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Read short messages or surfing the Internet through a smartphone tend to force people’s eyes to work harder than when reading books or newspapers. A study involving 130 volunteers, with an average age of 23.3 years old, studied how people hold the phone while reading a short message. Then, another 100 volunteers, with an average age of 24.9 years old were studied while they read the pages.

When we read newspapers, books, or printed magazines, the average distance to the eye is 40.64 centimeters. Apparently in average, people who read or send short messages is only 35.56 centimeters. (more…)

Like the skin, eyes also need protection to ward off the bad effects of sunlight. If the skin can be protected by sunscreens, the eye needs sunglasses require which has anti-UV layers. Not just sunglasses to make your eyes shaded or for style.

“Over-exposure to ultraviolet light is thought to be the cause of cataracts, retinal damage and other eye problems, especially in the summer,” said Dr. Keiki Mehta, an eye surgeon, according to the Times of India. (more…)

A healthy eye is one of the key to grab attention, so our eyes certainly also needs care. Not only your skin that needs special protection during hot weather or under the the sun. UV rays can damage the eyes as well. So, selecting special glasses are also important so that your eyes remains healthy.

Do not choose sunglasses based on the model only. Make sure your glasses can protect eyes from dangerous UV rays. (more…)

Living a Vegetarian lifestyle and eating less meat turned out to be able to reduce the risk of cataracts.

A British study on diet showed this result. This research was conducted over 15 years and found that three of 50 meat-eaters have cataracts co,pared to two of 50 vegans and vegetarians. It is concluded that the risk of vegetarians and vegans were 30-40 percent lower than meat eaters. (more…)

You may suffer from a computer vision syndrome (CVS) If you spend two hours or more in front of a computer screen. It is a visual symptoms after staring at a computer or other electronic displays such as a television, mobile phone or tablet PC for several hours without interruption. (more…)