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How to Maintain Healthy Eyes In a Digital World

August 31, 2020

In today's digital world, with smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, and electronic signs everywhere, people spend more and more time staring at screens than ever before. This can lead to many health consequences, including eye strain, cataracts, macular degeneration, and other eye and vision problems. By taking the following precautions, however, you can support your eyes' continued health, even as you take part in this digital revolution.

Good Viewing Habits

To protect your eyes while viewing any computer screen, smartphone, or digital television, follow these tips:

Avoid dry eyes by blinking more frequently or using eye drops or artificial tears.
Be sure your eyewear prescription (i.e., glasses, contacts) are current and appropriate for looking at a digital monitor.
Pick a chair that comfortably supports you and orient it to keep your feet flat against the floor.
Prevent glare from lights and windows as much as possible, even using an anti-glare screen, if required.
Orient the monitor to keep your eyes level with the top of the screen so that you're looking slightly downward at it.
Every 20 minutes look away from the screen for 20 seconds to rest your eyes. Every two hours, minimum, step away from the screen for a 15-minute break.

A Vision Diet

Certain nutrients, like antioxidants and fatty acids, are known to benefit eye health and good vision. Making sure to get some antioxidants in your daily diet and even adding in more whenever possible, therefore, can help you to maintain the health of your eyes.

A few of the foods to add to your vision diet include:

Kale, spinach, collards and other leafy greens
Bean, nuts and eggs and other vegetarian proteins
Oily fish like tuna and salmon
Pork and oysters
Oranges and orange juice and other citrus fruits and juices

Besides these specific foods, merely maintaining a balanced diet and a healthy weight can help you keep healthy eyes in a digital world, as it reduces your chances of obesity and developing type 2 diabetes, the top cause of blindness in adults.

Natural Herbal Supplements

There are certain natural herbs and a number of vitamins and minerals that provide benefits for the eyes. Lutein, bilberry and vitamins A, C, and E, for example, are each a strong natural antioxidant. Farlong Pharmaceutical's RiteSight contains a powerful proprietary blend that includes these ingredients as well as: