Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Eye Health

-Leafy greens like spinach, kale, collard greens, brussels sprouts can help improve vision.
-Dark berries like blueberry and blackberry are best for eye health.
-Carrot is good old vegetable which helps eyesight.

2. Vitamin A  
-Deficiency of vitamin A can cause night blindness. It can also cause severe dry eyes, which can lead to eye infections and vision loss.

3. Eye Exercise
    - Roll your eyes clockwise and anticlockwise. Repeat for 8-10 times.
   
   - Close your eyes tightly for 4-5 seconds. Open them for 4-5 seconds.Repeat 8-10 times.
    
    - Lightly press three fingers of each hand against your upper eyelids. Hold them there for 1-2 seconds, then release. Repeat 5 times.
    
   -Hot and Cold Compress: Soak one towel in hot water, and the other in cold. Take one and lightly press it to your face, focusing on your eyebrows, closed eyelids, and cheeks. Alternate between the two as desired, making sure to end with a cold compress.
    
    -Eyelid Massage: Close your eyes and massage them with circular movements of your fingers for 1-2 minutes. Make sure you press very lightly and have washed your hands to avoid damaging your eyes.



    
    -Lightly press three fingers of each hand against your upper eyelids. Hold them there for 1-2 seconds, then release. Repeat 5 times.

4.Give your eyes a rest
-If u spend lot of time at a computer or focusing on any one thing, you sometimes forget to blink and your eyes can get fatigued. For every fifteen minutes, look away about twenty feet infront of you for twenty seconds. 

5.Quit Smoking
    Research has shown that smoking can lead to cataract. It also increases the risk of developing age realted macular degeneration. It may also lead do optic nerve damage. It also results in dark circles around your eye. Quit smoking.

1 comment:

  1. good post add some more matter to this . Best of luck

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