| As we get older, it's natural to experience our | | | | eyes open and shut. The first step in this eye |
| visual abilities fading a bit. After many years of | | | | exercise is to squeeze your eyes tightly shut for |
| being able to see really well, this loss of vision can | | | | approximately five seconds. The next step is to |
| be rather disconcerting. I am happy to be able to | | | | then open your eyes up nice and wide for about |
| tell you though that fortunately, there are a | | | | five more seconds. You will then want to continue |
| number of things that we can do to help improve | | | | alternate those two steps of squeezing your eyes |
| your eyesight. One of the very best ways to help | | | | open and shut approximately eight times. Once |
| improve your eyesight is by doing eye exercises. | | | | this has been done, a great way to relax your |
| The first eye exercise to improve your eyesight | | | | eyes is to close them and then rub your eyes |
| that I would like to share with you involves your | | | | through your eyelids in a gentle circular motion. |
| thumbs. First, hold your thumbs up directly in | | | | Also, adding certain foods to your diet can also |
| front of you at approximately an arm's length | | | | help immensely to improve your eyesight. Eating |
| distance. Next, move your thumbs in crosses, X's | | | | vegetables such as broccoli, spinach and collard |
| and circles. Follow your thumbs with your eyes | | | | greens is particularly helpful due to the carotenoids |
| while simultaneously keeping your head perfectly | | | | that these particular foods contain. Foods |
| still, rather than moving your head from side to | | | | containing carotenoids are especially good for the |
| side. | | | | eyes as they improve your eyesight, and they |
| One especially simple yet very effective exercise | | | | also work to help prevent macular degeneration |
| to improve your eyesight is blinking. Just blink | | | | of the eyes. Fruits such as blueberries and |
| your eyes approximately every three to four | | | | apricots also work really well to help improve your |
| seconds, and this will help to make your vision | | | | eyesight. This is in large part due to the beta |
| stronger. Because this particular eye exercise can | | | | carotene that these foods contain. |
| be done rather discretely since it doesn't involve | | | | Doing eye exercises is a very effective way to |
| the use of your hands or other tools at all, this | | | | improve your eyesight, and it's a great alternative |
| would be a great way to improve your eyesight | | | | to other expensive treatments such as eye laser |
| while doing otherwise mundane tasks such as | | | | surgery. I wish you the best of luck, and I hope |
| sitting in a waiting room at your doctor's office. | | | | that the aforementioned exercises work great to |
| Another exercise that often works great to | | | | improve your eyesight in you for many years to |
| improve your eyesight involves squeezing your | | | | come! |