Pinhole Glasses, eye exercises, and everything you need for Perfect Vision
When you walk into the eye doctors office for an eye exam, they test for only one thing – whether you can see clearly when looking at an object, or not. But there are 3 steps your visual system makes in order to see and the only thing that’s tested in the basic eye exam […]
In the 1960’s there was a doctor by the name of Herbert Benson. Dr. Benson started making some interesting observations during routine checkups with is patients. He noticed that when his patients measured their blood pressure at home, the test results were significantly lower than when he tested them in his office. He concluded that something was not being […]
If you wear glasses or contacts, there’s a good chance you’ve visited your local eye doctor who prescribed them for you. Whether you had a neighborhood eye doctor, or went to someone with a storefront, they all did the same thing: Sat you in that chair, asked a few “which is clearer, 1 o 2” […]
You know the feeling. You’ve gone to the eye doctor, sat in the uncomfortable chair. told him which was clearer – A or B, and he’s figured out your prescription. A few days or hours later, you return to pick up your new pair of glasses. But when you put them on, you feel weird. […]
One thing I notice when I take my pinhole glasses off is that as soon as I do so, my vision is not only sharper, but colors are more vibrant. This got me thinking about colors in general. Why is it necessary to see in color? Does color simply help us appreciate beautiful things? Or is there another, […]
These days it’s almost impossible to walk more than 30 feet without being bombarded with some ad for food. Whether it’s pizza or hamburgers, most of the food we’re exposed to on a day to day basis do not contain any of the nutrition we need. (I’m not going on a health rant – really! […]
In 2010 Dr. Earl Smith of the University of Houston College of Optometry performed a study on monkeys to see if glasses actually caused refraction problems. In laymans terms, he wanted to see if wearing glasses actually causes your vision to worsen. A monkey’s visual system is almost identical to a humans, making them the perfect subject […]
I came across an interested article asking the question “Do eye exercises work?” Can you really improve your vision with “Improve Vision” programs? The article continued to say that there is no scientific evidence to support eye exercises as a way to improve your eyesight, and that these programs are crooked and designed by good marketers who […]
I know I’m not the only one guilty of it – long hours at the computer with little to no break to eat, let alone rest my eyes. I’m sure after those 8+ hours staring at the screen you’ve walked away with your eyes feeling fuzzy, and somewhat in a daze. No one thinks about […]
More than half of the people in the United States currently wear glasses, and that’s a trend that’s moving upward. Most eye doctors claim that there’s nothing that can be done to prevent this. They blame genetics, a flaw in the shape of a person’s eye, and a host of other reasons. But what if […]