly in the distance.
Myopia is corrected by glasses with concave shaped lenses (sunk).
These lenses zoom in the remote image on the retina, thus enabling
distant objects to be seen again. In this way the lenses are doing the
work instead of your eyes, which leads to an additional weakening
of the muscles and gradually increasing diopter.
Nearsightedness equally affects men and women, and it’s also often
detected in school children.
Eyes suffering from myopia are usually healthy, but a small number
of people tend to develop more severe disorders of the cornea.
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Farsightedness is an eye disease that makes it impossible to clearly
see objects nearby. In a farsighted eye, the beam of light entering the
eye focuses behind the retina instead of directly on it. Farsightedness
operates in the same way as nearsightedness since it makes our eyes
adjust to the stress that causes permanent external eye muscle
spasm. Such a spasm, which has the task of straightening the eyeball
in order to have a better focus on distant objects, flattens the eyeball
longer than it should be and it stays in this (flat) form.
Farsightedness can also occur if the ciliary muscle, which is
responsible for changing the shape of the lens to focus, can’t shrink
and the lens remains flat. These two factors are often associated.
The first symptom that most people notice is the inability to read
small print. They feel that it is almost impossible to read in reduced
lighting conditions, their eyes tire easily when reading for long
periods of time, they get headaches, complain of blurred vision in
vicinity or instant blur when changing the distance at which they
watch something.
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Farsightedness can occur in every period of life. It is corrected with
lenses that are convex (bulging) form.
A special form of farsightedness is called an old age farsightedness
(Presbyopia). It occurs very frequently in people older than 40 as a
symptom of normal aging. The cause of this type of farsightedness is
reduced elasticity of the eye lens and ciliary muscle stiffness. This
stiffness, together with the inelastic lens, doesn’t allow ciliary
muscle to change its shape as much as needed to focus on nearby
objects.
In the initial stage of old age farsightedness (diopters to +1.00) vision
at distance is still good, but with time, as the old age farsightedness
increases, the eyeball shrinks additionally and people do not see as
sharp of an image or as remotely. The person afflicted with this
condition is prescribed glasses with multifocal lenses (bifocals or
progressive lenses) which uses the upper part with a lower
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refractive error for remote viewing, while the lower part has a
higher refractive error for viewing in close proximity.
In addition to using eye exercises, one can fight against old age
farsightedness with a proper diet and consuming the right balance
of vitamins.
This program will get you familiar with the exercises that will help
you not only to improve your vision, but also to prevent any
potential damage to eyesight that come with natural aging.
Astigmatism is a refractive error of the eye, also known as a
cylinder. It occurs due to an improperly curved cornea that does not
refract light beams equally in all meridians (corneal astigmatism),
and sometimes because of irregular curved lens of the eye (lens
astigmatism). Astigmatism occurs most commonly combined with
foresight or short-sightedness.
A person with astigmatism sees unclear and blurred images, and
while reading, the small print letters are deformed. In a milder
astigmatism condition, sometimes people do not notice the existence
of the disorder and symptoms as blurred vision may be slightly
corrected by accommodation. At a high level of astigmatism, there is
a significant problem with vision and it is impossible not to notice
the symptoms. With longer reading sessions, headache and
increased fatigue are often included.
There are two types of astigmatism: regular and irregular.
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Regular astigmatism – occurs in more than 80% of people who
suffer from astigmatism. Here two principal meridians of the eye are
at a right angle. If these meridians lie at right angles but are set
obliquely, then it is oblique astigmatism.
Regular astigmatism is divided into:
- simple astigmatism (one meridian is hyperopic or myopic)
- complex astigmatism (both meridians are hyperopic or
myopic)
- mixed astigmatism (one meridian is hyperopic and the other
myopic)
Irregular astigmatism - occurs when two principal meridians are
not placed at a right angle, but opposite to one another. Irregular
astigmatism by the highest percentage is caused by disease, injury,
or inflammation of the cornea.
Astigmatism "by the rule" is one where the vertical meridian refracts
beams of light more intensely then the horizontal. If the horizontal
meridian refracted beams more intensely then vertical meridian,
then it is astigmatism "against the rules."
To check whether you have astigmatism, look at this picture from a
few different distances:
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People without astigmatism will see all the lines correctly: the same
thickness with exactly the same spacing between them. If you suffer
from astigmatism you will see something like two triangles having a
peak in the middle of the drawing. As you rotate your head from
side to side, the triangles will rotate together with you because
astigmatism comes from a certain angle.
To be sure, here's another picture you can use to test for
astigmatism:
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Healthy eyes will see all the lines of the same thickness, while
people suffering from astigmatism will see some lines thicker and
darker than others. Try to rotate the head here as well!
People who suffer from astigmatism can often see indistinct object a
little better when they rotate their head or when holding the head at
an angle (for example, when lowering head and looking "up")
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Glaucoma makes up the whole group of diseases with optic nerve
damage, loss of eye function and eventually blindness if not treated.
The leading cause of glaucoma is elevated intraocular pressure.
Accumulation of aqueous humor in the eye that can not flow away
brings about elevated intraocular pressure. Aqueous humor starts to
put pressure on the ocular structures, especially on the optic nerve
that may eventually die out completely.
Glaucoma is usually chronic and occurs gradually and insidiously,
without noticeable symptoms at first. The disease is noticeable only
with the beginning of vision loss. One loses so-called peripheral
vision and can only see shadows and hot spots instead of objects. If
the optic nerve completely dies, it results in blindness. Glaucoma
can be treated but must be detected on time because any
degenerative changes in the ocular nerve are irreversible.
Therefore it is very important to go for regular eye examinations.
Examinations are to be performed every two years before 45 years of
age and annually after 45 year of life.
In children, it is most commonly associated with congenital cataract
and other eye diseases. Alarmingly, glaucoma makes a large number
of people of all different ages blind.
Risk factors for glaucoma:
- a high level of farsightedness and nearsightedness,
- If there is a family history of glaucoma,
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- some eye injuries may lead to changes that lead to the
formation of glaucoma,
- in people older than 40 years the risk of developing
glaucoma is higher than in younger people.
Intraocular pressure
Elevated intraocular pressure is one of the greatest risks of
developing glaucoma. Elevated intraocular pressure has a similar
effect on the optic nerve, such as high blood pressure has on blood
vessels. High pressure in the eye can lead to nerve damage, and
consequently sight damage
Eyes, as we already know, are fill with aqueous humor that is
constantly produced inside the eye in order to maintain the shape of
the eyeball and protect the eye from various harmful effects. Excess
aqueous humor drains through canals to maintain the right amount
of fluid in the eye. If this outflow is disabled, the aqueous humor
builds up in the eye, thereby increasing the pressure in the eye.
The normal value of intraocular pressure is 10-21 mmHg
(millimeters of mercury). This value is very individual and regular
control of intraocular pressure is recommended.
Detection and treatment of glaucoma
The diagnosis of this disease depends on the stage at which a patient
is when he visits a doctor. If the treatment of glaucoma starts at an
early stage of the disease, there is a good chance that the person will
be able to maintain vision without major damage. Glaucoma is
difficult to detect because it initially doesn’t show symptoms, and
patients do not feel the need to see a doctor. All the damage of the
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optic nerve are irreversible because the damage caused by glaucoma
is incurable. It can only be prevented if the treatment starts in a
timely manner.
Timely treatment of glaucoma today is effective and safe. Drugs that
lower intraocular pressure are used, and laser treatments or surgical
procedures can help treat the problem. In the first place, there is the
least stressful treatment - drugs that lower intraocular pressure.
Most of these drugs come in the form of drops. The doctor
prescribes a dosage, and it is crucial not to exceed the recommended
limit. These droplets contain an ingredient which partly affects the
whole body and can cause a variety of effects if you take more than
the prescribed dose.
Emotional stress and caffeine additionally increase intraocular
pressure in patients. Eye exercises, especially those for stretching the
eyes, on contrary, help to reduce eye pressure. In addition to eye
exercises, a proper diet rich in vitamins works to prevent eye
pressure. Particularly important are vitamins C and A, as well as
ginkgo biloba and blueberry.
Cataracts is a condition which causes the eye lens to blur. This
blurring causes vision disorder of all the functions all the way from
a gradual blurring to the temporary blindness caused by the
definitive blur. It is a very common and serious eye disease. One in
five people over the age of 55 suffer from cataracts and even half of
people over 75 years of age are at risk.
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Cataracts occur when a metabolic change happens in the lens. These
changes cause the lens to lose its transparency and gain pigment
(greyish, yellowish or brownish in color) whose coloring depends on
the type of cataract. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in
the world.
There are many causes for cataract: genetics, metabolic diseases,
radiation, infection during pregnancy, smoking, alcohol, certain
medications, dehydration of the body, trauma, eating disorders, etc.
Cataracts rarely occur alone. Often it’s accompanied by other eye
diseases.
It affects all age groups, but is most common in late age. The type of
cataract is determined by the part of the lens that is clouded and by
the age of the person suffering from it. The most common division is
the inherent and attained cataract.
Inherent cataracts - is present in a child from birth. It occurs as a
result of some specific diseases of which the mother was ill during
pregnancy. This cataract extends to the entire lens and over time it
deteriorates the lens which significantly affects the child's vision.
Inherent cataracts are usually noticed only when a child starts school
because it causes reading and writing problems. If the operation is
performed in a timely manner, it can prevent the child’s blindness.
Attained cataracts are much more common. They occur as a result of
age, various diseases and eye trauma and some systemic diseases.
Treatment of cataracts
Drugs that slow the process of lens blur are used as a therapy. They
can not cure cataracts; however, they can significantly slow down its
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progression. The most common way of healing cataracts is through a
surgical procedure in which the cloudy lens is removed and
replaced with an artificial one. This is the most common surgical
procedure in the U.S., with over 500 000 cataract surgery performed
annually. Of these surgeries that are performed, 94% of the
operations were successful, which is a very good result, but the risk
still exists.
Nevertheless, it is better to prevent the formation of cataracts in the
first place, and a number of studies and research show that this is
possible. A proper diet enriched with proper supplements is
fundamental because using it can prevent cataracts or slow its
progression to a near stop.
It is widely accepted that cataracts is a degenerative disease caused
by free radicals and can be prevented by consuming antioxidants
such as vitamins C and E, beta carotene, and minerals such as
selenium and chromium. Nutritional treatment of cataracts has
become routine in Germany, France and Japan.
Macular degeneration is a disease of the macula (the yellow spot).
The yellow spot is a part of the cornea and is responsible for detailed
vision. This disease usually occurs in older people and is one of the
major causes of blindness.
Degeneration of the macula causes it to be difficult to recognize faces
and can prevent patients from being able to read. They see very little
and notice a decline in peripheral vision that allows them to perform
everyday activities.
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There are two forms of macular degeneration: dry (nonexudative)
and wet (exudative form).
The dry form is characterized by the accumulation of cell debris
between the retina and membrane which leans on it, which is
densely permeated by blood vessels. These blood vessels
contributed to the blood supply to the retina. Accumulated cell
debris separates the retina from the membrane and reduces blood
flow.
The wet form is much more difficult to treat than the dry. There is
also retina separation from the membrane which nourishes it, but in
a way that the blood vessel abnormally swell and thus push the
retina away from the membrane.
Age-related macular degeneration occurs in older generations -
mostly from 60 up to 75 years of age. It comes complete with
harmful changes within the macula. Initially, these changes are
unnoticeable and do not affect vision, but the more they increase, the
more the symptoms are noticed with a weakening of vision and
eventually blindness.
The risk of progression of these damaging changes is associated with
high cholesterol.
Factors that influence the formation of macular degeneration
include:
- Age
- Genetic factors
- Elevated blood pressure
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- Rase (macular degeneration is more common among
Caucasians)
- High cholesterol
- Smoking habit
Symptoms
Symptoms include blurred vision, distorted vision (parallel straight
lines appear wavy), and there may be problems in distinguishing
colors, the eyes are slow to recovering from being exposed to bright
light.
Treatment
In dry degeneration, symptoms may initially be absent or occur
gradually. That is the reason for the late discovery of the disease.
Usually it affects only one eye and the person suffering from it can
live quite normally. Dry macular degeneration can not be treated
with medication. People with advanced dry macular degeneration
can have a surgery in which they will get a telescopic lens in one eye
instead of their own lens. This will help them to regain a small part
of vision and ability to perform some daily activities.
In wet degeneration of the macula, the symptoms, including loss of
vision, occur quite quickly. Treatment is based only on the
prevention of the disease's progression. Drugs used to stop the
growth of abnormal blood vessels are injected directly into the eye.
Sometimes it can result in the partial recovery of sight. There are
also laser and surgical methods that can be used to treat this disease,
but the vision can never be fully regained.
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Prevention of macular degeneration
For the prevention of this disease, it is very important to introduce
particular food nutrients into the diet. Substances that reduce the
risk of progression of this disease are: Vitamin A, beta-carotene,
vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc and other antioxidants. In your diet, add
as many fruits, vegetables and other food rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
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Our body is a system of interconnected organs and organ systems. If
there is a disease of any organ, it can affect the quality of vision. For
example, when you have a toothache, very often your head, eye, ear
or neck hurt just because the whole body is connected.
Most often, tension in the chest, shoulders, neck, head, face and jaw
leads to restriction of eye movement, leading to reduced
accommodation of the eye, which leads to poor vision. Different
disturbances in the body lead to various disorders of vision. For
example, people who suffer from myopia usually feel the tension in
the upper back, in one or both shoulders, the lower part of the neck
and around their eyes; while on the other hand, in people suffering
from hyperopia tension, pain is localized in the chest, throat and
jaw. Patients with astigmatism usually suffer from incorrect posture
that is caused by a distorted picture of the environment that they
receive. As a result of this perception, spinal deformation frequently
occurs.
Poor eyesight is one of the leading causes of irregular posture and
poor balance (and vice versa). If one does not see well, one will try to
draw closer or by altering the position of the body to lean towards
the object observed if one is short-sighted and vice versa if one is
farsighted. If it is done often enough, it will change one’s posture.
Proper posture reduces the tension of certain muscle groups and in
this way not only causes the muscles to relax but also affects the
blood vessels responsible for supplying the brain and eyes. The
importance of this is reflected in information that a third of the
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blood in the body is responsible for supplying the brain and visual
system.
The spine is a column of your body. The first and most important
rule is to maintain spine posture in its natural form, ie its natural
curving.
Many people are employed in workplaces where they are forced to
sit 8 hours or more daily. It is important to know how to properly
set up the body while sitting to avoid damaging it.
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Always drag your bottom to the end of the chair while sitting so that
your back is touching the back of the chair. If you still can not
recline, put a cushion behind the lower part of your back, so there is
no empty space.
Use a chair from which you can reach the floor, so that your legs are
not crossed or in some other uncomfortable position. Always sit in
the middle of the chair. Do not lean just the lower part of your back
on the back of the chair, but your whole back. If you can, make sure
you get a high-quality office chair that supports your spine
sufficiently. While working, keep your hands on the table, arm rests
or on your lap. Never use your hands to support the head or torso.
In most of the exercises from the program "How to Improve
Eyesight" you will sit on a chair, as shown in the picture. Instead of
sitting you can stand upright, but you will tire out much faster.
While standing, it is important to distribute your weight equally on
the whole body. You can imagine your body as a tower of wooden
cubes. If these are all in a row, your spine and a whole body is
stable; however, if just one moves a little, it causes great instability.
Deformations of the spinal column come from improper posture of
the body during standing.
You may not even be aware of your improper body posture, but if
there is one, it can be easily detected if you look in the mirror from
the front and from the side. If you notice that your body is in an
unnatural position, try to gently correct it until you achieve the
desired result. At first do these exercises in front of the mirror and
over time you'll get used to the proper posture.
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Once again I must stress that proper posture is very important for
the health of your eyes and vision and improved eyesight will only
come if you correct your posture and if possibly you eliminate any
problems you may have with your spine.
You will often hear that it is healthier to lie without the support of a
pillow. Your neck is quite thinner than your head and is naturally
bent forward. When you lie on your side or on your back without
cushions, gravitational forces influence your neck to bend
backwards or sideways, which may cause damage to the cervical
spine.
