Enhance & Protect Your Vision
This information is not intended to replace appropriate professional advice. Please check labels for contraindications and consult your pharmacist if you are on prescription drugs. These suggestions are based on over 40 years of customer experience at Jo Anne's Place.
Make changes slowly. You can systematically bring about positive changes in your overall well-being. Health by design!
A Healing Diet
- Drink 7-10 glasses of filtered or spring water. Avoid chlorine.
- Consume 75-80% alkaline forming foods. Very Important!
- Organic foods are the safest way to nourish yourself – a wise investment!
- Rely on antioxidant rich fruits, vegetables, raw seeds, nuts, legumes, beans, and whole grains as diet mainstays. Eat wheat only if sprouted.
- Lightly cooked eggs yolks are an excellent source of lutein and lecithin.
- Use fermented foods to improve gut health and nutrient absorption.
- Have complete protein no later than lunch for better assimilation of amino acids.
- Minimize salt, dairy products, alcohol, and coffee.
- Eliminate deep-fried and processed food, white sugar and white rice.
- Cook gently. High heat generates acrylamides & advanced glycation end products.
Basic Supplements
- Bio-Strath – antioxidant, promotes stress tolerance, improves digestion and nerve health, strengthens immunity, corrects pH.
- Vitamin C has a protective effect on eyes. Levels in the eye decrease with age.
- Vitamin D – 8,000 IU for one month then reduce to the upper limit of 4,000 IU daily – steroid precursor, anti-inflammatory.
- Omega 3 fatty acids – modulates inflammation.
- Magnesium – necessary for circulation and assimilation of other nutrients.
- Probiotic – use intermittently to correct pH, reduce inflammation.
Special Care To Promote Eye Health
- Sub-lingual B12 – improves micro-circulation to the eyes.
- Astaxanthin 8 mg – a powerful antioxidant for the eyes.
Other Suggestions
- Goji berries have a history of improving eye conditions. Add 1 tbsp to your drinking bottle and drink infused water thru the day. Add the softened berries to salad at dinner.
- Ortho-Eyes by AOR is clinically proven to improve lens flexibility and reduce protein build-up. Periodic use can reduce age related eye problems.
- Frankincense Essential Oil – Carefully dab frankincense, diluted in a carrier oil, to the bone above, below and beside the eye socket. It will migrate into the eye and promote circulation. Take care not to get it in your eyes.
Lifestyle
Keep all pathways of elimination clear. Dry body brush to open skin pores and encourage lymphatic drainage. Take enough magnesium and vitamin C to keep bowels moving easily.
- Fresh air and exercise provide vital oxygenated blood for your entire system. Breathe deeply, exhale completely.
- Expose your eyes to natural light early or late in the day when the sun is low.
- These eye exercises are from yoga practices thousands of years old:
- Sit comfortably and look straight above you without straining. Cast your vision slowly in a circle pausing to note details of objects in view. Don’t strain. Repeat 2-3 times clockwise then counterclockwise. Close your eyes for a few seconds and rest.
- Put your thumb in front of your nose as close as you can to still see the detail of your thumb. Look carefully at the detail for a few seconds, then look into the distance at the furthest object you can see clearly and focus. Repeat close/distant a few times. Rest.
- Sit straight. Rub your palms together vigorously and place them over your eyes, fingers overlapping. Sit for several minutes and breathe into your eyes. Your eyes will feel refreshed!
Taking extraordinary care of your vision and overall health is a wise investment.
There is so much to see and do 😊
*Updated September 2024
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