Vision Improvement

[gibby]

there was a Russian optician who discovered if you follow simple eye exercises every day your eye site would get much better.
Your eyes are muscles anyway so in theory it works.

Its also the same the other way around - the more you use glasses the weaker the eyes get.

I have personally come across 3 people who dropped down prescriptions year after year when they started an organic juice diet. Possibly if you dont get enough nutrients your eyes will suffer.
I also know keeping your blood supply to the eyes is important - plenty of vit c to keep the arteries unblocked & avoid at all costs those artificial sweeteners as they cause the blood vessels to constrict

G

[Gliondrach]

Exercising the eyes makes sense. There is also the Bates Method. I don't know how effective it is but some people like it.

[LetsEat]

I love love love love love love my pin hole glasses!!! They work GREAT.

[Gliondrach]

Has your eyesight improved by using them, Ruth?

And have you noticed any changes, Fauxmage?

There was a fascinating Horizon programme on BBC2 last Wednesday. It was about anti-aging research. At 49 minutes they started discussing the work of Ellen Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard. She conducted an experiment in 1979 in which she put men who were in their late 70s and early 80s in a former monastery. It was set up as if it was 1959. All the newspapers, magazines, radio and television programmes were from that year. They listened to music from that tme. They would have discussions about what they saw and read and talk about it as if it was happening now - such as Khruschev having talks with Eisenhower. They were encouraged in various ways to think and behave as if it was 1959 and they were 20 years younger. They had to do everything for themselves. They had been used to receiving help from carers for many years. After just one week, they all seemed to be younger. People who looked at before and after photographs of them thought the after pictures were of them when they were younger. They could walk better and faster. Their ability to do visual tests increased. Their arthritis symptoms improved. They had increased cognitive abilities. Their blood pressure was lower. And some of them had improved hearing and eyesight.

Ellen Langer in anther study found that when she tested people's eyesight with the traditional eye chart reversed - with the small letters at the top and the bigger ones at the bottom - they could read smaller letters than they could with a traditional chart. She thinks that the expectation that the letters become harder to read as you go down the chart affects the eyesight. With her chart, they see that the letters get bigger and easier to read and this 'tricks' the eyes. Actually, it will trick the mind.

She thinks expectation and belief can affect the body. I fully concur. I know about these things. The mind affects the body and the body affects the mind. They are linked to each other.

Research has shown that just thinking about lifting a weight can increase the strength of the muscles that would be exercised in lifting it.

Her new book, Counterclockwise, talks about her experiments.

[LetsEat]

yes, it has improved. I have one far sighted eye, one near sighted one. The glasses help. I wear them to read. Computor is one thing, they are harder with cuz of other light around, I guess.

Anyhow, I posted a link to some awesome suppliments I take for vision. Then I deleted it cuz it is geletin caps. I thought it was veggie geletin caps. ARE they vegan? I thought they were. Will post it here so ya'll can read it and tell me.

They have in em:

Each serving of 3 capsules contains: Beta-Carotene (as pro-Vitamin A 15 mg) 25,000 IU, Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) 300 mg, Vitamin E (as d-alpha Tocopheryl Succinate) 200 IU, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) 20 mg, Zinc (as L-OptiZinc Zinc-L-Methionine) 25 mg, Selenium (from L-Selenomethionine) 100 mcg, Bilberry standardized extract (Vaccinium mytillus with 25% anthocyanidins) 100 mg, Lutein (Free-Form - FloraGLO) 10 mg, Green Tea extract (Camellia sinenis with min.40% catechins) 150 mg (Contains 6 mg of Caffeine), N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) 100 mg. Free of: sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, milk, egg and preservatives. Other ingredients: Gelatin (capsule), Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate and Silica.

They work a lot better than any others I have taken. You can get vision ones at the grocery store of course. But as for the herbs in them, I have only found one thing or the other, NOT the herbs AND the mainstream combinations. This is unique I have found, and works great.

[ChenLi]

I'm doing fine eye wise, although I think last test I had a tiny bit of short sigtedness in one eye.

[Gliondrach]

Originally Posted by LetsEat

yes, it has improved. I have one far sighted eye, one near sighted one. The glasses help. I wear them to read. Computor is one thing, they are harder with cuz of other light around, I guess.

