By now, we all know that the worldwide economy is in rough shape, and it's not likely to recover overnight. Everyone's looking for ways to cut back their spending, and sometimes, it turns out, the old ways our grandmothers practiced are the best: instead of Windex, clean your windows with vinegar and water. To cure a cigarette habit, take before breakfast 1/2 teaspoon each of rochelle salts and cream of tartar; also chew ginseng root and swallow the juice. Use old shirts cut into rags to clean the house instead of purchasing paper towels.
Well, it turns out Grandma knew a lot about eye care, too. The eye exercises in the Rebuild Your Vision program are based on techniques that have been around for decades, way before contact lenses and Lasik surgery were invented. These time-tested techniques not only save your vision, but they also save you money—plenty, as it turns out.
After all, it is recommended that people who wear glasses visit a doctor every two years. If your prescription has changed, you will need new lenses at the very least and will probably want to update the frames as well. And with health-care costs rising, glasses, especially designer frames, are increasingly expensive and usually not covered by your health-care plan. In addition, many people have more than one pair of glasses just in case a pair gets broken or misplaced.
With contact lenses, you not only have to pay for the lenses (which, again, many health-care plans do not cover), but also the ongoing costs of solution, rewetting drops, and lens cases. If you add it all up, it's a pretty penny:
Doctor visit: $150 every two years Prescription glasses: $320 every two years Contacts: $48 a month ($576/year) Contact supplies: $20 a month ($240/year)
TOTAL: $2,102 every two years!
When you do the math, you can see that the Rebuild Your Vision program is not just great for your eyes—it's great for your wallet as well.
Here are some other money-saving vision-care tips:
Follow the 10-10-10 rule. We can't say it enough: this simple exercise could save your eyesight from deterioration—and it's FREE!
The near-point stress associated with reading, watching television, and computer use is a major cause of vision problems. The 10-10-10 exercise relieves near-point stress by allowing your internal "ciliary muscle" to expand for a few seconds: every time you are performing close vision work for over 10 consecutive minutes, look up and focus on anything that is at least 10 feet away, for at least 10 seconds.
Take your vitamins. There's a reason why nutrition is such a hot topic these days. Research has shown over and over again that getting the right vitamins can not only help maintain your vision, but also prevent diseases like macular degeneration, glaucoma and catarcts. Which saves you a ton in medical costs down the road.
And here's another tip: Many of the same foods that are great for your eyes, such as lutein-packed tomatoes, carrots, spinach, and squash, are also inexpensive and easy to prepare.
Finally, invest in a good pair of sunglasses. Now, we know what you're thinking: why end an article on money-saving tips by telling me to buy sunglasses? Aren't good sunglasses expensive? And the answer is, sunglasses may be one of the single best investments you can make in your vision. And they don't have to be spendy to work.
Sunglasses protect our eyes from UV radiation, which in the short term can cause photokeratis (a kind of eye sunburn) and in the long term can lead to cataracts and macular degeneration. More important than the designer or the lens color or style is the degree to which the lenses filter out UV rays. Make sure your sunglasses block 99 to 100 percent of both UV-A and UV-B rays by looking for a label that says, "Provides 100% UV protection" or " Provides 100% UV400 protection." The American Optometric Association offers a Seal of Acceptance for sunglasses that block 99 percent to 100 percent of UV radiation
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Dr.Bradley Doolen is private practice and writes extensively on eye related matters. Find out more about the information presented in this article at:
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