A pillow is essential for supporting the head and neck. While lying
on your back or side, use a third or a quarter of the pillow to support
your neck, and put the rest under the head. When you lie this way
you should feel comfortable and should not experience any tension
or spasms. If you feel it, put a smaller part of the pillow under your
neck until it becomes comfortable.
It’s best to use an anatomical pillow. These pillows are specially
designed to adapt to your body and keep your head and neck in its
natural position. For faster progress in improving your vision, be
sure to use an anatomic pillow because it will reduce stiffness of
your neck or even make it completely disappear, which is one of the
main physical causes of poor vision.
Besides a quality anatomical pillow, which will benefit the health of
your neck, the quality of your mattress is also of great importance.
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Many people today are not aware that an old and corrupt mattress is
the main cause of their spinal problems. Another major cause of
problems with the spine is physical inactivity since this causes back
muscles to weaken which leads to even more problems.
When choosing a mattress, choose one that is neither too soft nor too
hard. Be sure to select a mattress that does not contain iron springs
because these mattresses are lot healthier. If you often lie sideways,
lie on the right side more often so you don’t put pressure on your
heart. This will partially help to correct any damage.
If you have a vision problem, it is important to read and watch TV in
a correct sitting position. It is more natural for your eyes (as opposed
to watching while lying down) and will help you to reduce the
tension on your eyes.
Proper functioning of the liver is also very important for your vision.
The liver is the largest gland of our body and the only one with the
ability of self-renewal. I know it doesn’t seem that an organ such as
the liver has any direct connection to the function of the eyes, but
look at it this way: The most important function of the liver in the
body is to secrete gall. Gall is stored in the gallbladder and excreted
into the intestine during digestion. It is necessary for the
decomposition and absorption of fat-soluble substances including
fats and fat-soluble vitamins. These are A, D, E and K vitamins.
Vitamin A is especially important for vision. It participates in the
creation of vision pigments found in the retina and without them we
wouldn’t be able to see. In the diet chapter, you’ll learn more about
vitamins and how you can influence the health of your liver.
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You might have heard the term "psychosomatic illnesses" before.
These are one of the conditions for the occurrence of various
diseases of the body, as well as diseases of sight.
Psychosomatic diseases are all diseases of psychological origin, thus
resulting in the mind of man. They are conditioned by emotional
states - love, fear, aggression, mental stress. Their symptoms affect
organs and organ systems, causing disruption of their function.
Organ dysfunction leads to various physical disorders.
Physical symptoms can also be a direct response to emotions
(trembling with fear, redness in the face of shame).
Psychosomatic illnesses are an indirect reaction to mainly
unconscious emotions. Today, psychosomatic diseases include very
large number of diseases: arrhythmia, headache, bronchial asthma,
hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, gastric ulcers, constipation,
blurred vision, temporary blindness, etc.
You can use positive thinking to help prevent these diseases. If you
go through a difficult period don’t clam up; instead, interact with
others and share your problems, because they will come out either
by you sharing them or via organic reactions. If you need
professional help, do not be ashamed to seek it. Remember, this is
for your overall health.
For many people the main cause of poor vision is exactly their mind.
This can be a childhood trauma, stress or fear due to financial or
similar problems, so these people additionally close themselves from
others and then the brain subconsciously doesn’t want to see to be
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less in touch with the problems. We watch with our eyes and use
our mind to see, so the importance of the mind concerning eye
health and vision can not be ignored. In the exercise chapter, you'll
find a few so-called "mental exercises" that will help to overcome
these problems and speed up your progress.
If you suffer from poor eyesight, the doctor must have
recommended glasses.
Glasses have been used for hundreds of years and the only thing
that has changed during all that time is their design. Today we can
find them in different shapes and colors, but their influence on the
eye remains the same.
Glasses are made to compensate the shortcomings of your eye. They
refract light beams before they enter the eye in a way that is required
to compensate for the lack of your eye, depending on the disease.
Therefore, they are here to do the job that your eyes are supposed to
do. After the prolonged use of prescription glasses, your diopter will
not be fixed since the eye gradually gets used not to doing its job
and becomes lazy. This is yet another example of the process of
adapting our body to surrounding influences.
The degree in which spectacles refract light is measured with
diopter. So, for higher refraction of light beams higher glasses
diopter is needed (thicker glass lens). If you are prescribed glasses
for the rest of your life, remember that they are only an aid, not a
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tool which will cure the diseased vision. The first time you put them
on, they will do the job instead of your eye muscles, and over time
you will need thicker and thicker glass lenses, ie they will cause
your diopter to grow.
Another big problem is that glasses narrow your field of vision as
shown in a picture.
As a result, your external muscles additionally lose motion
coordination while your natural field of vision is limited; those eyes
have limited range of motion. Over time such a restriction of
movement will cause the adaptation of the eye muscles to that
reduced range. All this leads to additional weakening of eyesight.
There is a common delusion or myth among people which says that
watching the dim zone additionally deteriorates vision. If you do
not wear glasses (and you should), it will not additionally
deteriorate your vision, but then you can experience headaches
caused by the dimmed and unclear image. If you have a small
diopter and can function without glasses, then be without them
whenever possible (at home, on vacation, during walks, etc.). If you
have a higher refractive error which does not allow for normal
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functioning without glasses, after taking them off the image will be
blurred so that you will not experience improvement of vision. But
as I already said, it will not make it worse. The solution to this is to
always wear glasses slightly weaker than your right diopter.
In the course of this improvement program, don’t throw away your
glasses, especially if you have some actions where their use is
necessary. I am convinced that it is enough to wear glasses that are a
half diopter lower than your prescribed diopter. In this way, your
eyes will not relax and will continuously do their job and you'll see.
This means that during the start of this program you need to pull
out your old weaker glasses from a drawer, and start wearing them.
As your vision improves throughout the program, you’ll need to
wear glasses with a smaller diopter, otherwise eye exercises will be
pointless. Remember that from now on your glasses will be used
only as a tool, not a crutch that does the work for you.
It is especially important to note that when performing activities that
require your maximum vision, like driving a car, you absolutely
must use your glasses with full diopter for safety reasons.
To prevent problems when ordering glasses with a lower diopter, I
suggest you to go to your ophthalmologist to get a correct
examination and determine the correct diopter. After that, you can
order glasses as desired via the Internet website:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/eyeglasses
By purchasing eyeglasses on this page, you can save several
hundred dollars (or pounds) you would have paid more for new
glasses at an ordinary optician’s.
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You probably can not imagine summer without sunglasses. We live
in the belief that sunglasses are here to protect our eyes, which is not
entirely true since they do more harm than good. We have already
said how eyes change their function depending on the amount of
"work" to be performed and this leads to various diseases.
Sunglasses are designed to let a smaller amount of light through the
tinted glass and in this way the eye is prevented from performing its
natural function of adjusting to the light.
With increased light, the pupil is narrowed to reduce the light beam
that enters the eye and causes the image you see to be clear without
the light to disturb you. If you are in a room with dim light or in
complete darkness, your pupil will broaden as much as possible to
collect all of the light available to make you able to see. With
sunglasses, your eye receives the same amount of light, and there is
no need to adjust. The pupil remains the same width and the eye
adjusts easily to this benefit. Due to the reduced flow of light, the
eye can even get to a condition called photophobia.
Photophobia is excessive sensitivity to normal levels of light. To the
person suffering from photophobia, normal brightness induces so
severe discomfort that the person sometimes solves it with
squinting. Photophobia may be caused by a number of reasons
including the frequent use of sunglasses and this makes muscle
responsible for the shrinking and spreading of pupils remain in
relaxed condition as when you wear glasses, and it does not perform
its function. Subsequently, the pupil does not shrink and even in
normal lighting, it lets a large amount of beams into the eye which
irritates the eye, causing a very uncomfortable feeling.
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High quality sunglasses are here to protect you from the harmful
effects of UV rays (ultraviolet rays), and it is recommended to wear
them only at high altitude on snowy mountains. There the influence
of ultraviolet light is at its highest because of the altitude of the
mountain and the snow reflecting the beams all over the place.
To improve your eyesight, you have to understand the importance
of allowing your eye to naturally adapt to light that using your
sunglasses prevents you from doing. So stop wearing your
sunglasses or reduce their use to a minimum. When exposed to
bright light such as at a sunny beach, porous glasses are a great
alternative to sunglasses.
Pinhole glasses are now more and more popular and they are a good
substitute for eyeglasses and sunglasses. They reduce the amount of
light in a natural way and do not reduce the range of colors that
your eye sees nor distort the image as other glasses do. Pinhole
glasses do not significantly reduce the amount of light that reaches
the eye, but just enough for eye to perform its function of adjusting
to the light, without the discomfort due to the large amount of light.
This reduces overburdening the eyes which is good not only for
your vision, but also for the premature formation of natural wrinkles
around the eyes.
These glasses have impenetrable lenses with a lot of holes that force
your eyes to better focus on what's in front of you. These holes limit
the amount of reflected light that comes from every point of the
observed object in the eye. In the normal case, a fully open pupil
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transmits light from many parts of the observed object. Then
irregular bending of the most distant beams which refract
incorrectly happens and causes refractive errors such as
nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and old age
farsightedness. These holes prevent the entry of those most remote
beams and in each of the aforementioned cases provide a clearer
vision. Then the pupil can be fully open, but only the central part of
the lens of the eye receives light.
Pinhole glasses themselves will not improve your vision nor do they
have this function.
When you start the exercises to improve eyesight you will have your
stunted eye muscles start to 'wake up', ie to strengthen, and as a
result diopters will begin to decline. If you do not immediately
change the specs for those a little less diopters, all efforts will be in
vain because your glasses (full ie old diopters) nullify the effects of
exercise. In this case it is necessary to regularly change glasses for
those of less diopter, or wear those universal - pinhole glasses! It is
preferable to use them instead of prescription glasses whenever you
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can. Anyone can use them and they are part of the basic equipment
of anyone who wants to restore eyesight naturally.
They are also used as much healthier substitute for sunglasses that
will not harm your eye, nor stop it from performing its natural
function.
We have prepared pinhole glasses that you can safely wear instead
of sunglasses and / or eyeglasses. They are very modern so you will
not look "weird". In addition to being modern, these are special
glasses that have been developed after much testing. The width of
the holes allows optimal viewing through them and have been
drilled in conical form to lessen the reflected light and ease viewing
compared to a regular pinhole glasses.
If you haven’t already ordered and received your pinhole glasses,
order them right away from the website:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/pinhole
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Contact lenses work on the same principle as the eyeglasses -
compensate shortcomings of your eye.
One of the biggest advantages of contact lenses is their aesthetic
appearance. Unlike glasses they are invisible when placed on the
eye. They can also be purchased in a variety of colors.
Contact lenses can never give as sharp picture as glasses. Many
people find them uncomfortably rubbing, burning and irritating.
The biggest problem is that contact lenses create ais at the very eye.
On a contact lens, small defects that we do not see are gradually
created over time. This can lead to a variety of abrasions and
damage to the surface of the eye, which is the front door of many
infections that are due to its localization very difficult to cure.
With prolonged use, like eyeglasses, contact lenses can have the
same damaging effect. The eye becomes accustomed to the lens,
doing much less work than it should. This naturally decreases the
eye's ability with time, causing an increase in diopters.
Because of all the negative aspects associated with the use of contact
lenses, it is considered better to use eyeglasses in the manner as
described in the section on glasses - half diopter lower than it has
been prescribed. With glasses, you do not have to worry about the
damage and inflammation of the eye that come with contact lenses.
Nevertheless, it is important to note that many people are much
more satisfied with contact lenses than with glasses, and that many
people after they changed glasses for lenses, diopter stabilized (not
growing as rapidly).
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Nowadays vision correction surgeries are much more popular than
glasses and contact lenses. A large number of different types of
surgery for removal of diopters are used, although the most
common choice is laser surgery.
As science goes forward and we learn about the long-term effects of
these surgeries, constant changes come in place.
Changes must be implemented in order to match the standards of
operations which very often change in this field. You need to ask
yourself if you need to expose yourself to something so invasive,
what is not yet perfected.
Operating procedures for removing diopter are not only a risk to
your health, but also very expensive, and sometimes they need to be
repeated several times. The risk of these interventions is reflected in
a possibility of irreversible damage to the eye itself and the optic
nerve which can result in blindness. The eye is a very sensitive organ
and the last thing you should try is exposing your eye to the great
stress and trauma that comes with surgery.
Other harmful effects include the impact of hazardous drugs on
your body (which must be used after eye surgery) and the influence
of anesthesia which is always harmful. Allergic reactions and
overdoses that can damage not only the eye, but also the whole body
are possible.
Do not forget that with laser surgery often come various side effects
such as rapid re-worsening of sight, dry and irritated eyes, glare,
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blurred or double vision, sensitivity to light, irresistance to stay in
smoky areas, etc.
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Hippocrates, the Greek physician and founder of modern medicine,
said 2,500 years ago, "Let food be thy medicine." A healthy and
proper diet is the most certain way to preserve your health and
prevent various diseases. Each individual should take a sufficient
amount of food, neither too much nor too little.
Nowadays, most people do not pay enough attention to their
nutrition. Some are not educated about the importance of a healthy
diet while the rapid lifestyle of others does not allow them to
separate one or two hours a day for preparing healthy foods. Studies
have shown that 56% of people eat too much, 32% too little, and only
12% the correct amount of food. Hence, others eat too much, too
little, too greasy, too salty and mostly incorrect. It has been proven
that every other person is suffering from a disease caused by an
unbalanced diet. Some of these diseases are gastritis, indigestion,
obesity, malnutrition, high blood pressure, circulatory problems,
heart disease and, of course, poor vision.
The leading cause of death in the modern era are problems with the
blood vessels (the accumulation of fat in the blood vessel) that lead
to clogging in arteries and the disorder of the function of organs
which need those blood vessels for blood supply, but they are not
capable of it (the most common is heart attack). Overweight people
suffer from vascular diseases more often.
Underweight (malnutrition) is also widespread. Malnutrition is not
only slimness and a small number of pounds compared to the height
of a person, but also a lack of nutrients (vitamins and minerals).
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Therefore, a person can be a normal weight, and suffer from
malnutrition, for example due to the absence of some vitamins,
which leads to serious illness of the organism.
Food is always important, especially in a postoperative period and
during illness. Nutrition is important for immune function of disease
prevention and reduction of infection frequency. Proper nutrition
requires high-quality foods, proper food preparation and the
optimal amount you will import into your body. An important
factor is the variety of foods that we take in, because each has its
own characteristics and certain vitamins and minerals it contains.
With proper diet in addition to exercise, you can improve your
eyesight and, as you will see the following text, prevent a variety of
diseases, not just in your eyes, but also the whole organism.
It is important to note that your journey to better vision is going to
be very slow or even unattainable if you don’t pay enough attention
to a proper and healthy diet.
Carbohydrates are a major source of energy in the body, which is
required for all body functions, and for activity of muscles. "Good
carbs" are essential for a healthy life and to maintain optimal body
weight. All diets that are based on the reduction or interruption of
carbohydrate consumption are considered obsolete and
unsuccessful.
Refined (processed) carbohydrates contribute to the epidemic of
obesity around the world, while complex ones are the foundation of
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a healthy diet. It is necessary to distinguish one from another in
order to know how to properly eat.
Bad carbohydrates are those that cause large and sudden increase of
blood sugar and are very quickly absorbed and expended. Their
Glycemic Index (amount of glucose that is absorbed in blood after
consummation of carbohydrates) is greater than 50. These are: sugar
and sweets, potatoes, white bread, white rice and other processed
foods.
Good carbohydrates are absorbed and consumed more slowly; they
gradually raise blood sugar and give us energy that lasts longer.
Their glycemic index is lower than 50, and these foods are: fruits and
vegetables, beans, whole grains, lentil, rye bread, etc.
Proteins are essential for the growth and regeneration of tissue and
represent a building material that is a part of every cell in the body.
Proteins are built of chains of amino acids that are divided into
essential and non-essential amino acids. This division is made
according to the possibilities of the body to produce amino acids,
and thus, unlike the non-essential, your body cannot create essential
amino acids and you have to import them to your organism with
food. I recommend that of your total daily food consumption, 10-
15% is proteins.
