The Eyes Have It

No, you didn’t just stumble onto a pharmacy’s website - it’s still Self Help Daily. And this isn’t a Paid Review or even an affiliate plug (and, believe me, since this IS my fulltime job, I love affiliate plugs!) This is just me wanting to tell you about something that could be very, very good for you.

 I want you to think for a minute about how important your eyes are to you.  Whether you’re in your teens, have teens, or can barely even remember what teens are - you need to pay more attention to your eyes and to their care. 

Does the thought of losing your eyesight scare you as much as it does me?  It’s my second biggest health care (right behind Alzheimer’s, which I believe would be hell on earth).  Fortunately, I don’t have any signs of either - or reasons to believe I ever will - but count me amongst the people who actively pursue preventive treatments and measures. 

Preventive measures for your eyes include:

1. Eating Carrots.  They’re a great source of antioxidants that your eyes need.  Steam them, eat them raw, shred them into tossed and pasta salads - up your carrot intake.
2. Wearing the right prescription glasses or contacts.  If you have contacts or glasses, wear them.  Every time you have to squint, you’re hurting your eyesight. 
3. Have your eyes checked often.  Am I starting to sound like an infomercial or something? - That’s how it seems on this end!  But, it’s the truth - you should see an optometrist regularly to catch any changes as soon as possible.  Sometimes the changes are subtle and you don’t realize them until there’s a chart in front of you and you can’t, for the life of you tell if it’s an F or an E.  (I actually once told my doctor, I’m not sure if it’s an E or an F.  He said, “Wow. It’s actually a Z.”  I wowed him right back. So to speak.)
4. Get Proper Nutrition.  Recent studies show that having a healthy diet is vital for eye health. 
5. Take Bausch & Lomb’s new Ocuvite vitamins.  Lutein is important to help prevent age-related eye diseases - the leading cause of blindness.  Lutein is found in dark leafy vegetables but most of us simply don’t eat enough of them to benefit the way we should.  That’s why Bausch & Lomb developed Ocuvite vitamin and mineral supplements.  They contain Lutein as well as Omega-3, which optimizes the body’s absorption of Lutein.  They also contain other powerful antioxidants that eye doctors believe are essential to eye health.

Ocuvite can be found in the vitamin aisle of most stores.  You can click HERE to read more about the vitamins.

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