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"I've spent a lot of money on glasses, contact lenses, liquids, therapeutic sessions. I've always been interested in learning—above all else—what I need. I would also like to speed up my sight improvment (if possible). I'm very interested in all that you say, but I am a skeptic about buying something without having examples of its effectiveness. Please give me some examples of your method so I can decide whether to buy it or not. Being interested in learning and knowing more has caused me to purchase many a rip-off. Once I bought a book on "visual reeducation" for $25." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"Optometrist: Although not a physician, a doctor of optometry (OD) has specialized training in vision problems and in treating vision conditions with glasses, contact lenses, low-vision aids, and vision therapy. Optometrists can test for such conditions as glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration and prescribe medications for certain eye diseases. ¦ Optician: Also not a physician, an optician specializes in making and adjusting eyeglasses and other optical aids from prescriptions written by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. LISTENING TO YOUR EARS Do they wobble to and fro?" - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Adverse Effects Common: breakthrough bleeding, breast tenderness, nausea, bloating, abdominal cramps, vomiting, headache, dizziness, depression, peripheral edema, weight changes, rash, intolerance to contact lenses, migraine, libido changes Rare: thromboembolism, stroke, endometrial cancer, breast cancer (when used with a proges- 367 togen), hepatic adenoma, gallbladder disease, increased blood pressure, myocardial infarction Dosing Continuous or cyclic (21 days on, 7 days off) Add a progestogen 10-14 days of month for women with uterus." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"They may, however, become irritated and grow so large they interfere with eyesight or make contact lenses hard to fit. STOP SIGN Even if Pingueculae and pterygia are removed surgically, they tend to grow back bigger and more quickly than before. Wearing sunglasses with 100 percent ultraviolet ray protection may help prevent or delay their return. BLOODSHOT EYES When you see people with bloodshot eyes, you may think that they've been crying or had one too many. And you may be right. When you "cry your eyes out," the small blood vessels in the eyes dilate or become inflamed." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Buying Club for Name-Brand Lenses T Ji you're thinking of "trading up" your contact lenses, but the cost has you down, consider joining a lens users' buying club. Lens Express is one club that offers big savings off the list prices of lenses and eyeglasses. While the club sells to the public, members receive additional benefits and discounts. Membership is $29 for three years and $39 for five years. • Lens Express, 350 SW 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, 800-872-5367; fax: 800-329-5367; www.lensexpress.com TRAVEL HEALTH • Safe Shots A XA." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"In another study, this time of newborn cats, which had been given contact lenses with either vertical or horizontal stripes, Pribram's associates found that the behavior of the horizontally oriented cats wasn't markedly different from that of the vertically oriented ones, even though their brain cells were now oriented either horizontally or vertically. This meant that perception couldn't be occurring with line detection.10 His experiments and those of others like Lashley were at odds with many of the prevailing neural theories of perception." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"A "functional error" is one that doesn't act over the structure of an organ (organic disease) but over the way the organ is used—in this case, wearing minus glasses, or even worse, wearing full correction contact lenses (20/20—Snellen chart, per each eye) over time. When you do this, the visual system will become weak and tired (consequently, higher and higher dioptric power minus lenses will be needed). In my view, this can't be the right therapeutic procedure, since it doesn't remove the initial cause of problem itself, but worsens it over time." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"Mismatched Eye Color If you meet someone whose eyes are two different colors, you may think he or she put in a mismatched pair of colored contact lenses by mistake or is trying to look trendy. But it's more likely heterochromia iridium, a condition in which a person has two different-colored eyes—or irises, to be precise. Although fairly common among dogs, cats, and horses, heterochromia iridium is quite rare in humans." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"The only difference is this: we can use the same principles to improve our sight (gradual overload of focusing, either by moving the focusing point away for myopes or bringing it nearer for hyperopes) that are opposite to the reasons for sight deteriorating (both myopia and hyperopia—like constantly wearing glasses or contact lenses; too much near-work). Obviously, everyone should carefully evaluate his or her own sight and its conditions and carry out the training program that is the most suitable." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"The wearing of sunglasses, including regular UV-reflecting spectacles and contact lenses, is largely responsible for certain degenerative eye diseases, such as macular degeneration. Most people who use sunglasses on a regular basis report continuously weakening eyesight. Depriving your eyes of adequate exposure to ultraviolet light can have serious consequences for your skin and even risk you life. Normally, as soon as the optic nerves of your eyes sense sunlight, your pituitary gland produces hormones that act as boosters for your melanocytes." