| Recent statistics reveal that one out of ten women | | | | The cause of this condition is still unknown, and it |
| between the ages of 40 and 65 wears reading | | | | generally affects people over 60. |
| glasses. If you already wear glasses or contact lenses, | | | | Like all other parts of your body, your eyes respond |
| then bifocals might be in your future. If you are like | | | | favorably to great nutrition and exercise. Optimum |
| most women, this is not an event to look forward to. | | | | nutrition for your eyes includes proper amounts of |
| In what is considered the 'normal aging process, the | | | | Vitamin A, C, and E, as well as the minerals selenium |
| lens of your eye begins to stiffen as the years go by. | | | | and zinc. These nutrients are found in fresh fruits and |
| As the lens becomes less flexible, it becomes more | | | | vegetables, especially in yellow and yellow-orange |
| difficult to focus on something close. This is a form of | | | | foods like yams, cantaloupes, and carrots. |
| farsightedness called presbyopia. This condition is | | | | A growing number of vision therapists believe that a |
| generally corrected with reading glasses or bifocal | | | | series of eye exercises done daily can help keep your |
| lenses. | | | | eyes younger. Common sense tells us that exercise is |
| There are also several age related eye diseases that | | | | important for all the muscles in the body, and the eye |
| can occur over 40. Most serious eye diseases are | | | | muscles are no different. |
| painless, and show no symptoms for years. Only a | | | | There are several hundred various exercises for your |
| qualified professional can detect and diagnose them | | | | eyes, and no single exercise can offer the solution to |
| before they cause permanent damage. | | | | every vision problem. |
| Glaucoma is one of the most common eye diseases. | | | | One you can try if you work at a computer all day is |
| Glaucoma causes almost 12% of all blindness in the | | | | to tack a piece of newsprint to the wall, about 8 feet |
| US. Increased fluid builds up within the eyeball, causing | | | | away from your computer terminal. Interrupt your work |
| pressure. This pressure, over time causes irreversible | | | | every 15 to 20 minutes, and focus on the newspaper, |
| damage and blindness. | | | | then back to your computer screen. Do this several |
| Cataracts are caused by a build up of protein on the | | | | times daily. This exercise can help prevent the blurry |
| lens of the eye. Over time, the lens turns milky white, | | | | vision that some people experience at the end of their |
| and clouds vision. The lenses then need to be surgically | | | | workday. |
| replaced to restore vision. | | | | Deteriorating vision does not have to go along with the |
| Macular Degeneration results in the loss of sharp vision. | | | | aging process. If owning a pair of reading glasses, or |
| The macula is the part of your eye that is responsible | | | | bifocals is the last thing you want to do, then it's time to |
| for sharp focus, and bringing things clearly into view. | | | | focus on prevention. |