Proteins are found in plants (legumes, grains, seeds) and food of
animal origin. Animal proteins are more valuable to our bodies
because it is a composition similar to the human organism, so their
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efficiency is higher. Therefore, if you are a vegetarian, you have to
pay much more attention to importing proteins into your body.
Dietary fats, along with carbohydrates and proteins are the main
groups of nutrients. They are what the body needs as the driving
energy. Fat that enters the body can be visible (fat in meat, butter,
etc.) and as a part of a food (milk or nuts).
Dietary fat enhances the flavor of food. Given that the digestion of
fat takes a lot more time than the digestion of proteins or
carbohydrates, they remain much longer in the stomach and feeling
of fullness after a meal that contains them is longer lasting.
Fats have several important roles in the body: muscles are using
them as the driving energy, the fat accelerate the transmission of
signals between the brain and nerves, they maintain stability of
body temperature and serve as mechanical protection of organs.
Without fat, the body could not function. They are necessary for life
and health. However, there are "bad" and "good" fats which I'll
mention in the chapter about the harmful nutrition.
In order to properly eat, it is necessary to devote enough time for the
selection of food, its preparation and education about what it
consists of. It has been proven that if the soil where food is grown is
lacking minerals needed to keep them contained in food in sufficient
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quantity necessary for our organism. I cannot say that I always had
time to eat properly, and even to find all the foods that I need during
certain seasons. I found the answer to this problem in the form of
nutritional supplements (vitamin supplements).
I’m not saying that you should replace your diet completely with
these supplements; however, they serve as an excellent supplement
to ensure that you consume a sufficient quantity of appropriate
vitamins and minerals that are necessary for the proper functioning
of the body. Vitamins from fresh fruit and vegetables are always a
better option of course, but they can not be simply compensated
adequately and in a correct amount that is required for the health of
your eyes, and also for better vision.
Nutritional supplements are used as a supplement in the diet of
healthy individuals, as an addition to the diet of people at risk of
disease or who have already been diagnosed with the disease in
order to prevent and cure faster. These supplements can help you in
maintaining a normal weight and boosting the immune system.
They are recommended for all people, especially those who have
vision problems, the elderly, all those who wish to act preventively
in preserving eyesight, and anyone who stresses the eyes with long
work at the computer, reading or watching TV.
It is important to choose quality supplements that contain a wide
range of vitamins and minerals, because, as I said, for an organism
to accept a certain vitamin, some other vitamin or mineral is needed.
So, all the vitamins and minerals are in relation to each other and it
would be pointless to take some of the vitamins or minerals, and
neglect other, because this does not do any good to our body.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD - damage to the macula) is
one of the leading causes of blindness in older people who have
limited therapeutic options. There are many studies that have
examined the relationship between diet, nutrient intake and age-
related macular degeneration. It has been proven that a diet rich in
omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, A and D is associated with a lower
incidence of age-related macular degeneration. The study of diseases
related to old age (Age-Related Eye Disease Study AREDS) showed
an improvement of 25% with correct nourishment that involves
taking the appropriate nutritional supplements for a period of five
years.
I have already said that more than 25% of nutritious foods that we
take goes to the vision system nourishment, which can give you an
insight into the complexity of this system. Most vitamins can not be
created in our body but are essential and indispensable for the
proper functioning of the body. Thanks to them and large molecules
called enzymes (vitamins are their "helpers"), our body functions in
the form we know today. Enzymes help the food that we have
consumed to be decompose and absorbed more quickly. Very small
amounts of some vitamins can be created in our body, such as
vitamin D (under sunlight), vitamin K and vitamin H with the help
of good bacteria that are found in our intestines and vitamin B3 that
the body can produce with the help of one amino acid (tryptophan),
but which must be taken in food.
There are diseases that occur due to the import of insufficient
amounts of vitamins (vitamin-deficiency - avitaminosis- a complete
lack of one or more vitamins, hypovitaminosis - insufficient amount
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of one or more vitamins in the body) and the diseases that occur due
to excessive consumation of one or more vitamins
(Hypervitaminosis).
Avitaminosis and hypovitaminosis often occur in undeveloped
countries, and they are the cause for malnutrition and the general
problem of hunger. In developed countries, education and eating a
variety of foods has reduced the incidences of the diseases. If these
diseases occur in developed countries, they are usually caused by
poor absorption inherited metabolic disorders, chronic alcoholism,
monotonous diet, etc.
The method of storing and preparing food largely determines how
big the loss of the vitamins will be in certain foods. For this reason,
it’s often said that vegetables should not be cooked too long or at too
high of temperatures, because then they are losing very important
vitamins.
For the body to absorb vitamins there must be certain factors. Thus
we divide the 13 vitamins essential for our health into two main
groups:
1. Water soluble vitamins (water melts them down to the level
that the body can absorb)
2. Fat-soluble vitamins (fat melts them down to a form that the
body can absorb).
Water soluble vitamins
These are the B vitamins and vitamin C. The body can not store
these vitamins and they are quickly excreted. Their constant
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presence in our diet and diet supplement is very important. The
possibility of hypervitaminosis (excessive intake) of these vitamins is
very small, since the surplus is excreted in the urine.
Hypervitaminosis is possible in urinary system diseases.
Fat-soluble vitamins
These include vitamin A, D, E and K. They are very well absorbed
into the body. Disturbance in absorption of these vitamins may
occur due to diseases of the digestive system. These vitamins are
very well stored in our body, most commonly in the liver and
adipose tissue. Their excess results in an imbalance of the body and
the occurrence of disease.
Now that you know a bit about vitamins and their importance, I can
tell you about vitamins that are very important for the visual system.
These are: Vitamin A, B1, B6, B12, C, D, E and vitamin K. Insufficient
import of these vitamins causes serious pathological eye conditions.
However, it is important to know that excessive intake of some
vitamins, especially A, D and K, can cause symptoms of toxicity to
the eyes. Below I will introduce to you all the most important
vitamins individually, to understand their importance.
Vitamin A
Annually, up to 10 million children in undeveloped countries suffer
from lack of vitamin A. Half a million of these children suffer from
blindness.
Adequate implementation of vitamin A through food and
supplements prevent eye damage. The natural sources of this
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vitamin are: butter, eggs, meat, liver, dark green vegetables and
carrots.
The first symptom of the lack of this vitamin is Nyctalopia (poorer
vision at dusk) and Xerophthalmia (dryness of the surface of the
eye). Retinitis pigmentosa is a severe hereditary disease that causes
the deterioration of cells of the cornea. For the treatment of this
disease vitamin A is used.
Lutein
Lutein is a yellow pigment found in most colored fruits, especially in
carrots. It is closely related to vitamin A.
Lutein, along with other pigments that give color to fruits, is very
important for the eyes. Lutein is important for the protection of the
central retina from blue and ultraviolet light. Oral consumption of
lutein or consuming spinach can increase the level of lutein in the
retina. So prepare spinach today for lunch!
B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12)
B vitamins are very important for the nervous system.
Reduced amount (Hypovitaminosis) of vitamin B2 causes changes in
the front of the eye. B1 vitamin hypovitaminosis causes optic nerve
damage that leads to weakened eyesight.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
It is important for the health of blood vessels.
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We already know that our bodies cannot make reserves of ascorbic
acid; therefore Hypovitaminosis (reduced amount of a vitamin in
the body) can occur very easily, much faster than with other
vitamins. Hypovitaminosis of vitamin C is manifested with disease
called scurvy, and the first symptom is bleeding gums. Deficiency
can also lead to bleeding in the eye; it is therefore necessary that
people with damaged blood vessels of the eye resulting from chronic
diabetes (diabetes mellitus), or high blood pressure take this
vitamin.
Natural sources of vitamin C are fruits and vegetables. Foods of
animal origin, with the exception of milk, are not a significant source
of vitamin C. The adequate consuming of vitamin C reduces the risk
of cataracts by 70% and helps to reduce intraocular pressure in
glaucoma.
Intestines rapidly absorb Vitamin C (uses 80-90% of the initially
taken amount of this vitamin) and the body uses it in the next 2
hours and then 3-4 hours later it’s ejected from the blood. For this
reason, it is recommended to take vitamin C supplements in
intervals of 4 hours.
The need for vitamin C rapidly increases if a person suffers from
stress, consumes alcohol and is smoking. The level of vitamin C in
the body is significantly reduced with fever, high body temperature,
a viral infection of the body, use of antibiotics, painkillers, toxins,
carbon monoxide and exposure to heavy metals (mercury or lead). If
you use antibiotics, your body will expel vitamin C two to three
times faster than without the use of antibiotics.
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Vitamin E
This vitamin is an important antioxidant and cleans free radicals that
can cause various diseases including cancer. It has an important role
in preventing formation of degenerative damage of the macula as
well as slowing the progression of processes. We have already
mentioned the AREDS formula, of which this vitamin is crucial
factor in prevention of this disease. It also reduces the risk of cataract
by 50%, and, in combination with vitamin D, protects the eyes from
the harmful effects of UV radiation. Diets low in fat can cause a
deficiency of this vitamin.
Foods rich in Vitamin E: vegetable oils, seeds, peanuts, almonds,
eggs, etc.
Vitamin D
It’s also called the "sunshine vitamin" because the body can produce
a certain amount of this vitamin under the influence of ultraviolet
rays, and from provitamins (substances that human body converts
into vitamin). Vitamin D may be ingested with food. The foods
richest in vitamin D are codliver oil, milk and dairy products, yolk
and mushrooms.
The impact of vitamin D in reducing the risk of macular
degeneration has been proven numerous times.
Hypovitaminosis is extremely rare because a very small amount of
this vitamin is needed daily, and can be redeemed by exposure to
sunlight or by supplements.
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Vitamin K
It is very important for the process of blood clotting and stopping
bleeding. It is important not only for functioning of vision, but also
for the proper function of all body systems. It is created under the
influence of healthy intestinal flora and good bacteria that are
residing in the intestines, so the daily requirement of vitamin K
needed to be taken in is very small, but it is of crucial importance.
Vitamin K hypovitaminosis usually happens due to bad absorption
through the intestine, where the intestinal mucosa is destroyed, in
infants and those with liver diseases.
Various medications and antibiotics reduce the amount of this
vitamin in the body and prevent its action. Sometimes years are
needed in order to recover from the loss of vitamin K caused by
taking certain antibiotics.
The largest amount of this vitamin can be found in dark green
vegetables.
DHA
DHA is an acid containing 30% good fats that are necessary for the
retina, brain and adrenal glands. The source of this acid is algae and
cold water fish. These fats stabilize cell membranes all over the body
and help people to more easily follow objects in a distance and in
hand-eye coordination.
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N-Acetyl Cysteine
N-Acetyl Cysteine is a derivative of amino acid cysteine.
It is the main component that helps in the production of glutathione.
Glutathione is produced in the liver, and it is the main antioxidant
(purifier) in eye lenses, binding to free radicals and removing them.
This prevents various eye diseases.
Alpha-Lipoic acid
It is a very important nerve stabilizer that helps diabetics and
patients with glaucoma in protecting undamaged fibers of the optic
nerve.
In addition to vitamins, the body must get various minerals on a
daily basis. Minerals enter the composition of cells and tissues,
where, in addition to the construction role, they have a role to
ensure the proper functioning of the metabolism of our body. All
minerals that form our body are divided into three groups:
Macro elements - minerals that are found in large quantities in the
body, and minerals that the body needs in a quantity greater than
100 mg, which are:
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- Phosphorus
- Sodium
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- Chlorine
- Sulfur
Micro elements - minerals that are found in the body in an amount
of less than 100 mg:
- Zinc
- Mangan
- Iron
- Fluorine
- Copper
- Iodine
Trace elements - minerals that are found in very small amounts in
our body, and some only in trace amounts and they are required in
very small doses, but this does not mean that we don’t need them.
They are important for proper supstances exchange (metabolism)
and their lack or deficiency can cause serious damage and disease.
Trace elements are:
- Selenium
- Boron
- Chrome
- Silicon
- Molybdenum
- Cobalt
Minerals represent roughly a twentieth the weight of our bodies.
Their amount constantly renews within the body, brought by food
and excreted through waste matter.
It was believed that only four minerals are needed for the proper
functioning of the body: iron, copper, zinc and iodine. In recent
years, thanks to advances in medicine, a dozen other minerals have
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been added to the list. These additional minerals have been found to
play an equally important role in life (calcium, manganese,
chromium, cobalt, fluorine, potassium).
All these minerals are the carriers of life functions and without them
biochemical processes could not be imagined. It’s sufficient to
mention that the minerals have the same importance for our
enzymes as the oxygen has for our breathing (they are biocatalysts).
Our body can not create minerals.
Today, with modern technological procedures, food is processed for
a longer duration, yet preservation of these trace elements are not
taken into consideration. It often happens that the food that you buy
is in correspondence with the rules and standards regarding calories
content, however, it contains little or no nutritional components, so
it’s also called "empty foods."
It happened to me, and I believe to you too that often without a
reason I start to feel lethargic. It is very often a sign that there is a
lack of some mineral in our body. In addition to inadequate lifestyle
and diet, a lack of minerals in the body comes with the following:
long-term medication and birth control pills, excessive alcohol
consumption, smoking, drinking lots of coffee etc.
Each mineral, as well as vitamins, in the body can act medicinal and
toxic (poisonous). Will it be toxic or will it help your body depends
on the amount you take, gender, age, health status and nourishment.
If you are a vegetarian, make sure to eat diversely and consume
foods that with its composition satisfy the need for minerals. Fibers,
which are found in large quantities in the vegetarian diet (plants),
may interfere with the intake of minerals and their absorption
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through the intestine because they speed up the work of intestines
and cause frequent stool, which sometimes does not give the body
enough time to absorb minerals.
Scientific studies prove that mineral supplements in a diet prevent
lack of minerals, and may help prevent various forms of cancer,
heart disease and some degenerative process.
Zinc
The highest concentration of zinc in the body is in eyes. Zinc is an
essential element (the body can not produce it, and it is needed) that
has the ability to convert beta-carotene (which we consume from
food) into vitamin A, needed for our sight. Zinc is found in red
meat, eggs, milk, dairy products, whole grains, and the highest
concentration can be found in oysters.
A zinc deficiency leads to growth disorder and development
deficiency, mental retardation, slow wound healing, hair loss, loss of
sense of taste, progressive weakening of eyesight, etc. Excessive
intake of zinc causes abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and anemia.
Zinc has an effect opposite to copper so it is important to maintain
the correct proportions. High dosage of zinc can lead, in addition to
the aforementioned symptoms, to a lack in copper.
Copper
Copper gluconate is the form in which our body absorbs copper as
mineral. It is one of the most important antioxidants (purifiers) and
essential for blood circulation. Poor circulation causes a lack of
oxygen and other nutritive substances throughout the body causing
damage to the tissues and the whole organism. Blood and nutritive
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substances are most needed in the brain, heart, kidneys and eyes. If
there is a shortage or lack of copper in the body, over time it will
bring about blindness.
Copper deficiency is very rare, while intoxication can occur quite
often. Symptoms of intoxication are nausea, vomiting and
abdominal pain.
Selenium
Selenium is most needed in our body to enhance the immune system
and fight against various infections. One of the major roles it plays is
acting as a purifier that binds and neutralizes free radicals that
damage the eye lens.
Magnesium
It is important in transferring nerve impulses throughout the body
and it widens the blood vessels. It is important to maintain blood
flow to the eye and the brain, especially in patients with macula
degeneration or diabetes (diabetes mellitus).
* Now that you are familiar with all the most important vitamins
and minerals that are necessary for the health of your eyes, I will
repeat once more that it is best to consume vitamins in fresh fruits
and vegetables. Unfortunately this is not always possible, and it can
be even more difficult to consume the correct ratios that are best for
your eyes.
In order to complete this program we have prepared a special recipe
vitamin mix that contains all the necessary vitamins and minerals
for eye health and vision improvement. Personally, I felt a great
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change in my vision when I took these vitamins, same as the many
other participants of the "How to Improve Eyesight" program.
To order your monthly doses of vitamins visit this website:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/vitamins
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Cataract and conjunctivitis:
- Apple, blueberry, celery, spinach, parsley.
Degeneration of the macula:
- Broccoli, green vegetables, apples, raspberries, red pepper.
Inflammation or atrophy of the optic nerve:
- Wheat, berries, beets, cabbage, carrots, parsley.