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Be sure to follow your physician's recommendations for cleaning and caring for contact lenses. And at the sign of irritation contact your ophthalmologist for assistance—or disposable lenses. HEADACHE • Acupressure—An Instant Painkiller ./Acupressure, like its ancient Chinese relative, acupuncture, promotes healing throughout the body by stimulating channels of energy known as meridian points. But where acupuncture uses thin (sterile) needles, acupressure relies on fingertips to do the probing." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"It's useful to repeat: Wearing contact lenses and glasses means greater visual stress, specifically in near-work, since this work stimulates visual processes that produce excessive accommodation and converging. This is the main reason that the eye's focal status moves in a negative direction and becomes nearsighted. 8. I'm afraid of focusing when doing the exercises' ocular stretching. Could I damage my ocular muscles by forcing them too much?" - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"If you're nearsighted, there's a new type of surgery that could make contact lenses obsolete. A myopia lens—a type of permanent contact—is surgically implanted into the eye. It takes only a few days for vision to be normal. Ask your ophthalmologist if you're a candidate for this procedure, and make sure your surgeon is experienced performing it before going under the knife our mother always said, "Don't rub your eye," when you had a speck of something in it. But she didn't always tell you what to do instead. Here's a simple, safe solution: Flaxseed." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "In a way, it's the next step in the evolution of contact lenses, from the formerly rigid to the softer, and now the soft, disposable lenses. Only with cataract surgery, the foldable lenses remain in place for life. They are inserted while folded through a tiny incision—the smaller the incision, the less trauma and faster recovery—then unfolded and placed behind the cornea. Eyesight is improved immediately, unlike with conventional surgery, where it takes up to a few weeks to see improvement." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"She stopped wearing the contact lenses that she had worn for twenty years, and her eyes have improved substantially, from -4.75 to -2.00 in less than two years. Her bowel eliminations improved to the point of effortlessness. She stopped having menstrual bleeding, which is not uncommon among serious raw fooders and is actually a sign of health in a well-nourished female. She experienced greater clarity of mind, peace, calm and feelings of joy and lightness of being. She is the only one who is pain-free of five siblings, all close in age." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"The use of sunglasses, including regular UV reflecting spectacles and contact lenses, are co-responsible for certain degenerative eye diseases, such as macular degeneration. Most people who use sunglasses report continuously weakening eyesight. The solution is to this problem is simple: Stop wearing them. You will soon discover that your eyes are getting used to sunlight again. There are other ways to improve eyesight and reduce sensitivity to sunlight." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Wear your glasses or contact lenses if you have them.) Cover your left eye. Say the letters on the line of the smallest characters you can read. Record your score. The last line that you can read has two numbers on the right-hand side of the page, and these indicate your visual acuity. For example, 20/40 means that you can see at twenty feet what a normal person could see at forty feet. Do the same by covering your right eye, then do it with both eyes open. Figure 13.1 Eye Chart Hold the page five feet away and read the letters." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.) "People with contact lenses made with UV protection should still wear sunglasses. þ Since UV rays can still enter from the sides and top of sunglasses, it's smart to wear a hat with a three-inch brim to help block light. þ Make sure you goggle up with UV-protective eyewear, especially when you're on the slopes or in the water. Skiing (water and snow) may be dangerous not only to your knees but to your eyes as well, because they're being pummeled by both refractive and reflective light beams that bounce off the water or snow." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"It's easy to correct, but it means you're probably going to have to wear glasses or contact lenses." If you do end up needing corrective lenses, the choice between glasses and contact lenses is usually up to you. "In most cases, it's just a matter of preference," Dr. Bensinger says. "Some people like glasses, which they can take off when they don't want them. And some like contact lenses, which allow them to see well without showing people that they need glasses." - Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine, Age Erasers for Men: Hundreds of Fast and Easy Ways to Beat the Years (Get the book.)

"Pigeons have even been fitted with frosted-glass contact lenses so they can't see, and they return home as successfully as pigeons fitted with clear contact lenses. A favorite hypothesis is that pigeons rely on the sun's elevation and arc, aided by some sort of internal chronometer. But "following the sun" fails to explain how they home with frosted contact lenses on, and at night, and in heavily clouded conditions. Do pigeons "smell" their way home? If smell is required, they should not be able to home when the wind is blowing toward rather than away from their destination." - Larry Dossey, Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing (Get the book.)

