Many Hours at Your Computer Will Worsen Your Vision - - Unless
You Know These Secrets
Squinting while looking at a computer screen is not only
uncomfortable, it can lead to dry eye, according to Ohio State
University researchers.
That's because squinting causes people to blink less often, and
the study found that the less you blinked, the moreyou
experience aches, burning and sensations of dryness, irritation
and tearing in your eyes.
In fact, squinting evencut your blink rates in half -- from 15
blinks a minute to 7.5 blinks a minute.
Only Four Blinks Per Minute
The study involved 10 college students with 20/20 vision, who
were asked to squint at different levels while looking at a
computer screen.
During a series of five trials, the participants relaxed their
eyes and squinted in increments from 5 percent (barely
squinting) to 50 percent (eyes half-shut). Researchers then
watched videotapes of the students and counted how often each
blinked their eyes. They found:- When squinting at just 5
percent, blink rates decreased from an average of 15 blinks per
minute to 7.5.
- At the 50 percent level, blink rates
decreased to four blinks per minute.
Why DoYou Squint?
Squinting not only helpsyou to clearly define out-of-focus
objects, thereby improving your eyesight temporarily, but it
also helps you to reduce glare. While you may squint
intentionally, it's also possible to squint involuntarily,
without even realizing you're doing it.
Because of this, those whose jobs require a lot of reading or
other visual work may be blinking less than normal, which
willresult in eyestrain,dry eye,and presbyopia or the need for
reading glasses as you age.
Optometry and Vision Science
October 2005; 82(10):905-11Science Daily November 29, 2005
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
This study really hits home for me as I typically spend a
minimum of ten hours a day in front of my screen and many days I
spend more than 16 hours in front of my monitor.
Now I am healthier than nearly everyone I know but this
eventually took its toll on my eyesight and I progressively
found myself having to struggle with the embarrassment of
needing reading glasses in public.
This motivated me to pursue a course in finding out how I could
use natural methods to help me recover my vision. After several
years of intense research I was able to learn visual habits that
have helped me recover virtually all of my near vision and I
rarely need reading glasses anymore.
As we near the end of 2005 and reflect on what we are grateful
for I can assure you that recovering my eyesight without having
to use embarrassing glasses in public was one of my best gifts
in 2005.
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One of the Key Eyesight Recovery Secrets
The major secret I learned is that, as the study illustrates is
that I was squinting. Nearly all of us wind up acquiring this
visually destructive habit over time as it does help initially
but eventually it will cause you to lose your near eyesight and
much of your associated cognitive strengths.
So the key secret here is you simply can not squint. You MUST
relax and consciously override your mostly tendency to squint
while at your computer. You simply must notice when you are
squinting and stop it immediately. It is one of the most
important visual habits you can have.
LASIK Surgery is NOT the Answer
Even I was tempted to try this route, but I knew that surgery is
rarely the answer to chronic health conditions so I avoided this
and I am SO GLAD I did as there is overwhelming evidence that
LASIK surgery is not your best choice.
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underlying cause of the problem.
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