Now, when you see which vitamins and minerals we need, it is time
to describe to you some of the fresh foods that contain all the
necessary nutritive substances and that will definitely help in
improving vision and preventing eye disease.
Blueberries and grapes
They have a similar impact on vision whereby the blueberry has a
greater concentration of vitamins than grapes. Blueberries are also
categorized as a therapeutic plant. It contains a large concentration
of antioxidants (purifiers) to help maintain healthy blood vessels in
the eye. Eating blueberries reduces the chances of developing
degeneration of the macula and might prevent the occurrence of
diseases of the cornea. Your vision and clarity of vision will become
fixed over time if you regularly consume this food, but it will have
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no impact on farsightedness, nearsightedness and cataracts.
Blueberries highly improve night vision. A glass full of blueberries
or blueberry jam is a supplement that should improve adaptation to
darkness very quickly after eating.
Carrot
When you were a child you must have been certainly told that
carrots are good for your eyesight. This food contains large amounts
of beta-carotene which is converted in the body into a precious
vitamin A and even has the ability to convert fat into energy.
The daily dose of vitamin A which is needed for our body contains a
half-cup of cooked mashed carrots or one whole fresh carrot. To
convert beta-carotene into vitamin A, it’s necessary and sufficient to
have fat, iron, zinc and water taken; otherwise it will go through our
body without effect.
Spinach, kale and other green leafy vegetables
While I was growing up, my mother constantly talked about the
importance of green leafy vegetables. When talking about food that
improves vision, the list would be incomplete without mentioning
spinach, kale and other similar vegetables that are full of
antioxidants and substances for the protection of eyes from harmful
solar radiation and blue light.
Dark chocolate
It contains nutrients (flavonoids) that significantly improve vision
by protecting blood vessels and strengthening the eye lens and
cornea. If you eat dark chocolate, then make sure that it contains at
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least 60% cocoa, because then you can achieve the greatest benefit.
Of course, one should not go overboard with chocolate, but a piece a
day will not harm you.
Garlic
Garlic contains high amounts of sulfur which make it an ideal food
to improve eyesight. Sulfur helps strengthen lenses and their
resistance to illness. It’s best to use it in moderation as a food
supplement, because then you will in a tasty way contribute to the
health of the entire body.
Ginkgo biloba
It has been known for its positive effect on eyes and the central
nervous system for centuries. It’s effective on blood vessels in a way
that it expands them and increases the circulation in the eye. If you
suffer from macular degeneration, or want to prevent it, this is the
food for you.
Silymarin
This is found in a large percentage in milk thistle. It provides great
support to the liver and is used in the treatment of active hepatitis
and cirrhosis of the liver caused by alcohol. You already know the
importance of the liver in sight. It stores fat-soluble vitamins
important for vision and it activates the B vitamins. Bright light
during the day is a great stress to eyes, and the ingredients needed
for their recovery can be found in the liver. Liver damage can
significantly jeopardize vision.
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Eyebright
This is a plant with strong anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in
the preparation of an eye soothing bath, which also reduces
irritation on eye surface. Tea from this herb was used in folk
medicine for eye health and eye disease such as conjunctivitis
(inflammation of the mucosa) for hundreds of years.
Eggs
Including eggs in the diet, cooked or fried, is useful for your eyes.
The yolk contains a large number of essential nutrients and proteins
that maintain health and metabolism. Additionally it contains lutein,
sulfur, B vitamins, fatty acids and zinc, which are directly relevant to
good vision and eye health. Regular consumption of eggs will help
to protect the lens from cataract formation.
Cold water fish (tuna, sardines, salmon, cod, mackerel)
It’s an excellent source of DHA, which is one of the substances that
builds the cell membrane. If you have dry eyes and you want to
preserve your vision, put fish on your weekly menu.
Salmon contains omega-3 fatty acids and is very rich in vitamins A
and D, and belongs to one of the most popular foods to improve
vision. These food ingredients not only help your eyes, but also
increases your brain power.
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Hydration is an essential factor in the health of every person. The
World Health Organization recommends a daily intake of at least 2
liters of water to make the body function properly. Without fluid,
intake of water soluble vitamins and mineral substances would be
insignificant.
In addition to water, you can take in the daily amounts of vitamins
and nutrients from fruit and vegetable juices. It would be best if you
had time to make your own juices from fresh fruits and vegetables.
If you buy juices, check their quality and purchase them in
pharmacies or stores that keep a healthy food selection. The negative
side to purchasing these juices is high price, but a rational
combination of these nutritional supplements and these juices is a
winning combination. Sodas should be completely ejected from use
since these can only be damaging due to the high amounts of sugar
in them, as well as the many different types of additives and flavor
enhancers in them.
You will not go wrong with any fruits, vegetables or other
ingredients that you eat, and which contributes to your health. The
eyes are an integral part of our body and everything that’s good for
your body is also good for your eyes.
You've seen the list of vitamins and minerals that are essential for
our body. As there are substances that contribute to our health, there
are also those "bad" foods that harm our health. You have to know
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that all the nutrients can be harmful, depending on the storage
method (unhygienic premises), preparation (roasting, salting and
adding excessive oil) and the amount you consume.
Under the "bad foods" we consider those that are harmful to the
body if taken in normal or small quantities. Some of these are fried
foods, nicotine products, alcohol beverages, foods packed with
sugar etc. Today people are literally forced to eat fast food because
of their lifestyles.
Invest a little more time in health and nutrition and replace harmful
foods with healthy ones, and if you are a fan of fast food, it’s not so
wrong to treat yourself once a month (maximum). Reducing the
intake of bad foods or their exclusion from your diet will help your
body to recover from the damage caused by an unhealthy diet.
Foods that absolutely must be avoided:
- Fast food
- White sugar
- Soda (especially those diet ones)
- White flour
- Alcohol products
- Tobacco products
- Refined salt (use sea salt instead)
- Margarine
- Too salty of foods
- All the sweet foods that say they are sugar-free
- Sugar Substitutes
- Soy products (too heavy for digestion and weaken the liver)
- Fatty red meat
- Caffeine
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- Bakery products...
Fast foods characteristically are very high in calories and a very low
in other nutrients. Because of this lack of nutrients, which are
essential for the proper functioning of the body, fast food can not be
counted in a healthy diet.
Another harmful effect of fast food is a wide variety of additives that
are used solely to provide attractive taste and smell, with a goal to
attract more customers, and ignoring the harmful effects of additives
on the human body.
Food additives are substances added to food to improve its
appearance, odor, flavor, and color and to extend its shelf life. One
can find various additives in fast food which, if taken in large
quantities, harmfully affect the body over time. All meat products
contain additives that can be used to preserve the product, however,
one must take into account the amount of food consumed that these
additives do not become harmful to our organisms.
When eating fast food you are at risk of infection (poisoning) from
harmful microorganisms. Food preparation surfaces have the ideal
temperature for growth of bacteria in meat and condiments that are
attached to the dish (mayonnaise, etc.).
Fast food is usually greasy and therefore has a high calorific value
and quickly creates a feeling of satiety. Frying in infrequently
changed oil is harmful and all foods that are prepared with a large
amount of fats and oils should be avoided. As a rule, the oil should
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be used only once and after each frying thrown away, because each
subsequent use increases its carcinogenicity (ability to create cancer
in our body).
Young people are the largest consumers of fast food because it’s
convenient, cheap, and additives give it an alluring taste. If you
teach your child about the harmful effects of fast food and about
healthy lifestyle, you can have a powerful effect on the selection of
children's brunch. Replace snacks and junk food with fruit or a
sandwich that you prepare at home from an early age for your child.
Fast food is one of the leading causes of obesity, elevated blood
cholesterol, liver damage, heart disease and cardiovascular disease
and high blood pressure. Since all that is harmful to your body, it is
also harmful to the eyes. As a result of consuming fast food, visual
damage comes into place as well as damage of the eye as an organ.
This damage can be prevented by a healthy diet.
For thousands of years before the production of refined sugar
(white), honey and fruits have satisfied man's need and desire for
sweets. These natural, organic foods include fruit sugars, vitamins,
minerals, enzymes, organic acids, water and other nutrients needed
in the body. Nowadays, natural sugar has been completely replaced
with refined, crystallized sugar.
Numerous studies have shown that sugar is capable of causing a
real addiction. If you frequently consume large amounts of sugar,
the pancreas gets used to secreting large amounts of insulin (another
example of adaptation of the organism to the harmful effects), which
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creates a chemical addiction in the body. The body then requires
increasing amounts of sugar to maintain the newly created balance.
A person addicted to sugar becomes nervous and has a strong desire
for sweets.
Refined sugar has no benefit for the body, has no nutritional value
and is very harmful. Sugar directly endangers your health and leads
to diseases such as tooth decay, loss of calcium in bones, heart
attacks, diabetes, obesity, stomach ulcer, acne, high cholesterol,
various vascular diseases, liver diseases, etc.
If you think that we use sugar derived from sugar beets and that it
can’t harm your health, you are wrong. A substance that is now
called pure sugar is sucrose; it is purified and in addition to
removing impurities, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other
nutritional substances have also been removed. White sugar that we
know today is a completely artificial chemical substance. Sucrose
(saccharose) is the sugar that our body burns very quickly in order
to get just the instant energy, which does not help us to create or
absorb nutrients. It produces only empty calories. By eating sucrose,
our body suddenly wakes up, but as soon as the effects of the sugar
decrease, the body considerably weakens because it doesn't have the
nutrients it needs.
The greatest problem sugar is creating in our body is that we spend
our supplies of important nutrients (vitamins, amino acids and
minerals) for its digestion and it does not give us anything useful.
There are foods that can be a healthy way to consume all the
necessary sugar in the body:
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Honey – with honey we take calcium, iron, essential fatty
acids, vitamins and phosphorus. If you can, choose home
made honey.
Fruit - a source of natural sugar and full of enzymes,
vitamins, fructose and minerals
Liquorice - this is one of the oldest herbs. Its root is used for
sweetening and treatment. It is as much as 50% sweeter than
sugar, but because of its composition it regulates the adrenal
glands, acts as antidepressant and prevents tooth decay.
To avoid this problem, start with discarding all the sugar that you
have in your house immediately, and don’t buy sugar any more.
Then force yourself to drink tea without sugar for a few days and
you will notice how your sensitivity to flavor has become enhanced
without sugar, and you can enjoy consuming food and beverages
much more.
Carbonated soft drinks are very harmful, especially for children.
They are full of sugar and fill the body with empty calories that can
turn into fat eventually. I have already mentioned that sucrose,
which is found in these drinks, consumes supplies of nutrients.
Carbonated soft drinks are linked to the occurrence of:
Obesity – According to research, if you drink three deciliters
of soda a day, your body weight may increase up to one
kilogram in a month.
Diabetes – Content of sodas reduces the body's ability to
metabolize sugar over time and it causes diabetes.
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Liver damage - Long-term consumption of carbonated soft
drinks can even lead to cirrhosis of the liver. Sodas contain a
large amount of fructose, which is absorbed through the liver
and is responsible for the damage.
Teeth damage – It is no secret that soft drinks adversely affect
the tooth enamel and thus causes damage like tanning of
teeth until they deteriorate.
Stomach damage - soft drinks cause bloating (due to the large
amount of carbon dioxide they contain) and heartburn (due
to increased acidity).
Poor concentration and insomnia - in addition to a very large
amount of sugar, these drinks contain caffeine. One can of
soda contains the same amount of caffeine as a cup of black
coffee. Children who drink soda have problems with
learning, concentration and sleep.
In all carbonated beverages, even those with no sugar artificial
sweeteners, are hazardous to your health. All carbonated drinks
contain carbon, citric or phosphoric acid, which disrupts the acidity
of our blood and toxic artificial sweeteners. These sweeteners can
cause headache, depression, chronic fatigue, vision problems, liver
and kidney damage.
It is important to note that sodas cannot satisfy your thirst but
increase the water needed if consumed.
There is no organ in humans that is not affected by the harmful
effects of alcohol. It is most damaging to the brain, liver (which you
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already know that it is in direct contact with the eyes), kidney
(through which it secretes alcohol) and stomach.
Alcohol destroys brain cells permanently. Long-term consumption
of alcohol creates a dependency that is difficult to treat. When you
drink alcohol, it behaves much like any other harmful substance -
absorbing all the nutrients that we need. People who consume
alcohol have problems with memory, concentration, headaches,
stomach damage and it can cause liver cirrhosis.
You already know a lot about the harmfulness of this matter, but I
want to remind you that nicotine causes great dependence, and
some studies have compared it with heroin by the addiction it
creates in the human body. Smoking harms not only you, but
everyone in your immediate vicinity, especially children. Nicotine
harms all organs, and the most commonly occurring diseases are of
the heart and lungs and elevated blood pressure. Smoking and
cigarette smoke strongly endangers the health of your eyes.
Caffeine is a chemical substance that is addictive. You will read in
many magazines and newspapers that coffee is good for your health,
but in reality, it is not. Such research is sponsored by companies
engaged in the production and sale of coffee and thereby increases
their profits. Stop consuming coffee because there are no substance
and nutrients that we need for life and health in it. Start drinking
more water and natural fruit juices.
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Consummation of large quantities of salt leads to hardening of the
veins and arteries, high blood pressure, obesity and kidney damage.
Damaged arteries and veins transport less blood, and reduce the
circulation of the eye, which can harm vision. Larger quantities of
salt then recommended results in the accumulation of water in the
body and swelling. Instead of refined salt, use sea salt since it is
healthier for your body. Or even better, do the same as with sugar
and completely stop salting food. In just two slices of bread there is
enough salt that you need for the whole day.
White refined flour mixes with your digestive juices and creates a
sticky mass that sticks to the walls of your intestines and causes
constipation. Your intestine cannot function properly, and deposits
on their walls do not allow the vitamins and minerals to be absorbed
properly. Constipation is the cause of hazy and blurred vision and
many systemic diseases. Replace white flour and white bread with
rye.
There is a general misconception about fat. Fat-free or fat-reduced
products are all the rage in healthy eating. Fats are important for
your body. If you do not eat fat, your body will not be able to absorb
vitamins that dissolve in fats, you will not have energy and you
could develop a severe illness. That's why you need to distinguish
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between fats that are healthy for you and fats that are not.
Unhealthy fats block the bloodstream, the liver and gallbladder, and
remember how important your liver is for your vision.
You need to stay away of any fat that has been processed, especially
heated. Fats get damaged during the heat treatment, and as the
temperature gets higher, the worse the damage is which makes it
more harmful to your organism.
Oils you should avoid:
- All kinds of margarine
- Cotton seed oil
- Rapeseed oil
- Soybean oil
Soybean and rapeseed are toxic to the body. All types of margarine
are hydrogenated to remain solid at room temperature. The process
of hydrogenation is very harmful for margarine and it creates a
"trans fats" in it that are highly toxic to humans. Margarine is also
processed at very high temperatures, so you make your own
conclusion about what kind of food it is. Studies have shown that oil
from cottonseed lowers testosterone and sperm count in men.
If you want to maintain eye and body health these are oils that you
need to consume:
- Olive oil
- Sesame oil
- Sunflower oil
- Linseed oil
- Coconut Oil (for cooking)
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Start with a tablespoon of linseed oil before going to bed and you'll
speed up the repair of your sight.
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Exercises for vision improvement represent a natural way to
improve and / or maintain perfect vision. In addition to this, they
prevent the occurrence of various eye diseases. When you
superficially look at the descriptions of exercises it might seem like
they require a lot of effort and time, but in reality they don’t.
Ask yourself how long you've already worn glasses, how many
times are bothered by them during certain activities with friends or
family, or how long you need to prepare your contact lenses and put
them in? When you consider all the time and money spent on
useless tools, you can find that 25-35 minutes a day is negligible
time. And once you repair your sight, the 15 minute exercises a day
are enough and your only need to do those a few times a week.
In this program I explain in detail how to improve your vision by
using exercises. It is up to you to assess whether you are interested
and want to try it. I succeeded, the thousands of followers of this
program did too, and so will you. You have nothing to lose and
everything to gain since you will improve your eyesight. Health is
an investment! You have to invest in glasses that cost a lot of money
for a lifetime. Why not improve your vision and get rid of them
forever?