Anyhow, I posted a link to some awesome suppliments I take for vision. Then I deleted it cuz it is geletin caps. I thought it was veggie geletin caps. ARE they vegan? I thought they were. Will post it here so ya'll can read it and tell me.

They have in em:

Each serving of 3 capsules contains: Beta-Carotene (as pro-Vitamin A 15 mg) 25,000 IU, Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) 300 mg, Vitamin E (as d-alpha Tocopheryl Succinate) 200 IU, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) 20 mg, Zinc (as L-OptiZinc Zinc-L-Methionine) 25 mg, Selenium (from L-Selenomethionine) 100 mcg, Bilberry standardized extract (Vaccinium mytillus with 25% anthocyanidins) 100 mg, Lutein (Free-Form - FloraGLO) 10 mg, Green Tea extract (Camellia sinenis with min.40% catechins) 150 mg (Contains 6 mg of Caffeine), N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) 100 mg. Free of: sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, milk, egg and preservatives. Other ingredients: Gelatin (capsule), Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate and Silica.

They work a lot better than any others I have taken. You can get vision ones at the grocery store of course. But as for the herbs in them, I have only found one thing or the other, NOT the herbs AND the mainstream combinations. This is unique I have found, and works great.

Solgar (don't know if they are available in the US) sell vegicap capsules for eye health:

Solgar Bilberry, Gingko, Eyebright Complex - herbal antioxidant with beta carotene, vitamins C and E, selenium and zinc (Vegan)
healthypulses.co.uk/system/index.html
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This has lots of info about eye health:

raysahelian.com/eyesight.html

He mentions fish oils but there are vegan sources of DHA and EPA, the ingredients in fish oils that he talks about.

[Gliondrach]

I think that anyone who wants better sight could benefit from using mental techniques. Those men in that experiment I mentioned a few posts above had improved eyesight. Hypnosis can help the condition called ichthyosiform erythroderma, which is a congenital skin condition, caused by faulty genes. Suggestion protected people, who are hypersensitive to the toxins in the laquer tree, from developing a rash when the leaves were brushed against their arm and they were told the leaves came from a harmless tree. It is a bit like poison ivy, I believe. The same people developed a rash when brushed on the other arm with harmless leaves which they thought were laquer tree leaves. Some women who had severe nausea and vomiting were cured - at least for a time - when given ipecac after being told it would help them. Ipecac actually causes nausea and vomiting. Thinking about doing an exercise can increase the strength of muscles. Some children were helped to overcome abdominal pain by imagining a symbol for the pain and then another symbol that would take the pain symbol away. It worked. All these cases are in medical journals.

If the mind can overcome the effects of genes and poisons, and can make changes at the cellular level - in the case of muscle strengthening - I'm sure it can help eyesight.

You could try some visualisation. Imagine that the cells in your lens or retina - or wherever the problem is - are being changed for healthy cells. Perhaps see little lorries bringing new cells and taking the old ones away. Or beings of some sort are working on your eyes, doing what needs to be done. This might sound a bit mad but things like this have worked.

You need to be relaxed first and then imagine in as much detail as possible, using all the senses if you can. See, hear, feel, touch, smell and taste. Use as many as possible. You have nothing to lose. At the very least, you will have a relaxing 20 minutes. And you could improve your eyesight.

[Gliondrach]

I've just found some tablets my sister sent me. I was looking for something else and found them at the back of a kitchen cupboard. Blue Berry Eyebright by New Nordic. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Two tablets contain

Blueberry extract 5:1 equal to 2,000 mg dry berries.
Eyebright extract 5:1 equal to 1,000 mg dry herb.
Marigold extract 5:1 equal to 600 mg dry herb, hereof 6 mg lutein.
Grape seed extract 25:1 equal to 1,000 mg dry seeds.

[naturalhealth]

Enzymatic Therapy is a great brand for supplements, and I love it. They do have a bilberry extract supplement in a vegetable capsule. Bilberry extract really is fabulous for overall eye health, and especially so if you have any problems or are at risk for any future problems. It's great for improving vision and night vision, can help prevent cataracts, and can help with retinopathies and macular degeneration. It's definitely a supplement to look into if you have any eye issues. I know of many people who say it's helped them immensely.

[Gliondrach]

Yes, bilberries are good for the eyes.