Eyes are the most precious part in our body. We cannot imagine how our life will be without eyes. Our eyes are affected much because of our daily activities. In this post we are going to see what activities that we should do and what should not do to protect our eyes. We will see why the eyes will be damaged, how should we take care the eye using these 5 worst habits and 5 best solutions.
5 worst eye care habits
First, we will see the worst eye care habits, which will damage and how it will create problems to our eyes.
Staring at the digital screen
In the last decade, the people count who wear specs has increased to 4 times. The reason behind this is watching TV, computer and mobile screens continuously. Since we stare at these digital screens without even blinking our eyes, the eyes will get dry and it leads to accumulate the dead cells. It causes inflammation and it may lead to eye impairment. However, nowadays most of our work depends upon laptop and computers. We know that we don’t have a choice. The solution to this problem is to turn of the monitor, walk for a while and drink some water once in an hour. By doing this not only our body will be hydrated but also our eyes will not be dried and it avoids forming the dead cells.
Rubbing the eyes
Eyes is one of the delated organs in our body. If you rub your eyes often, then your eye blood vessels will be damaged. Moreover, the dirt from your hands will create eye problems such as redness in eyes and eye irritations. Therefore, if you feel itching in your eyes, rub it gently.
Reading while traveling
Most college students and office going people do this common mistake. While traveling in bus or train, reading books or read for exams. The eyes cannot focus properly as there is shaking while traveling. Our eyes will be strained when we read or write while traveling. Regardless, since everything is in our mobile phone, nowadays many people reading books or WhatsApp messages or watching videos, which also gives stress to the eyes. When the time goes, the vision will be affected and become blurred. Hence, while traveling please avoid reading or writing to protect our eyes.
Not wearing sunglasses
Sunglass is used to protect our eyes from the UV rays, which produced by the sun. Immense amount of UV rays causes eye to attain premature aging. In addition, sun burn affects the eye’s cornea. Therefore, to comfort your eyes wearing sunglasses is a must. Make sure that the sunglass that you buy protects 100 percent from sun’s rays.
Studying in low light
This is an useful high protective tip for the students. Make sure that the table lamp is in a position, which provides enough amount of light. Reading or working in low light weaken our eye muscles. Similarly, after switching off the lights, if you read from the mobile phone, the blue light that produced from the phone damages our eyes. Therefore, make sure that you have proper lighting, which doesn’t stress your eye muscles.
5 ways to take care of your eyes
The above are the 5 reasons, which affects our eyes. Now we will see how to improve the eye vision using the 5 best ways – eye care solutions.
Consuming food for eyes
If you want your eyes healthy until you die, you have to include certain foods in your diet. The two nutrients, which keeps our eyes healthy are Zeaxanthin and Lutein. The greens and green vegetables have these two nutrients and so eating them are good for our eyes. Carrot has vitamin A and carotin, hence, carrot juice or salad is also good. Vitamin C is rich in gooseberries and so have a habit of eating one gooseberry a day. Apart from this, include omega-3 rich foods such as walnuts, flake seeds, salmon as well. You can also consume fish, which has omega-3 acids. If you follow the diet properly then don’t add salt and sugar much, which dehydrates the eyes. If you take proper food, it will protect your eyes as well.
Strengthening eye muscles
We used to work out to build and strengthen our body muscles but we rather forget to strengthen our eye muscles. We have to do some eye exercises such as rotating our eye balls, moving left to right, top to bottom, diagonally, closing the eyes firmly for 30 seconds and open it and then rub your hands and warm the eyes. Doing all these for 3 to 5 minutes every day helps to strengthen and relax the eye muscles.
In addition, giving acupressure point, the point between forefinger and middle finger as in the picture strengthen the eye muscles. Walking in the grass early in the morning is also an acupressure point. Also visit natural green places, which is good for your eyes. All these exercises are easy to do but normally we don’t take steps to seek eye care solutions.
Eye wash routine
To have a clear vision, you can do this eye wash routine. Fill your mouth with water and wash your eyes. This will expand your eye area, which helps to provide clear vision. You can also use eye wash cups filled with rose water, place it in the eyes and move your eye balls. This will flush out the dust and keep the eyes clear and fresh, which helps to give clear vision.
Get regular eye checkup
Since eye is a delicate organ, we have to give importance to it. Do regular eye checkup at least once in a year. People who have diabetics may get frequent eye problems. Therefore, keep sugar levels in control.
Home remedy
Here is the easy home remedy, which protects our eyes. Grind almonds, fennel seeds and misri (rock candy), make it fine powder and keep it in an air-tight container. Mix one tea spoon of this powder with boiled milk and drink before going to bed. If you do this for the next 90 days you can feel that your eyes are healthy. Kids who are 13 years below, mix the powder with water instead of milk.
Bonus tip
Out of these 10 habits, avoid those 5 worst habits and follow the best ones. Another fun fact is that we know that in our saliva there are many antibacterial properties. Research says that if we apply the saliva on our eyes, all types of eye problems will be cured. When we apply it on our eye area, eye vision will be cleared and dark circles will be vanished in a week. You can see this commonly in animals. Animals will fix the wounds by licking over it. Morning saliva will have more antibacterial properties. Protect your eyes using these eye care solutions and methods. Have a clear vision ahead.