Start immediately by removing your glasses or contact lenses. Look
around you. It is important to accept the image just as you see it, no
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matter how hazy it might be. If you can read this without these aids,
just continue and if you find you can do well without them, dispose
of them from the very first day you start with exercises. You are not
advised to get rid of your glasses if you really need them, especially
while driving - safety is always first. In this case you need to wear
glasses that are half diopter lower than your normal prescription.
You don’t need to throw away a fortune to buy expensive lower
diopter glasses that you will no longer need after these exercises.
You can start by taking your old glasses out of the drawer or by
buying eyeglasses at a much more favorable price than ordinary
optics via the website:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/eyeglasses
It’s mandatory that you wear glasses with only slightly lower
diopters (less for 0.5 or 1 diopter) when you start training, and
while your vision is gradually being repaired to change glasses to
weaker and weaker prescription. If you don’t do it, but still wear
your old glasses, you will get your vision to very quickly adapt
back to this diopter, which causes the exercises to be pointless. Of
course, for dangerous activities such as driving a car, use your
current glasses of full diopter.
You must be sure you want to go through this program and you
must not give up! Perform exercises every day and regularly raise
up the intensity and workload of exercises. This way you encourage
your muscles to strengthen. I have mentioned numerous times that
it’s all about adjustment. If you do not increase the intensity and
workload of exercises, the muscles of your eyes over time adjust to
the new situation and do not need further strengthening. To prevent
this from occurring, exercise in the same intensity for several days in
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a row, and then boost the intensity, and repeat this process until you
achieve the desired result.
Bodybuilders increase their muscle mass in the same way. If you do
not exercise regularly, your muscles gradually weaken, until finally
they completely lose function. It can be compared with an arm or leg
fracture. If it’s fixed within the plaster for long time, it will atrophy
over the course of time.
Exercise whenever you feel relaxed and good. No matter how hard
you try, you cannot achieve good results if you practice under stress
or when your eyes are tired. Stress negatively affects the entire body,
and what’s bad for the body is damaging for eyes as well. Relax and
take a rest and then start with your daily exercise.
It is important that you take your diet seriously and apply what you
have learned from this program. A healthy diet will help you see
results much faster. This will not only take a step towards the health
of your eyes and better vision, but also to the health of your entire
body.
It is best to perform exercises at home or to select an area where you
feel comfortable and where you will not be disturbed during the
execution. If possible, it is desirable that the space is illuminated by
natural light, and if such a place is not available, quality artificial
lighting will serve the purpose. Do not use fluorescent, ultraviolet or
infrared light.
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You must have enough space. To find the best fit, stand in the
middle of the room with your arms spread and make a full turn. If
you’ve found nothing in the way, you have enough space. Choose a
chair to sit on during the execution of most of the exercises, and find
a part of clean wall where you can hang the necessary props.
I have already mentioned that you should exercises only when you
feel relaxed and when you are not under stress which means you
can practice anytime. Some prefer exercising immediately after
waking up, while others practice after work. It would be best if you
can practice immediately after waking up, because that is when you
have the highest level of concentration and your eyes are still fresh.
After work, it could happen that you are not able to concentrate
fully because of the many problems you might have experienced
that day.
If this is still your only open time, remember that it is better than not
exercising at all. Try to find a time of day when you are free and you
do not have work or other commitments, as sometimes it can
happen that you skip the exercises which will delay your progress.
When you select a time, create a routine that you can perform every
day.
Do not forget to be persistent, consistent and self-confident and to
believe in this program. If you can not be devoted to the program
and do not want to take time for it, do not expect results. For all the
effort it takes, why not invest in your health?
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During exercise do not forget to breathe properly. If you caught
yourself pausing in your breathing even for a moment, that means
you are straining to see. You can prevent this by thinking about the
importance of breathing and breathing in deeply while you are
learning how to do exercises. Since your eyes and brain need a lot of
oxygen, it would not hurt to join a yoga class where you will learn
how to breathe properly.
Some exercises are very relaxing and there will be nothing unusual
if you fall asleep during the execution. Moreover, it is a sign that you
are relaxed enough and have rested your eyes.
Blinking is healthy for your eyes. Eyelids cover the entire aqueous
humor of the eye and protect it from drying out and foreign matter.
Healthy eyes with normal intraocular pressure blinks 10-12 times
per minute, approximately every 5 seconds. Most people who see
poorly unwillingly reduce the frequency of their blinking. They stare
into objects that are not clearly visible and try to focus. So,
unconsciously they blink less than the eye needs.
At the beginning it will be a little strange to remind yourself to blink
every 5 seconds. Of course, you do not have to watch the clock and
blink exactly on time, but you can roughly estimate the time and
blink regularly. Later it becomes a habit and you will not have to
think about blinking.
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I have prepared an interesting exercise for you to use in order to
learn how to blink regularly. You can perform this blinking exercise
anytime and anywhere. The right moment for this exercise is right
now, or as soon as you feel the tension and fatigue in your eyes.
Exercise is performed by gently and quickly blinking 20 times,
without squeezing the eyelids. Your face during exercise must be
relaxed. After blinking 20 times, close your eyes and relax. This
exercise can be repeated several times, but at least two times a day.
In this way you will reduce the fatigue you feel in your eyes.
The blurry zone is a part of your sight that you do not see clearly.
Between the part that you see clearly and the part that is blurred
there is imaginary boundary. The aim of the exercises is to improve
vision and the goal behind improving vision is to move these
imaginary boundaries as far as possible, until your vision becomes
perfect.
For people who suffer from myopia, blurred zone is usually at a
distance of half a meter or less. In farsightedness this zone is usually
all that is closer than half a meter.
It is important to frequently take off your glasses or contact lenses
and look into blurry zone. The less you look, the less you see. Even if
everything is blurry, do not be afraid to look and, of course, accept
what you see. The aim of seeing the blurry zone is to stimulate the
strengthening of bonds and sending signals – from the eye to the
brain.
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If you are near-sighted, look into the distance (through a window or
along the street), and if you suffer from farsightedness, choose a
subject that is very close (within the length of your stretched arm).
Make sure that there are different shapes and colors within your site.
Now explore this blurry zone, recognize shapes, colors, edges of
objects, observe with your peripheral vision. In no case force
yourself to see better. Relax, breathe properly and, of course, blink.
Observe different objects and recognize them.
It is important to make this effort, because in this way your brain
associates the sights with objects. Do not compare what you see with
how it should look. You will get disappointed and this can prevent
your progress. Imagine that everything you are looking at is
something you are seeing for the first time. Accept the objects as
such. The more you look, the more you’ll see.
Sometimes you will experience sudden moments of clear vision.
These moments can occur at any time, but they usually occur during
the execution of the exercises.
They initially do not last long, just a few moments, but the more
progress you make the longer they last and your vision improves.
When this moment comes, do not strain your eyes to maintain such
a vision, relax and enjoy. With regular exercise there will be more of
such moments so be happy. When a clear vision begins to fail,
remember - you were able to achieve it once, you can do it again.
Toast this moment!
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These moments occur quite spontaneously. They are followed by a
feeling of relaxation and reduction of eye strain. It can take
anywhere from several minutes to several hours. It is your natural
vision. It will happen more often and will last longer until you clear
vision becomes a natural state. During a moment like this you will
see colors more expressly, especially black, and you'll have a better
sense of space.
After experiencing a lot of spontaneous moments of clear vision,
some people learn that some eye muscles can invoke clear vision.
This becomes very useful when you do not have glasses in the
vicinity, and you need to read something or see clearly.
A clear vision can sometimes occur when you have watery eyes, but
as soon as you blink it disappears. This happens because a tear in
the eye fractures beams differently than your eye and they fall in
right place, and so you see clearly. This is not one of the true
moments of clear vision, but it is useful to mention!
Motivation is the most important factor on which you need to work
in order to restore your perfect vision. Without motivation there will
be no success and vice versa.
There are many motivators and each part of life has its own. For
example, you will do your job well because you’ll get a raise for it,
we will lose some weight because we feel better, more confident and
healthier. You will improve your eyesight because you will see
better, lead a healthier life and enjoy things you could not before.
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When you feel motivated, you will perform tasks easier, faster,
better and with pleasure.
Create your own internal motivators. When you feel too lazy to
exercise, think about why you started with this program and what
your goal is. Your wish was to see without glasses. This result will
be achieved only if you exercise regularly and laziness will not get
you anywhere. Arrange all the benefits of these exercises so that you
can change your mentality from “need to” into “must”.
You have to know what you want and why you want it.
To be able to perform a "How to improve eyesight" program, we will
immediately start with the very important exercise for motivation.
The task is very easy so you can do it immediately. All you need is a
pen and piece of paper.
Motivational exercise
Write on a piece of paper five things that bothered you the most
about your glasses and your bad sight. These can be things like:
glasses make me ugly; glasses bother me at soccer games and so on.
Think carefully and write down your own five facts.
After that, write your five reasons why you are going to improve
your vision. It may be reasons like: I'll fix eyesight so I could ride a
bike without glasses, I'll fix eyesight to be able to read newspapers at
any time etc.
When finished, leave the paper where you can always see it. It’s best
if you can put it next to the optotype (graph for testing vision that
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came along with this program). Look back at these five things when
you need more motivation.
If you don't improve your eyesight, you'll have to live with poor
vision for the rest of your life.
This short task is very important and you cannot expect to improve
your vision if you are too lazy to perform it! Immediately follow this
exercise and only then continue reading. Remember that theory will
not motivate you; YOU HAVE TO FEEL EMOTIONS.
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I believe that you are further motivated to get rid of glasses after you
have completed this task. Now you are mentally prepared for the
journey of healing your vision. You'll soon find out what you need
to do and how many times a day you will be required to perform the
exercises. Most importantly, you'll know why you unremittingly
perform these exercises every day.
It is important to note that, in addition to motivation, unfortunately
there is a demotivation. It brings negligence, forgetting of
assignments and dissatisfaction.
It is important to identify the main demotivators, which are the
cause of your lack of willingness to exercise, and successfully get rid
of them. Otherwise, they will prevent you from achieving the goals
you want. The most common demotivators, not only in relation to
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this subject, but for all aspects of life, are: laziness, suspicion and
negative attitude towards what you're doing.
Apart from them, one of the major demotivators is insufficient
support of the environment. It can be your friends and family
members or a professional person such as your optician. Friends will
be easily turned on your side after you first experience an
improvement in your vision. Opticians will be a little harder to
convert since they live on the sale of eyeglasses. It is best not to enter
in discussion with them or refer to this book.
Laziness
Laziness is one of the main demotivators which prevents you from
executing tasks. The best way to get rid of it is to repeat your
motivators to yourself whenever you feel listless. Think about how
much time you spend watching TV or drinking coffee, and these
activities do not contribute to your health. If you make excuses for
not to perform what you need, you will often experience failure.
Find a reason to live healthy and you will also find time for yourself.
Just remember to think positively.
Doubt
Doubt is the first factor that draws you to failure. Doubt equals
suspicion. Imagine how you feel when you suspect something or
when you are sure of something. Being certain of something is a
much nicer feeling, isn’t it? Certainty will be acquired if you don’t
think too much about what you are doing. Think positively and do
your exercises. Be persistent and you will create a sense of security.
Exercise regularly and the results will come and remove all doubt. If
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thousands of people before you managed to improve their vision
naturally, you will succeed, too.
Negative thinking
Negative thoughts are another obstacle that must be removed.
Never think that you are not good enough for something or that it is
not worth doing. Not one effort did fail; each was worth something,
right?
First of all you need to know what your negative thoughts are. It is
possible that you think you have not enough time, that you haven't
been able to repair your vision without glasses, so you think that
you will fail again. Your negative thinking could be any other reason
that prevents you from starting this adventure. All these negative
thoughts need to be replaced with positive ones - you can do it.
You need to invest time for your health and your vision will soon be
fixed with these exercises. Never give up. Positive thoughts will help
you make better progress. You have the opportunity to naturally
improve your vision - grab it and you will succeed in what you
intend.
Do it with a smile. With a smile you look better, feel better and
radiate confidence.
Journaling is another powerful tool that will help in this journey of
healing vision, keeping you focused and motivated. It is enough to
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give it one minute a day and your progress will be faster and more
measurable.
Do not rely too much on memory. Each day write down the
exercises you did, how you felt, any noted progress, changes that
you made in your diet and other daily habits related to this
program.
Journaling is the best way to track your results. Changes will not be
visible immediately or on a weekly basis, but over a longer period of
time, a view to the log will show you how much you've progressed
since the beginning of this program. During training scroll your
diary, see how it was in the beginning and how it is after a few
weeks. Vision can be fixed without you recognizing it because your
eyes will very quickly adjust to this new, improved sight. That’s
where your log will help to remind you how it was, prove your
progress and motivate you to further your training.
You do not need much for journaling. One small notebook and pen
is enough. The important thing is to keep it in a visible place to
remind you to enter important information.
The body needs time to be healed. Do not rush and do not be
disappointed if you do not get results as quickly as you would like.
So do not make the mistake and test your progress every day, your
eyes just can not respond so quickly. It is enough to test once a
month.
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When testing, always do it at the same time of day and under the
same conditions. The quality of your vision changes during the day
due to stress and strain.
You can test yourself by using the optotype that came with the
program.
Hang it at eye level and move six meters away from it. You've
probably heard a description of the quality of vision: 20/20, which
means that from a distance of 20 feet (about 6 meters) healthy eyes
see the letters marked with the number 20 on the chart.
20/20 indicates normal perfect vision, and if you see from the
distance of 20 feet’s letters marked with the number 30 ft, it means
that your vision is 20/30. To get a percentage of the quality of your
eyesight, you need to divide 20 by 30 and multiply that number by
100. In this case, it means that your eyesight is 67% of normal vision.
In any case, use this data for self-testing but do not take them as
absolute measures because from a different range you may get
different measures.
If you are skilled with a computer, you can also create a new
optotype for each testing, thus avoiding accidentally cheating
during the self-test. When creating a new optotype use Courier New
BOLD font, and use this size of letters.
Distance in ft 70 60 50 40 30 20 15 10 7 4
Hight of
printed
letters in mm
31 27 22 18 13 9 7 4 3 2
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It’s time to start with what you've been waiting for the whole time.
Initially, read how these exercises should be performed and after
that you should try to learn them all properly.
I remind you once more not to forget to breathe properly, regularly
blink and keep your posture upright. If you notice that you do not
breathe or blink during the execution of some exercises - it means
you are straining.
I have already mentioned how important is to maintain proper body
balance. Now you know how you need to keep your posture; do not
apply it only while performing exercises, but also throughout the
day, whatever you do. Improper posture will only ruin your
eyesight.
Exercises are divided into five groups:
1. Relaxation exercises
2. Warm-up exercises and stretching
3. The massage exercises
4. Exercises to strengthen the eye muscles
5. Mind exercises
Each exercise has its own importance in your journey to the better
vision. Warm-up exercises and stretching is necessary to do at the
beginning of training to stimulate circulation and prepare the whole
body for the exercises that follow. Relaxation exercises and massages
are done repeatedly as needed, and exercises to strengthen the eye
muscles are done according to the attached training schedule. You
only need to perform mental exercises occasionally in order to
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reduce stress and eliminate the psychological problems that hinder
your progress.
The palm exercise is one of the most valuable exercises in this
program to completely relax the eyes. Perform the palm exercise
after other exercises or in between exercises. In this way you prepare
your eyes for other exercises and any further challenges.
The palm exercise can be used any time during the day. When you
feel tension in your eyes or during long-term work of computer, you
can use the palm exercise to reduce tension. This exercise is also an
excellent remedy for headaches caused by eye strain.
Execution of the exercise:
1. In the room you have chosen for the exercises, ensure peace and
tranquility. If you prefer, instead of silence, you can listen to the
natural sounds of relaxing music from a music device. Sit on a
chair, keeping your spine in an upright position. Note: correct
posture is crucial for relaxation. legs should not be crossed and
both feet should be on the floor. Lean your elbows on the table
or put them under the pillow so that you do not feel
uncomfortable.
2. First rub your palms quickly against each other. Rub until you
feel the heat in the palms of both hands (it would be enough for
about 10 seconds). This is the way that spiritual healers bring
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energy into their own hands. Imagine that you have brought
healing energy in your hands and cover your eyes. If you do not
believe in spiritual healing, just imagine how you’ve created
heat that will be pleasing to your eyes.
