Archive for the 'Vision' Category

Pinhole Glasses

Pinhole glasses, also known as stenopeic glasses (from Greek meaning “little opening”), are eyeglasses with a series of pinhole-sized perforations filling an opaque sheet of plastic in place of each lens. It works on the same principle of the pinhole camera; each hole allows only a very narrow beam of light to enter the eye [...]

Can Intestinal Toxemia Affect Your Eyesight?

Intestinal toxemia is poisoning caused by decomposing foods absorbed from the digestive tract. When your digestive power has been impaired, from injesting junk food or even stress, food is only slowly digested, if at all. The weakened digestive secretions are not able to inhibit bacterial activity and fermentation and putrefaction of food occur. This results [...]

Eye Health Tips

Most of us take our eyes for granted. It has been estimated that 50,000 people lose their sight needlessly each year and that 80 million Americans are at risk of eye diseases that can lead to low vision and even blindness. The most common diseases: age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), cataracts, glaucoma, and dry eye disease [...]

Paul McCartney Demonstrates Eye Yoga

This is an interesting video on youtube where Paul McCartney shares eye yoga techniques he learned in India. Social Bookmarking

Floaters – Specs and Shapes That Appear In The Eye

Floaters is the term given to various types of deposits that can in the vitreous humour. The technical name for seeing floaters is “myodesopsia”. Floaters can be of various sizes and shapes. They can appear as shadow like shapes. These can appear on their own or with several others. They can also appear as threads, [...]

Relax Eyes with Palming

By using palming you can begin to relieve the strain and stress from your mind and the eyes. Most people find it is easiest to relax the eyes when they are closed. To do palming you have to warm your hands by rubbing them together vigorously. Once they are warm, cover the closed eyes, without [...]

Prevent Macula Degeneration

Macula degeneration is an eye disease that affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field. Very small, fragile blood vessels begin to leak blood and fluid in the retina causing further damage and the macular degeneration progresses. It is still unknown why parts of the retina [...]