Eyes, like any part of body, degenerate occurring as a result of the aging process, for the fibers of the eye lens get denser and less flexible with aging. This is why when one gets to his or her 40s finds difficult in seeing things beyond an arm’s length clearly, which means that he or she is in need of a pair of reading glasses. This is called presbyopia. Such a condition will not get stable until 15 to 20 years later.
Fortunately, with the advancement of high-tech, reading glasses of different varieties are invented, which satisfy different needs of different people. For those who spend most of their time outdoor, reading sunglasses provide them with the best protection; for those whose work require much exposure to a lot of reflection, polarized reading glasses are available for them.
However, no matter how perfect modern reading glasses are, they after all are external things besides the body, which more or less are inconvenient. Therefore, the best way should be to keep eyes always health and be far away from reading glasses, and there is a set of regimen of how to keep eyes healthy, which, if you follow, is believed to help improve, maintain and enhance your eye condition. They are:
1. Eat healthy food:
Eat a diet rich in vitamins – vitamin A,C,E beta carotene, therefore, yellow orange foods, carrots and oranges, etc. are considered very good for eyes. Omega-3s, another important element for eye health, can be commonly found in fish, thus fish is good for eye health as well.
2. Do eye exercises regularly:
Like muscles of any part of body, muscles of the eyes need to be well exercised so as to keep them healthy. Doing eyes exercises, of which you can get some knowledge from books or by searching on the Internet, is of necessity. When your eyes feel strained, eyes palming is an effective way to relax your eyes and to soothe tired eyes.
3. Give your eyes a health break:
Take frequent breaks from computer screens to avoid eye strain, as well as maintain an appropriate distance from monitor and avoid glare. If you feel that you can not stare at the screen anymore, take a small break, get up and walk a little. It is recommended that you take 10 minutes off every hour you work on the computer.
4. Have your eyes checked every 12 month:
Incorrect vision problems can progress and wearing corrective contact lenses or glasses that are no longer right for you can cause vision problems and severe headaches. Therefore, regular check to your eye condition, from another point of view, help maintain your eye health.
In addition of helping you get rid of reading glasses, this set of regimen keeps you away from some eye problems, such as Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Cataracts and so on so forth at the meantime.