3. After you’ve heated your palms, fold them gently, as if to keep a
little water in each. Then place your palms over your closed
eyes, so that your fingers overlap at the forehead. Your palms
should block all the light from reaching your eyes. Your closed
eyes and palms must not be in contact. Even if you open your
eyes, you must have enough space so that your eyelid can move
smoothly, ie blink. Make sure there is enough space between
your folded palms (in the area of nose) so you can breathe freely.
Do not press your face; the palms should only slightly cover.
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4. It is very important that you are relaxed when performing this
exercise. You need to relax mentally and physically. Your eyes
can never be completely relaxed if you are under physical
tension or under mental stress.
5. Breathing is a key factor in palm exercise. Breathe as naturally as
possible - slowly and evenly to the fullest. Do not invest too
much effort in your breathing. Slowly breathe in and when you
fill your lungs with air, just relax and let the air out.
6. While performing the exercise, imagine that you are in complete
darkness. It will help if you imagine a black veil all around.
During the exercises, you might see flashing colors. Remember,
the goal of this exercise is to see only black and it takes time
until there is a complete blackness. That’s how long you should
run palm exercise. The darker the black you see, the faster the
progress to improve eyesight will be.
Palm exercise is an exercise that is to be done every day. Exercise
persistently and regularly and you will notice improvements. You
can perform this exercise whenever you want and as long as you
like, but make sure to do it after some other exercises to rest and
relax your eyes, making them ready for new challenges. Palm
exercise can not hurt your eyes, but only help.
Natural sunlight is food for our body. It is equally important to our
body as food and liquids we eat. Many of us spend most of our
work and free time under artificial light, which has a very negative
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impact on our vision. By performing this exercise, you will create a
better resistance to changing light conditions and you will tolerate
bright light easier, which has already been mentioned in the
description of the harmfulness of sunglasses.
While you are in the sun or while performing the sun-bathing
exercise, be sure to remove your contact lenses, sunglasses and/or
eyeglasses. Sun-bathing exercise is intended to prepare your eyes to
bright light and to help them acquire resistance to it.
Never do the sun-bathing exercise in bright sunlight. The best time
is before ten o'clock in the morning and after five o'clock in the
afternoon, ie when the strength of the sun has already weakened.
This exercise is for eye-care and relaxation. This exercise will not
harm your eyes and since it is desirable to do it more often, or
whenever conditions permit it, it is not specifically listed in the
training schedule.
Execution of the exercise:
1. First, turn sideways to the sun. Stand so that your spine is in an
upstraight position and does not feel uncomfortable. Close your
eyes and slowly turn towards the sun (with eyes closed). Allow
sunlight to shine on your face and closed eyes for 30 to 40
seconds. During this time, slowly rotate your head in small
circles, as when you relax your neck. In this way sunlight affects
the entire surface and corners of your eyes. Since your eyes are
closed, you are not looking directly at the sun. While rotating
your head, you can stretch your spine. You will do it by
transferring weight from one foot to another and rising on your
toes, gently and harmoniously with your head movements as
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you rotate your head. This allows you to rotate the whole body
and stretch the spine, which is closely related to vision.
2. After 30-40 seconds of sun bathing, with eyes closed, do the
palm exercise. Do palm exercises until you see completely black
color, and then repeat the sunbathing exercise. Repeat this
practice along with palm exercise several times until you feel
relaxed.
3. If it is too hot, too cold or cloudy outside, this exercise can be
performed at home. Using the same technique, perform it in
front of small lamps with light bulb intensity 60-100 watts. Do
not use fluorescent, ultraviolet or infrared light, just a simple
regular light bulb.
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Warm-up exercises and stretching need to be practiced before you
start the training. By warming-up, we prepare our bodies for what is
to follow - exercise. Warm-up exercises can be practiced several
times a day.
While warming up several processes are running in your body:
increased body temperature (or body part that is heated), blood
circulates through the body faster, the elasticity of the ligaments,
tissues and muscles is increasing.
Since you already know that our entire body is completely
connected, consider some sports activity. Regular exercise will
significantly speed up the progress of your eyes, regardless of
whether it is aerobics, soccer, running, cycling or gym.
The purpose of this exercise is to warm up the entire body and
initiate the circulation.
Execution of the exercise:
1. Stand up, relaxed. Let your spine be in an upright position.
Relax your neck, shoulders, arms and abdomen. Simply, relax.
2. Now, begin to lightly jump on your toes. Do not jump high, a
centimeter above the ground will be enough. Jump slowly and
gently.
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3. Do the exercise for about a minute, until you warm-up. Do not
jump until you feel completely fatigued. It is sufficient to
perform the exercise until you feel lightly fatigue.
For elderly people, where health does not allow jumping, it is
enough to lightly raise the toes of the foot, and then lower and rely
on the entire foot. Repeat this exercise also until you feel slightly
fatigued, which stimulates circulation.
Long-term tension in the neck and shoulder muscles can cause eye
strain. If the tension in the neck becomes chronic, it may cause
serious damage to eyesight.
Neck stretching exercises are used to warm up, relax the neck and
release any existing tension. These exercises are to be performed
slowly and very carefully so as not to harm the neck. None of the
movement should be done by force or more than the mobility of
your neck allows.
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Execution of the exercise:
1. Begin the exercise with gentle circular movements of the head.
Turn your neck slowly to avoid dizziness or sprains. Older
people should not lean their neck backwards, but direct their
chin down and move their heads left-right.
2. When you're done with the circular motions, look straight
ahead. Keep your neck straight and relaxed. Now imagine that a
big screen is in front of you and that your nose is a pencil. With
slight movements, write figure eights with your “pencil” on the
screen in front of you. Start with small eights and gradually
increase them.
3. After some time imagine that the eight is turned over on its side
and now forms the symbol for infinity. Start by drawing a small
symbol and slowly increase the size.
4. Do this exercise for a total of one minute or two, several times a
day, especially before you start the training. You should also do
this exercise immediately after waking up.
Since each type of stress affects vision, anything that can help relax
the muscles surrounding your eyes may also help improve your
eyesight.
A massage is perfect for relaxing and strengthening blood flow to
the massaged area.
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The advantage of this massage exercise is that you can perform it
whenever you have time or when you feel tension. It is also useful to
do before and/or after an exercise in order to improve vision.
Execution of the exercise:
1. Relax and sit in a position in which you feel comfortable.
2. Place the palms of your hands on the bony ridge above your
eyes. Now put stronger pressure on that area (area of your
eyebrows) and move your palms in small circular motion,
moving the skin on the forehead. Move palms for 30 seconds in
one direction and then in the other.
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1. During the massage, do not put pressure on your eyes or eyelids
but only on the area surrounding the eyes. After the massage,
you can do the palm exercise to relax your eyes.
This exercise is very important and helps you to sharpen your
eyesight. With the regular performance of these exercises, you will
improve the ability to focus your eyes on both near and far objects.
This exercise is interesting and easy to memorize and perform.
To perform this exercise you need an optotype (graph for visual
verification), card with a small letters and a eye patch. If you don’t
have an eye patch, use the palm of your hand and place it over the
eye like in the palm exercise.
Use the optotype and the card with smaller letters you get with this
program. An eye patch can be found in pharmacies, but make sure
you buy a convex one (that takes the form out) which allows you to
have your covered eye opened. In addition, a good eye patch must
prevent the entry of light. If you can not find such a eye patch, you
can order it on our here:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/eye-patch
This exercise can be run outside or in your home, depending on the
weather conditions. It is preferable to exercise outside, but exercising
in a room can also be effective.
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Exercising outside:
1. Go outside or look through a window (preferably an opened
one).
2. Choose a distant object: tree, house, car or any other larger object
you can see clearly. This is your far-visible object.
3. Now take the paper with the letters that came with the book and
hold it in your hand. Extend your arm and place the paper at the
same height as your eyes. If you cannot see the letters clearly
from that distance, feel free to move your paper closer until you
see them clearly.
4. Cover your left eye with your palm or eye patch. Keep your
covered eye open.
5. Now use your right eye to look at the distant object, focus on it
and watch it for a few seconds.
6. After that switch and look at the paper that you hold in your
hand and focus on the text. Focus on the small letter text for a
few seconds.
7. Repeat this for 3 minutes with your right eye.
8. After completing the exercise for your right eye, it's time to
exercise the left. Now cover the right eye and do not forget to
keep it open during the exercise. Don't forget to blink and
breathe properly.
9. Repeat the same procedure with the left eye for 3 minutes.
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10. Now completely remove the blindfold or your hands. Open both
eyes. Continue to breathe and blink.
11. Look at a distant object again with both eyes, then at the paper
that you hold in your hand and repeat this procedure for 4
minutes.
Exercising inside:
1. Hang the optotype at eye level while sitting, at a distance of 2 to
5 meters from where you sit. You should sit for all exercises
involving graph so you don’t get tired too soon. Take the card
with small letters in you hand.
2. Sit in a chair and hold your spine, neck and head properly. Sit at
the farthest distance you can so that you can see the largest
character (e), but not see it sharp. If your letter is clear and
recognizable at 5 meters distance, use the smaller letters on the
optotype. It is important that the observed letter is visible, but
just slightly blurred.
3. Now cover your left eye (keeping it open and regularly
blinking), and with the right one look at the selected letter.
Watch it for a few seconds, and then switch to watching the
paper that you hold in your hand. The inside exercise works the
same way as the exercise outside. Exercise your right eye for 3
minutes.
4. Then repeat the same with the left eye, covering the right.
Duration of exercise is also 3 minutes.
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5. Finally, remove the eye patch or hands from your eyes and
repeat the whole exercise for 4 minutes, with both eyes open.
Blink, breathe and hold the body properly.
Move the paper with letters in your hand back and forth from your
eyes in the course of this exercise. Have fun and train your eyes.
After this exercise, perform the palm exercise to relax your eyes and
get rested. The palm exercise can also be used in between eye
changes if you need it.
After a month of this exercise, move away from the graph with
letters and read all the smaller letters in the graph or choose more
distant objects if you exercise outdoors.
People often make mistakes in this exercise because they too quickly
change their focus from the near to the remote object and vice versa.
To get your vision sharpened after the change of distance, it requires
up to two seconds. If you think that you need less, remember what
we said in the introduction - it is always necessary to increase the
load to the muscles to stimulate growth. For you, this means that
you need to look at a farther object or to use a card with a smaller
font size.
This exercise can and should be done as often as possible and you
need to get it into a daily routine because it can be done almost
everywhere: at the traffic lights, while waiting for the dentist, while
resting on the beach, and so on. Of course, then you’ll perform the
exercise with both eyes simultaneously.
When you're out and you have a little free time, you can perform an
advanced version of this exercise (this is a bonus exercise and it is
not included in the curriculum of daily workouts):
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1. Focus on the object 2-3 meters away and watch it for a few
seconds. Remember its shape, color and size.
2. Then focus on an object 10 meters away from you and stare at
him for a few seconds.
3. After that do the same for the object, a tree or a building that is
100 meters away
4. Afterwards, focus on an object that is located 1000 meters from
you, and at the end on the mountains (or clouds) which are
located about 10 kilometers.
5. Gradually focus back on the nearest object and repeat several
times, the more the better.
The purpose of this exercise is to develop the ability of the mind and
eyes to work together (binocularity), to train your eyes to look at the
same time at the same point and to develop accommodation (the
ability of the eye to change focus from one object to another).
Before you begin this exercise, you need to make your ribbon. It's
easy. You need a ribbon or thread 2 meters long and 10 buttons (can
be different or same color). Thread the buttons on the ribbon so that
they are located about 15 centimeters from each other.
At one end, leave only 10 cm of ribbon and at the other end around
40 cm will remain. You will hold the longer end in your hands when
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you perform the exercise and the smaller end of the ribbon fixed to
the wall. You can affix the ribbon to the wall with duct tape to avoid
damaging the wall. The ribbon will need to be affixed to the wall at
the same height as your nose while you are sitting.
Before performing the exercise, make sure that the room where you
practice is well light.
Execution of the exercise:
1. Sit comfortably with your spine properly upright. With one
hand, take the free end of the ribbon. Wrap the end of it around
your index finger and raise it to the same height as the tip of
your nose, so that closest button is located 3-5 cm from your
nose. Let the ribbon slightly relax so it has just a small slope
from the wall towards you. Do not lean forward or backward to
tighten the ribbon; rather move the chair away from the wall to
the point where the ribbon is in the correct position.
2. Now get started with the exercise. If you suffer from
farsightedness, look with both eyes at the end of the ribbon, ie,
to the point where it is affixed to the wall. It will look as if there
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are two ribbons which form a letter V, with the sharp part
pointing towards the wall.
3. Now slowly focus your eyes closer to yourself and stop at the
first button from the wall. While focusing on this button
remember that you need to breathe properly and blink regularly.
As you focus on buttons that are closer to you, you will not see
the letter V, but the letter X (button is the center of an X), and the
central section will be that closer. While focusing on the farthest
button, the X will have a longer lower and shorter upper half.
Focus on the next of button after you have counted to three and
continue following the buttons in order.
4. When you get to the nearest button you should see the letter V
again, only this time it will look upside down. The sharp part of
the V will be at your nose
5. Gently close your eyes for a few seconds to relax them a little.
6. Now focus to the opposite side toward the wall, slowly moving
the view from one button to another. Stop on each for 3 seconds.
7. When you get to the last button, close your eyes again and
continue to repeat according to the training schedule.
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If you are nearsighted, you need to start from the button which is
closest to you, and then scroll your eyes in the same way, but
towards the remote buttons and then back.
The problems that you may encounter:
Instead of the ribbon overlapping and making an X, you might see
something else. For example, you might only see one ribbon instead
of two or the ribbons might intersect but not on the button you are
focused on. You might also see the ribbons join and continue as one
band (like the letter Y) or see one ribbon more clearly than the other.
Most likely you cannot move the ribbon intersection into the
distance or proximity by focusing. This is a sign that your ability to
focus is weak and may be associated with short-sightedness (if the
intersection can not move into the distance) or foresight (if you can
not draw the intersection closer).
Thus, short-sighted person will be able to move the intersection to,
for example, 7 buttons, but when one focuses on the eighth button
he will no longer see the letter X, but the letter V, which ends on that
eighth button, and after it one can see only one ribbon. Farsighted
people will have harder to move letter X to closer buttons.
With time and regular training, the vision improvements will be
gained. This improvement is initially seen not as a clearer picture,
but as improvement of your ability to move the intersection along
the ribbon further away or closer than you could in the beginning.
Do not strain yourself, accept what you see and know that the image
you now see one day will be much better. Relax and be patient.
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Otherwise, your body will be burdened with additional stress,
which can lead to discouragement and demotivation.
Slowed or paused breathing during exercise are signs of straining.
Do not forget to breathe properly and blink regularly. Be aware of
all the objects in the area of your peripheral vision as additional
training.
Advanced exercise version:
Exercises can be performed with one eye covered with a eye patch.
This covered eye should be open during the exercise. Gently slide
one eye along the ribbon in the same way as you would when using
both eyes. In this case, you will not see two ribbons, but only one.
Then switch your covered eyes, and repeat the exercise with the
other one. This will help improve the accuracy of your vision and
accommodation of eyes. Do this whenever you have a little more
time. Remember, the results will depend on your effort.
If you have astigmatism, once you do the exercise the normal way,
do it again, but this time by watching "from an angle". Instead of
slanting your head left and right and so distort your neck, just
slightly rotate the chair. While doing exercises be careful not to
rotate too much since the nose should not get in the way of seeing
the ribbon. Once you complete the exercise with the head bent to
each side, do it again with the head lowered down and raised up.
This allows you to practice the exercise from all four directions (left,
right, up and down).
Number of repetitions:
Repeat the exercise 7 times with both eyes open and 3 times each
with one eye open.
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If you have astigmatism, do 2 repetitions with both eyes open, and
twice with one eye covered (2 repetitions for each eye). Then do the
exercise 3 times for each side (left and right), and 3 more when your
head is bent upwards and downwards.
Of course, the number of repetitions in the initial phase of the
program (the first month) can be reduced, and as you progress, you
can increase the number of repetitions.
