In today’s world most of us have hectic lifestyles, but are becoming more aware when it comes to taking a little time for our minds and bodies. We do yoga, moisturize our skin, whiten our teeth – but what about our eyes?

As we age our eyesight begins to fade, but there are many things that we can do to slow down the degenerative process and maintain good eye health.

Abstain

We all know the detrimental health benefits that smoking has on our lungs, but did you know that it doubles the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration? In fact, the likelihood of AMD effecting your eyesight is the same as developing lung cancer if you smoke. Yikes!

Be A Regular

An annual eye exam is imperative to maintain good eye-health, even if you already use glasses. Just like the rest of our bodies our eyesight changes as we age and your prescription can change from visit to visit.

Cover Up!

UV rays can cause a variety of problems for the health of your eyes – year round. Use only authentic sunglasses that offer 100% UV protection and cover up any time you feel the need to squint when outdoors, even when hazy but bright out. Luckily this is one of the easiest and stylish ways to protect your eye health, and with Eyeglasses123 there is no need to break the bank.

Diet

Maintaining a healthy diet rich in vitamins and minerals is vital to allowing our bodies withstand and repair from our daily grind. Vitamins A, B and E are essential to maintaining strong eyesight. Find them in green leafy veggies like spinach or kale, and in fruits such as oranges, kiwis and tomatoes. Supplements do help make up for a lack of these vitamins, but only to a certain extent. It is best to get as many nutrients as you can from organic sources to ensure proper absorption.

Do you know what's fact or fiction?

Eyeglasses can change the shape of the eye.

Fiction. Glasses do not change the shape of the eye. The eye undergoes slight natural changes in shape with age, or with plastic surgery.

Wearing the wrong glasses might tire your eyes, but it is not harmful.

Fact. You will not be able to see as well or as comfortable as you should with a pair of wrong glasses; however, wearing them will not cause any permanent harm.

Wearing your glasses every day will make your eyes lazy or weak.

Fiction. Wearing properly prescribed eyeglasses will not in any way accelerate the natural and expected changes your eyes will undergo throughout your lifetime.

After a certain age, eyesight will be stable without any more changes.

Fiction. Without proper care, eyesight can still change even at the age of 40.

Video games can be good for your eyes.

Fact. A study from University of Rochester, NY has proven that playing video games under certain conditions (good distance away from the TV screen; a break for every 30 minutes of play; play in moderation) can help sharpen eye movement skills, eye-hand coordination, visual reaction time, and side vision awareness.

Elderly should not use their eyes too much for fear of wearing their eyes out too soon.

Fiction. Using your eyes does not cause or hasten vision loss.

Fun Facts

• An average person blinks 12 times per minute – about 10,000 blinks in an average day.
• Giant Squid has the largest eyeball on the face of Earth. An eyeball is about 18 inches across, about a size of a beach ball.
• An ostrich eye is only two inches across, but it weighs more than its brain.
• Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.
• Babies cry but don’t produce tears until one to three months after birth.
• Many Deep Sea creatures have no eyes since light never reaches them.