"Side effects: Breast tenderness, nausea, gallbladder problems, migraine headaches, intolerance to contact lenses, elevated blood sugar. If progesterone is given only 1 week a month, vaginal bleeding resembling a menstrual period is common. Downside: HRT increases the risks of breast cancer and blood clots that could trigger heart attacks and strokes. These risks increase over time. HRT should be used only as long as it is needed for perimenopausal symptoms." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"Damage may occur as a result of injury, a foreign body in the eye, or excessive or inappropriate wearing of contact lenses. The infections that can result in ulceration of the cornea may be caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. SUPPLEMENT SUGGESTED DOSAGE COMMENTS Vitamin A 25,000 IU daily. If you Needed for all eye disorders. are pregnant, do not plus exceed 10,000 IU daily. carotenoid complex As directed on label. with lutein and zeaxanthin Vitamin C 6,000 mg daily, in A healing and antiviral with divided doses. substance." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Individuals with diagnosed conjunctivitis should avoid irritants, such as contact lenses or allergy-causing agents. Nutritional supplements that may be helpful Vitamin A (page 595) deficiency has been reported in people with chronic conjunctivitis.1 It is unknown whether vitamin A supplementation can prevent conjunctivitis or help people who already have the condition. Are there any side effects or interactions? Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Dr Horrobin lists the following conditions that have been helped by GLA: atopic eczema, diabetic neuropathy, premenstrual syndrome, breast pain and prostatic hypertrophy, rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammation, systemic sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome, dry eyes associated with contact lenses, gastrointestinal disorders, viral infection and post-viral fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, schizophrenia, alcoholism, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, cancer, and liver disease." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"These incredibly strong, transparent coatings, which could be quickly grown in laboratories, could revolutionize all kinds of finishes for everything from cars to contact lenses. Biomimetic systems feature closed-loop lifecycles [see Neobiological Industry, p. 109] that recycle the outputs and by-products of one process as inputs for another. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart note in Cradle to Cradle, "waste equals food" in a biomimetic system. And today we can also add a fourth level: the design level." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"If you wear contact lenses, keep them clean to avoid further irritation and any future infections. Do not wear lenses until your eyes have healed. People with allergy-related conjunctivitis sometimes develop a severe form with a stringy greenish or yellow discharge, swollen eyelids, scaly skin, vision changes, and significant discomfort. This needs aggressive medical treatment to prevent scarring of the cornea and further damage. GINGIVITIS DIAGNOSIS Gingivitis is an inflammatory condition of the gums that, if left unchecked, can eventually lead to the loss of teeth." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Not everyone is a good candidate for contact lenses. If you suffer from hay fever and allergies, or are subject to bouts of conjunctivitis, or if you have arthritis or hand tremors that make inserting and removing the lenses difficult, wearing contact lenses may cause problems for you. CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT ¦ You have only one set of eyes. They are worth at least a phone call to your vision specialist any time you notice a possible problem. ¦ If you have an eye infection of any type, do not wear contact lenses until cleared to do so by your doctor." - Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living : Practical A-Z Reference to Natural and Conventional Treatments for Adults (Get the book.)

"Two recent studies have shown that leaving contact lenses in place for more than twenty-four consecutive hours can result in ulcerative keratitis, a condition in which the cells of the cornea are rubbed away by the contact lens, leading to infection and scarring. If not properly treated, this condition can cause blindness. Users of extended-wear lenses are ten to fifteen times more likely than other people to develop ulcerative keratitis, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. If ordinary daily-wear lenses are left in place overnight, the risk rises to the same level." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Opticians fill prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses. Only twenty-six states require opticians to be licensed. Q Because the light-absorbing retinal pigment is composed of vitamin A and protein, which are continually being used up as images are formed, adequate supplies of these nutrients are vital for proper eye function. Q The combination of nicotine, sugar, and caffeine may temporarily affect vision. Q Ophthalmologist and author Gary Price Todd, M.D., says that the use of margarine and vegetable shortening is dangerous for those with certain eye disorders." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Blinking, frequent Anxiety; dry eyes; foreign body in the eye; injury; mimic spasm or tic (may occur in Tourette's syndrome); Parkinson's disease; stroke; use of contact lenses. Bloating Allergies; appendicitis; bowel or kidney obstruction; adrenal disorders; diverticulitis; edema; gallbladder disorders; heart failure; irritable bowel syndrome; kidney disease; lactose intolerance; menstruation; overeating; peptic ulcer; tumor. Blood in sputum, vomit, urine, stools, or from vagina or penis Blood clots and swelling of lung tissue; cancer of colon, bladder, etc." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

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