The purpose of this exercise is to develop better coordination
between your mind and eyes and sharpen your mental
concentration. Regular exercise including dimensioning images will
make those objects become ever clearer. This exercise is typically
performed for 10 minutes and can be completed whenever you
want. After the dimensioning, it is good to do palm exercise to relax
the eyes and avoid eye fatigue.
The initial phase of the exercise:
1. Sit or stand in a position that suits you so that you can see the
entire room. The exercise can also be done outside.
2. Now imagine that on top of your nose is a pencil. Take a good
look at the objects around you and sketch the edges of both near
and far objects with the imaginary pen by moving your head
and neck. While outlining the edges, let your eyes follow the
imaginary pen.
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Another way of performing this exercise refers to the
dimensioning without moving the neck and head, thus only with
the eyes:
1. Bring yourself in the corresponding correct position.
2. Now just use your eyes to trace these lines. Your facial muscles,
head and neck should all be relaxed so they do not move.
Dimension objects around you by just following their edges with
your eyes in both directions.
3. Now close your eyes and try to "see" what you have
dimensioned with your open eyes. Move eyes even though they
are closed and try to repeat dimensioned edges. Do this for
about half a minute.
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4. Now open your eyes again and dimension objects for another
minute in the same way, then repeat the third step.
5. If you lose concentration while dimensioning the edge of an
object, you will lose the intended focus. If this happens, go back
to the same object and outline it again with your eyes. Do not
imagine what the objects should look like, but instead dimension
them as you see them. Do not forget to breathe properly. The
whole exercise is performed in a total of ten minutes.
If you are trying to improve your vision at a distance, dimension
large items that you can see clearly and which are at a distance of
ten meters. This is the easiest exercise to perform while you're away
from home. Dimension buildings, traffic signs, window frames,
trees, everything you see.
If your goal is to improve vision in close proximity, then you need to
dimension the finer objects. Each week, as you progress, choose
smaller and smaller objects for dimensioning.
This exercise can be performed outside of your training time. Just
imagine some of the objects and dimension them by moving your
eyes.
People often make mistakes when performing this exercise because
they dimension objects too fast, ie move eyes, and they are not
focused enough on the edges of item they are dimensioning.
Another error a beginner might make is that their eyes just "skip"
and then it seems that they dimension more corners then object’s
lines. Control your eyes so that the dimensioning becomes more
accurate.
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The aim of this exercise is to move the boundaries of your peripheral
vision. Peripheral vision is what you see at the outside of your field
of vision while looking straight ahead.
Peripheral vision is quite neglected nowadays and most of the
actions of your eyes are reduced to the central vision: reading,
watching TV, computer work and other. In the past, people were
forced to daily use their peripheral vision because survival
depended on it. Today peripheral vision is only still actively used by
professional fighters, athletes and soldiers.
To successfully progress in this program you need to work on your
peripheral vision and so re-train the neglected muscles to encourage
better interaction between the eye and the brain.
Execution of the exercise:
1. Select the item that will be the center of observation during this
exercise. A wall clock or calendar that is in line with your eyes is
the best object to use. The distance between you and the selected
object should be about 3 meters.
2. Sit directly in front of the item you chose and turn to face it.
Squeeze your hands into fists with your thumbs up and set them
in front of your eyes, with your arms extended.
3. Move your fists so the selected object is viewed between your
thumbs and focus on it. In the foreground you should see two
images of each thumb.
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4. While you are focused on the object, slowly spread your arms as
far as possible until you can see all four thumbs. Do not forget to
blink and breathe properly.
5. When you start to lose the image of one of your four thumbs,
slowly draw your hands back to the starting position and repeat.
6. After the first training, do palm exercises for 1 minute to rest
your eyes.
If you lose any of the four images of your thumbs during the
exercise, close your eyes and breathe deeply. After that, open your
eyes and continue with the exercise. It might help if the object you
are focus on is darker than your hand.
At the beginning of the training you may not see all four thumbs at
first. Concentrate and try positioning your thumbs at different
distances from your eyes. You might see two thumbs on one hand
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and only one on the other hand. With time and regular training, you
will improve your peripheral vision and be able to spread your arms
much further apart for a longer time without losing (either of) all
four thumbs.
This exercise is for training the eye muscles that otherwise would
not be exercised. This exercise restores loose muscles to their natural
state, and so they return the eyeball to its normal form, resulting in
the improvement of vision.
The exercise consists of three movements and three phases. First
movement is left-right and up-down, the second is moving
diagonally, and the third is in a circle. The first phase is the initial
phase, the second one is a little more advanced and was created to
treat nearsightedness and farsightedness, and both phases are just
an introduction to the third and final phase.
For the execution of this exercise, you will need a card with letters of
different sizes. To save you preparing these cards yourself, I’ve
included them in with this program and they are enclosed in the
book. Just print and cut them with scissors to make them ready for
use.
First phase of exercise
Each exercise is performed first with the left eye, then right one, and
finally with both eyes. It is important that the eye not being
exercised is slightly covered with a hand or a patch, but it should
still remain open. Repeat each move three times. The intensity of the
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exercise should be increased every two weeks by adding another
repetition of movement, until you reach 10 repetitions per
movement and maintain it.
After each movement, it is important to relax your eyes with palm
exercises or at least by briefly closing eyes, before proceeding to the
next move.
During the exercise, move only your eyes. Your head, neck,
shoulders and the rest of the body should be calm and relaxed.
First moving session
1. Sit down, make yourself comfortable and properly straighten the
spine.
2. Take the card with the words and put it about 30 centimeters
from your face. The card should be at eye level so you can focus
on the letters.
3. Now slowly move the card up (above your eyes) and then down
(under the chin). The whole time following the words on the
card with your eyes.
4. Now close your eyes and relax. Do your palm exercise.
5. After the break, repeat the same movement, tracking the letters
with your eyes.
6. Now relax your eyes again.
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Second moving session
1. Set up the card in the same way as the first session.
2. In this moving session, you will move the card diagonally –
from the upper right to the lower left corner. Keep your eyes
focused on the words the entire way.
3. Now move the card in the same way, but this time start in the
lower right and move to the upper left corner.
4. Relax again.
Third moving session
1. Position card in the same way as the previous sessions.
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2. Rotate it slightly in large circles, rotating your arm from the
shoulder like you’re drawing a circle. First rotate in a clock-wise
direction, then in the opposite direction.
3. After relaxing your eyes, make new circles in both directions but
this time smaller. You can move your arm at the elbow for these
smaller circles.
4. Follow the card the entire time with your eyes and focus on the
clarity of the letters.
* The objective of this exercise is to gain good eye movement in all
directions. It is therefore not necessary to move the card in that exact
order or repetition. You can adjust this exercise according to your
discretion. After a detailed description of all of the exercises there is
a schedule of a daily training plan which states how much time you
need to devote to this exercise.
Second phase of exercise
The second phase of the exercise should be performed in different
ways for nearsighted and farsighted people.
a) Exercise for people with myopia:
Distance the card with the letters from your face until the letters
become slightly blurred. If you see the card well at arm's length, take
the card with smaller font or attach the card to a stick in order to
move it further away. This exercise can be done with the optotype,
but then you need to stand up, stick optotype on a wall at eye level
and slowly walk away from it. This is a great way to track your
results. As you improve your vision, the letters will be clearer than
they have been before, so you'll need to look to smaller letters in the
lower part of the optotype.
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b) Exercise for people with foresight:
Bring the card closer until letters become slightly blurred. Of course,
it depends on the prescription - if you have a higher refractive error,
you will need to use a card with larger letters and vice versa. You
can also use the optotype in the same way as nearsighted people.
Execution of the exercise:
Focus on the blurred text in the following way:
1. While watching the slightly blurred text, gently close your
eyes for one second. Do not move your body or the card.
2. After one second with your eyes closed, open them abruptly
as wide as you can. You have to open your eyes so wide that
your eyebrows move and forehead wrinkles. Now watch the
card and refocus on the text. Keep your eyes wide open and
do not blink for 3-4 seconds. After that interval, blink
normally and relax the face and eyelids.
3. After abruptly opening your eyes, the words on the card,
which have been blurred, will become clear and sharp. Look
at the letters closely, following the contours of each letter.
This clarity is brief and after a few moments they will again
be blurred. Get some rest, relax your eyes and repeat as many
times as needed.
4. In the beginning, you will have trouble focusing on the text
after opening of eyes. This problem should disappear after a
few repetitions of the exercise. If you can not focus, it means
that you have blurred the letters too much so put them a little
closer if you are near-sighted or farther if you are far-sighted.
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5. As you progress over time and as your vision is improved,
the letters that were once blurry will be seen clearly. You will
then need to change the font size or move away / draw the
card nearer, until the letters become slightly blurry again.
Third phase of exercise
The second phase of this powerful exercise is only the prelude to the
third stage, but it does not make it less important.
The third phase is performed in the same manner as the others, but
instead of reading the words and letters on the card, it is necessary
to read a book.
Put the book in the blurry zone (where you book has slightly blurred
letters) and do the previously described procedure of refocusing, by
closing and abruptly opening your eyes.
Read as long as you can. Stop if you feel the strain, tension or some
other unpleasant feeling. Do not forget to breathe properly.
So, to fix eyesight always read in the slightly blurry zone and
refocus your vision according to the previously described
procedure. This is especially important concerning short-sighted
computer users. If you are near-sighted, distance your monitor as far
as needed to get a slightly muddled picture, refocus the image and
then you use your computer. The more you read in this way, the
faster you will improve your vision. This is a very powerful exercise
and should not be underestimated.
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The first phase of the exercise should be carried out in the first three
weeks of beginning the training, and after that you can practice with
the second phase for a week or two. Immediately move on to the
third phase. You need to continue exercising with the first phase, but
once every two weeks is enough. The rest of the time, invest in the
third stage.
The purpose of this exercise is the relaxation and alignment of the
six muscles that move your eye in order to decrease eye pressure.
This is a very important and powerful exercise, but it is quite
challenging and it is best to perform it at the end of the daily
training, as scheduled.
Execution of the exercise:
1. Sit in a comfortable position with your spine properly
upright. Do not forget to breathe properly. Relax your face.
2. Now imagine that a big clock is in front of you where you can
barely see the 12 o’clock when you look up, three o’clock
when you look to the right, six o’clock when you look down
and 9 o’clock when you look to the left .
3. Stretch your eyes so that first you make one circle with them
in a clockwise direction. Make circles slowly, staying on each
of the 12 hours of the imaginary clock for one to two seconds.
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4. Now perform a full circle with both eyes again, but in the
opposite direction, counter-clockwise.
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5. Perform palm exercise to relax your eyes.
6. Now, do the exercise in the same way, but with your eyes
closed. This is quite difficult, so you may need to do palm
exercises after each round.
7. The first month of training it is enough to make one circle in
both directions with open and closed eyes (a total of four
rounds). After a month, intensify the exercise by adding one
additional cycle, so that there is a total number of 8 rounds.
If you suffer from astigmatism, do the exercises with your head
slanted in several directions: up, down, left and right. You can
choose the angle you want. For astigmatic eyes, it’s most helpful if
you do the eye stretching exercises in a position in which you feel
the most tension in your eyes, that is where it hardest to move your
eyes in a circle. In this position, practice until you are able to run this
exercise without problems.
At the beginning of the training it may seem like something is
scraping your eyes or the eyes are “stuck” in certain positions. This
is normal and it wakes up the unused. In performing this exercise,
you need to make the effort but, of course, do not overdo it.
The purpose of this exercise is to improve blood and oxygen flow to
your face, eyes and to the whole vision system. It also helps to relax
the eye, face and neck muscles.
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Execution of the exercise:
1. Sit comfortably with your spine properly upright. Relax and
breathe properly.
2. Now close your eyes and squeeze your eyelids as much as
you can. Squeeze all the muscles of the face, neck, shoulders
and your hands. Squeeze the muscles as much as you can, but
not to feel discomfort or pain. Now inhale deeply and hold
your breath at the same time while squeezing.
3. Now try to suppress air from the lungs to the head with mild
exertion, as if you're lifting something heavy. During this
time, do not open your mouth or nose to breathe. Remain in
this condition for three seconds.
4. Thereafter, vigorously breathe out all the air, at the same time
open your eyes and mouth and stretch your face. Let your
eyebrows and the whole face stretch. Count to three during
stretching. Now slowly relax, breathe properly and blink.
The exercise should be repeated five times during one workout.
After stretching, if necessary, do one palm exercise to rest your eyes.
Training consists of a strategically-planned sequence of exercises in
order to achieve the best results in the shortest period of time.
During the training period, regularly and properly perform the
exercises as scheduled below so you can achieve the desired results.
Use the other tips and instructions from the program for better
results.
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Begin with the diet changes, which will significantly contribute to
your eyesight and health of your whole body. Proper diet must
continue to be followed after having achieved the perfect vision as it
will help in its preservation. The following steps are: personal
motivation, stress management and implementation of other tips
that you are provided in order to relax your mind and resolve any
mental tension. Regardless of the process of conducting exercises,
use these tips and mental exercises whenever you feel the urge.
Training has to be performed six days a week, every day at a time
that suits you, most preferable in the morning when your eyes are
fresh. Sunday should be free of exercises. If it happens that you are
unable to do your exercise on one of weekdays, do it on Sunday that
week.
In the first month of the program, the duration of the training period
should be about 30 minutes. This requires very little time and you
should be able to squeeze that time into your schedule. After one
month, increase the duration of training for ten minutes (about 40
minutes total) to enforce the development of muscles. In this period
the intensity of exercises should be slightly increased for the same
reason.
Palm exercise, massage, sun bathing and dimensioning can be done
without any special preparation or conditions. These are exercises
that will not strain your eyes and are useful for relaxation. You can
do them when you want and as many times as you want, whenever
you have time.
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Monday
Exercise Time required
1. 2.1. & 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 4.2. Ribbon for better vision 15-20 min
3. 4.3. Dimensioning 5-10 min
4. 4.6. Eyes stretching 3-5 min
5. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
Tuesday
Exercise Time
required
1. 2.1.& 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 4.1. Closer-farther 10 min
3. 4.5. Sharpen vision and reading blurry letters 10-15 min
4. 3.1. Face massage 1 min
5. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
Wednesday
Exercise Time required
1. 2.1. & 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 4.2. Ribbon for better vision 15-20 min
3. 4.4. Peripheral vision 7-10 min
4. 4.7. Face stretching 2 min
5. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
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Thursday
Exercise
Time required
1. 2.1. & 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 3.1. Face massage 1 min
3. 4.5. Sharpen vision and reading blurry letters 20 min
4. 4.6. Eye stretching 3-5 min
5. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
Friday
Exercise Time required
1. 2.1. & 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 4.1. Closer-farther 10-15 min
3. 4.3. Dimensioning 5-10 min
4. 4.4. Peripheral vision 7-10 min
5. 4.7. Face stretching 2 min
6. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
Saturday
Exercise Time required
1. 2.1. & 2.2. Warm-up exercises and stretching 3 min
2. 4.2. Ribbon for better vision 15-20 min
3. 4.5. Sharpen vision and reading blurry letters 10-15 min
4. 4.7. Face stretching 2 min
5. 3.1. Face massage 1 min
6. 4.6. Eye stretching 3-5 min
7. 1.1. Palm exercise 2-5 min
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If you have astigmatism, spend a few more minutes completing the
"Ribbon for better vision" and "Stretching eyes" exercises since they
have to be done with the head being inclined to one side.
The exercises are designed so that they are easy to learn. In the first
few weeks of training, you will need to stick to the description of the
exercise, afterwards the book will be used only as a reminder.
The routines need to be learned well, as well as the performance of
exercises. You will not benefit from training if you do not perform
the exercises correctly. Have patience, persistence and desire to
exercise and you will achieve improved vision in a completely
natural way.
It is very important to note that you will have ups and downs.
Sometimes you will be delighted with the progress, and sometimes
it will seem like your vision has worsened and you will be angry
and disappointed. This is a completely normal situation that we all
experience. It is important not to withdraw from the program and to
rest eyes when needed.
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Mental exercises are designed to help you relax and get rid of
everyday stress. You can do them when you want or when you feel
stressed. They last a little longer, but they have a long term effect on
stress management. Repeat them as needed.
