You Need To Listen

Our eyes are one of the most sensitive organs in the body. Fond memories of your mother telling you not to read in the dark or not to sit too close to the TV spring up. While you might have ignored your mother’s pleas back then, she was only trying to help you maintain your vision.

There are plenty of people in the world who wear glasses. Others seek help from doctors, who use various ophthalmic instruments, like the scanning laser ophthalmoscope and surgical CO2 laser to repair vision problems.

Causes of Blurred Vision

As eyes are so sensitive, there are a wide variety of catalysts for blurry vision. Several diseases like cataracts and glaucoma can cause vision impairment or even blindness.

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of vision loss and blindness in older adults. The macula—the part of the retina responsible for sharp vision—degenerates, causing a blind spot in the center of the eye. Some people learn to use their peripheral vision, but macular degeneration makes it difficult to read, recognize faces, or perform most simple, everyday activities.

Perhaps the most common cause is age. As you age, the lens in your eye loses its flexibility. Your eye then loses its ability to change its focus to see objects that are nearby. This condition is known as presbyopia and is actually a natural part of aging, affecting everyone at some point in life—generally appearing around age 40.

Environmental Factors

Of course, you can’t forget all the environmental factors. Your eyes are subject to a lot of wear over the course of a normal day, and after a while, it starts to show.

• Reading is an enjoyable, wonderful activity, but reading a book in the dark or too close to your face can actually damage your vision. It might not be initially noticeable, but we all know the pain and discomfort in our eyes after hours of reading or studying. The same can be said of using a computer for too long. Too much close vision work causes stress on the muscles of the eyes, eventually leading to myopic vision (nearsightedness).
• Many people resort to squinting to read in the dark or see from afar. Squinting or straining puts undue internal muscular stress on your eyes, damaging your eyesight.
• Just as much as the rest of your body requires the right nutrition, your eyes require various nutrients to maintain proper eyesight and even improve your vision. Other nutrients like lutein and vitamin A help to prevent glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and other diseases that may affect your eyes.

While it may be too late to go back to your childhood and heed your mother’s good advice, it’s not too late to make some healthy habit changes that could improve your vision or prevent disease. If you have glasses or contacts, be sure to wear them—no more squinting or straining. Give your eyes a break from hours at the computer, read in a well-lit area, eat a healthy diet, and as always, get your eyes checked regularly.

It’s a fact: what we eat affects our bodies. We eat certain foods because they are purported to give a desired result. Eating healthy boosts our metabolisms and makes us look and feel better and can even help us ward off many different sicknesses. But, can what we eat really affect our sex lives?

Here is a list of some of the most common foods that are believed raise libido in both men and women.

Oysters –

Oysters are as a good a food to start this list with as any. They have been known, since ancient times, to have an “amorous” effect on those who consume them. They are also very healthy, and are a great source of protein. The reason that these little suckers seem to pack so much punch when it comes to boosting libido is because they are also packed full of zinc. Zinc is an essential nutrient that is needed for the production of sperm and it also increases testosterone levels, which can increase libido and sexual desire in both men and women.

Chocolate –

Just the word “chocolate” is enough to get some people all lusty-feeling; and apparently it’s not just because chocolate is amazingly delicious. Pure chocolate contains chemicals that trigger all sort of good feelings in your brain and body. These chemicals can stimulate euphoria, attraction and even release the same chemical into the “pleasure center” of your brain that an orgasm would. Although buying a box of milk chocolates for your sweetie is very thoughtful and will have some of this desired effect, when it comes to getting the maximum amount of benefit: the darker the chocolate, the better.

Basil –

This herb is a staple ingredient in many different countries’ cuisines. It is good for our bodies in so many ways. However, it is also believed to have an aphrodisiac affect. Just the smell of basil is believed to increase sexual desire. Eating basil also increases your heart rate and is believed to enhance libido.

Bananas –

In ancient times, any food that had any resemblance to the male or female sex organs was deemed to be “aphrodisiac” so bananas, with their obvious phallic shape, were understandably put on this list. However, studies show that the ancients may have been on the right track with this one. Aside from them being packed with loads of potassium, magnesium and B vitamins (which are important in the production of testosterone), bananas also contain minerals and enzymes that can give men an extra boost in libido.

Honey –

Honey is also packed with the B vitamins that are necessary for testosterone production. Although testosterone is the “male” sex hormone, it is actually the hormone responsible for sexual desire in both men and women as well. Honey also contains boron, which allows the body to metabolize estrogen, the female sex hormone, which allows for more testosterone in the blood, resulting in the aphrodisiac affect.

Adding these delicious foods as ingredients in your romantic dinner can help bring satisfaction during the meal, as well as later in the bedroom.

Stacey Cavalari is a corporate writer and blogger for Viamedic.com, a safe U.S. medication facilitator that has been facilitating medications for over 12 years. Customers can purchase safe medications online such as Propecia and Zyban in the convenience of their home or office.

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