Stress is a word that explains feelings of dissatisfaction and
discomfort. For each individual, the stressor (the cause of stress) is
different; to someone these might be frustrations at work,
concentration problems, childhood trauma, persistent fatigue, or
financial problems while it might be something else for a different
person. Whatever is the cause of stress, the fact is stress negatively
affects both your mental and physical health, which can affect the
quality of your vision.
Our body is constantly trying to maintain a balanced of all the
processes that take place in it. Stress is not the normal state of the
body and disrupts this balance.
Stress negatively influences:
- Heart - due to excessive secretion of hormones caused by
stress, the heart can be damaged. Over the course of time,
cardiac arrhythmia and pain can occur, all of which leads to
heart attacks.
- Metabolism - hormone level is disturbed. It can lead to
diabetes.
- Digestive system - stress leads to constipation, diarrhea, pain
and stomach cramps. Tense and stressed people have a
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greater possibility of developing eating disorders. They tend
to starvation (due to elevated hormones they don’t feel
hunger) or overeating (seeking consolation, eat out of
desperation).
- Immune system - reduces the defensive ability of the
organism so that infections and diseases are frequent.
- State of Mind - Stress often causes depression, anxiety and
nervousness, which leads to social and family disorder, and
even some mental illnesses.
By getting rid of stress and by relaxing, your body is able to
rejuvenate and heal. This brings the hormone levels to normal limits,
establishes normal breathing, reduces blood pressure and relaxes the
muscles. Mental exercises are relaxation for the body and soul, after
that you will feel and look rested and rejuvenated. Purify your mind
and you'll be ready for the new challenges that life brings.
Regular mental exercises will increase your brain's creativity,
imagination and self-development.
To get rid of stress you need to first find the cause.
Find an hour for yourself at the end of a day; sit comfortably in a
peaceful and quiet room. Take a pen and paper. Think on anything
that has shaken you and disturbed you during the day, week,
month, or some other period of time, depending on the intervals
between these workouts. Put it all on paper.
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Once you have identified the cause of stress, try to close your eyes
and go back to that situation. Imagine why it ever happened and the
best way to solve it. During this time, remain calm and breathe
deeply, but not quickly. This will help you find a solution to the
problem.
Don’t be ashamed to involve other people to help you come up with
a solution. It can be a family member, friend, colleague at work, or
even a professional. Think of all the consequences of the
accumulation of stress and decide to live a healthy life. There is a
solution for every situation in life, and it is important to find it
calmly with a clear mind. If you have been hurt, forgive, but if you
hurt someone, ask for forgiveness. A kind word is the strongest
weapon. After this exercise, complete a relaxation exercise.
This is an exercise to relax your mind by visualizing. It is important
to have a quiet room and a place where you can sit comfortably.
During the exercise, you can turn on some soft music, if you like.
Close your eyes. Breathe deeply at a normal speed. Relax the body
completely. Once you reach a sufficient level of relaxation, create in
your mind a picture of the place where you feel safe, calm and good.
It can be a meadow, seashore, house from your childhood or
somewhere else. Make sure the image is compelling enough that you
"see“ it with your eyes.
Now look around, breathe fresh air, touch the sand, scroll through
the image in your mind. While doing this, focus on the objects that
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you imagined. Notice their vibrant colors and shapes. Imagine the
items completely clear, crisp and sharp. Leave it to your
imagination. Imagine some happy events that have happened to
you, create a script of what you want to happen. I leave it to you. Do
not think about negative and bad things, about events that upset
you. Focus only on relaxing and happy thoughts. Indulge yourself
completely.
Imagine you see everything crystal clear. The colors are very
distinct, and you can clearly see everything around you: flowers,
birds, trees and distant mountains.
Then imagine, you find your favorite book in your favorite place.
See the small letters clearly, dark black and with sharp edges. Spend
some time daydreaming and imagining the look of these letters, and
then close the book and slowly come back to reality, leaving your
favorite place. No worries, you will visit again!
Exercise this relaxation method when you have plenty of time since
you might fall asleep, which will also have a positive impact on you.
After exercise you will feel rested, awake, look younger and have a
clear mind. You will be ready for new challenges.
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Read and adopt these simple habits into your daily routine. This will
maintain the quality of your vision if it’s good or you will progress
through the program much faster. Make sure you introduce these
habits to your kids and friends.
Once I started with these exercises every day, I noticed rapid
progress in improving my vision. This routine is very important and
it should turn into a daily habit, much like brushing your teeth.
Your eyes need to be rinsed every day – in the morning and in the
evening, and a few times more if necessary. This way you’ll get rid
of foreign bodies that accumulate on the surface of your eyes -
particles of dust, grease, small foreign bodies and harmful bacteria
that cause eye infections.
Materials required:
1. Plastic 0.5 l bottle filled with purified (distilled) water
2. Half a teaspoon of sea salt
3. Goggles
You can buy goggles at any sports store or toy store. Cut them with
scissors to get one dish for one eye.
Put the salt the water and stir to dissolve.
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Now pour the solution that you made in the dish, ie the part of the
goggles designed to cover the eye, so that it is full to the brim. Put
the dish on the eye, holding it tightly to the face and raise the head.
Open eyelids and blink normally. With the fluid still in the eye, do
the exercise by moving the eye up, down, left and right. This whole
process takes up to ten seconds. Repeat with the other eye, but
replace the fluid with clean solution.
You might find dust or grease in the rinse fluid. Instead of goggles
you can use a small cup, but then you will most likely spill the fluid
over your face.
Keep the solution and swimming goggles clean. Wash the googles
each time before use and the bottle before you change water in it (at
least every 2 days).
Before performing this exercise, remove facial cream. If it’s on, it can
enter the eye along with the water and cause irritation.
If you want faster progress and/or you have an eye infection, such as
inflammation (conjunctivitis), I highly recommend that instead of
water and salt eyewash you use tea made from the plant called
Eyebright. This tea has long been used in folk medicine, and the
participants of this program have also noticed faster progress using
this tea instead of salt water.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, rinsing eyes became very
popular and many pharmaceutical companies were selling ready-
made bottles with liquid eyewash. After World War II, the habit of
rinsing eyes suddenly disappeared, as you can guess, because of the
introduction of antibiotics that were intended to “cure” everything.
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You can easily buy a mixture of Eyebright tea (lat euphrasiae herba)
at the pharmacy. Pour one to two teaspoons of the chopped herbs
into 200 ml (2 dcl) of boiling water and let it seep covered for about
ten minutes. Filter the tea to remove small particles from it and
allow it to cool before using in the above described manner.
Reading requires up close vision and is one of the main causes of
poor vision. To avoid damaging your eyes and make reading a more
pleasant experience, follow these steps.
Never read when you are sick or tired. Read only when you are
energized after sleep or rest. Adjust the light in the room where you
are reading. Poor lighting causes eye fatigue and tension. Take care
to let the light fall from aside of the reading material in order to
avoid direct reflection.
Proper posture and maximum comfort are essential. Improper
posture can lead to muscle tension and pain all over the body. Do
not bend over the material you are reading because then your eyes
change shape, trying to adapt. Keep your neck and spine erect and
reading material parallel to your head.
Try to get some rest for a few minutes every half an hour of reading
so as not to strain your eyes. Get up and stretch the entire body.
Then you can do the palm exercise, gently massaging your face
before continuing to read.
It is very important that every ten minutes of reading you look at a
distant object or through a window for ten seconds. This will keep
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your eyes from get used to just looking at objects at a close
proximity, and will force your eye muscles to work. Besides looking
in the distance, stretch your eyes for a few seconds by looking
upwards (to 12 hours).
Do not read with half-closed eyes because it troubles the facial
muscles and eyes.
Computers are no longer a luxury, but a necessity for many as they
work, learn and communicate with other people.
People who work with computers have a higher percentage of
corrupted vision as opposed to people who don’t spend as much
time at the computer. To work on a computer and not harm your
vision, it is necessary to prepare and strictly follow the instructions
described here.
Computer work, as well as reading, is working in close proximity. In
such activities, it is important to rest your eyes regularly to avoid
myopia. After every 10 minutes of work on a computer, or any
activity in close proximity, look at a distant object that is located at
least 3 meters (10 feet’s) away from you. Keep your eyes on it for 10
seconds, breathing and blinking properly.
This is so called the 10-10-10 rule (10 minutes – 10 feet’s – 10
seconds) and must become a habit in order to save your sight.
Maybe you find this short sporadic exercise hard to remember, but it
will help you solve the tension in your eyes. In this way you train
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the muscles responsible for accommodating the eye and prevent
your eyes from getting lazy and accustomed to watching nearby,
which harms vision.
To avoid having to remember every 10 minutes on remote viewing,
there is a special program created for your computer that can be set
so that after every 10 minutes, the screen turns black for ten seconds
and so reminds you to take your needed break.
When I first started using this program, at first it was a bit confusing
to me that after every ten minutes the screen suddenly turned black.
After a few hours, I got used to it and I realized that there is no job
more important than my eyes. If there is such an important job,
simply click on "Cancel" and the black screen goes off. The program
can be fully customized. In addition to short-term breaks, there is
the option of a long pause and the reminder for you to get up from
the computer and to stretch and drink water. That is now the most
important program that I have on my computer and I appreciate it
more than any complicated and expensive graphics programs.
The program is free and you can download it at:
www.HowToImproveEyesight.com/brake/
In addition to using the program for a break, it's very important
where you put your computer. If at all possible, place it where you
can see the farthest point of the room. Do not place the computer
near a window because the light from outside causes excessive stress
on the eyes. If you don’t have a choice and the computer can be
placed only in a corner or against the wall, install a small mirror
above the monitor that will allow you to focus on an object in the
distance. Never look only at the screen, use your peripheral vision
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and be aware of the space and the objects that are in your
environment.
While using the computer, there shouldn’t be a glare on the screen.
Glare is caused by poorly distributed lighting in the room. Glare is a
strong source of light that is reflected from the computer screen, and
because of it, our body automatically moves in order for the eyes to
avoid it. This leads to distortion of the spine and posture. Besides, a
strong light reflection harms the eyes and is a great stress for them.
You can check whether there is a glare if you turn off the computer
monitor and turn on the lighting in the room. This will identify a
part of the lighting that causes glare, and you will be able to
eliminate it.
When I mention the elimination of glare, do not overdo it and
darken the room in which you are working. The room must always
be properly illuminated; just make sure that the light source is not in
your field of vision when looking at the monitor or in the glow of
the monitor. Do not work on the computer in the dark because it
really damages your peripheral vision.
Do not forget to blink regularly (every 3-5 seconds) and keep your
spine in the correct position. Hands should be set so as to be part of
the table, put your palms below the bottom of the keyboard and
only your fingers on the keyboard. Put both feet on the floor and do
not cross your legs. This can stop the circulation in your legs.
Once you learn how to properly work on the computer, it will just
become a habit.
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Try to regularly focus on all you can during the day. While waiting
in line at the store, while driving, while hiking or wherever you are.
When you walk through the town you can focus on the road signs
and advertising articles from different distances. Frequently
changing your focus develops your disadvantaged eye muscles and
thus stimulates your eyes to more quickly return to normal function.
Do not strain and stare because improvement will come over time.
I can not emphasize enough how essential it is that this exercise be
adopted as a daily habit and normal behavior. The more you look,
the more you'll see!
Daydreaming represents any internal activity that at some time
occupies your attention, in which the eyes are open. Sometimes this
activity may be related to the images that you see in your mind
(reverie and the imagination), and the eyes remain focused on what
you are watching. This causes you to lose the connection between
your mental focus and vision.
Daydreaming confuses your eyes. Your mind becomes concentrated
on the internal image while your eyes are focused on the outside.
Your eyes are in a dilemma on which images to adapt, internal or
external. This dilemma leads to "staring into empty space". Staring
causes eyestrain which then sends ambiguous signals to the brain.
While staring continuously, you don’t blink and the eye surface
dries, becoming sensitive and damaged.
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Daydreaming usually occurs during reading. While reading you
look near, and if you then gaze, your eyes will stare at the letters
from the immediate vicinity for a long time without blinking. If you
often daydream while reading, this mechanism may contribute
significantly to the development of myopia.
It is important to remain aware of what the eyes see and to control
your thoughts. Stay focused on the words you are reading. If you
feel the urge to daydream, just escape for a few moments, close your
eyes and enjoy. Only by closing the eyelids will you save your eyes
from this stress and strain.
Spending a lot of time in front of the television significantly harms
mental and physical health. New studies consider excessive and
unlimited viewing of television as an addiction.
Long television viewing can cause:
- A distorted spine - due to improper posture while watching
TV
- The weakening and spasms of the body muscles - due to
prolonged sitting
- Nearsightedness or farsightedness - if the TV is located more
than or less than 2 meters away from where you sit while
watching
Programs with shocking content can affect mental health, which can
cause psychological disorders, from depression to more serious
disorders.
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To prevent harm from watching television, there are rules that must
be followed:
- do not spend more than two hours a day In front of the TV.
- create a weekly plan of watching television. Use the TV guide
to select programs that you are interested in and do not watch
those before or after the selected ones.
- before or after each television viewing go out for a walk. If
the weather is nice, try not to watch television at all. Instead,
spend time with family or doing something else that interests
you.
- never turn on the TV out of boredom. There are numerous
ways to entertain yourself that do not include television, such
as: walking, playing board games, playing sports, reading...
There are many excuses that we daily make up to avoid some of our
obligations. But there is no excuse for not exercising. Vision is our
most precious sense, and you can have excellent vision if you devote
just 30 minutes a day to exercising.
Results will not come by themselves; you should make the effort and
exercise regularly. This is the only prescription for success. Use the
motivational tricks, previously described, and make your daily eye
exercises a habit.
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Exercises that can be performed without special preparation, such as
sun bathing, dimensioning, focus and palm exercises, do them
whenever you can and let them become daily habits.
You’re dealing with stress every day. Some of them really shake
you, while others you barely notice, but this doesn't mean they are
not there. They accumulate in your body and will eventually
manifest in the form of the disease. Stress manifests negatively on
the entire body and causes: muscle tension, muscle spasms,
sweating, increased secretion of hormones, nervousness, anxiety and
other conditions.
The importance of daily relaxation is in reducing stress, and
therefore in reducing its negative impact. Your body will function
properly and everything you do during the day will be done with
more ease if your are not stressed.
In this program I described relaxation exercises that you can do
every day to relax, prepare for exercise and get rid of everyday
stress. Let a calm lifestyle become a daily habit.
While we sleep, functions of the body are reduced to a minimum
and thus the body and mind are relaxing and preparing for the
challenges of a new day. The need for sleep is different from person
to person, but it is believed that the adult man needs an average of 7-
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9 hours of sleep. Children and teenagers have a greater need for
sleep.
Sleepiness and fatigue are the lesser consequences of lack of sleep.
However, there are those more difficult and serious consequences
that are hazardous to health: stress, anxiety, anger, irritability,
inability to focus, difficulty in concentrating, short-term memory
loss, decreased ability to drive, and weakening of the immune
system. These are factors that directly affect your vision and eyes.
When you don’t get enough sleep it brings to weakening of vision,
blurred vision, dryness of the surface of the eye, headache, faster
fatigue while reading, inability to focus and accommodate, which
leads to permanent visual damage.
Sleep is essential. Always find time to sleep.
Proper nutrition is one of the basic daily activities. Many think they
have a healthy diet if they eat an apple after eating fast food and
other harmful foods all day. Remember that each meal must be
healthy and contain nutrients that are needed by the body. In this
program, you see which substances you need. This allows you to
plan a menu with healthy foods. The menu must consist of
breakfast, snacks, lunch, snacks and dinner, with the condition that
you should eat smaller portions more often. Personally, I eat a dozen
times a day, but only small portions and healthy meals.
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Do not forget liquid; drink at least 2 liters of water daily, avoid
drinks that are not natural because they contain artificial colors and
sweeteners that are harmful.
If you add a healthy diet to the exercise program and follow the
other tips, you will restore your natural vision more quicker.
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I congratulate you for having come to the end of the program. Now
you know everything you need to repair your eyesight naturally and
there's no excuse but to get at it.
You can contact me by e-mail to let me know about your progress
and your story.
Write to me at [email protected]
The best stories will be rewarded with valuable gift and some of
them posted on our website!
Good Luck!
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