The Bright Eyes Smoothie The next few blog posts will revolve around nutrition and eyesight. Vitamin B, Vitamin A, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Lutein and Zeaxanthin have been shown over and over to be vital to eye health. Patients with nutritional deficits and malnutrition have been shown to lose vision and improve with B12 shots. Patients lacking Vitamin […]
The Blue Light Battle If you look through my previous posts, you’ll see last year I posted information on the solar eclipse and eye damage from the sun and laser pointers….”Don’t stare at the sun” is universal knowledge. But one thing we may not know, or know entirely is what does the light being emitted from digital devices do […]
“The eyes are the window to your soul” While Shakespeare may not have said this first, he appears to be the person most attributed to the quote. We can find a similar saying in the bible: Matthew 6:22-24 “The eye is the lamp of the body” When it comes to our eye health, men have advantages women lack, […]
Allergy Season In Tacoma, the pollen count seems higher than previous years. You can actually check the pollen count in your zip code by visiting pollen.com. This website will even help you determine WHICH pollens you may be allergic to. Patients experiencing itchy, gritty, red, watery eyes that get worse in the spring are probably suffering from some […]
T-town Dawgs It was a great summer here in T-town. This summer showed me that Tacoma has so much to offer; quality museums, good schools, the Tacoma Rainiers and a great metro park system with many parks for recreation. In an effort to maintain these high quality parks, they also have a pet scoop law. Why […]
Nobody likes accidentally jabbing themselves in the eye with a mascara applicator, but that isn’t the only eye health concern when it comes to cosmetics.
We’ve all heard that eating carrots will improve our vision. They may not give us super night vision, but eating them can help keep our eyes healthy.
You can see (but not look at) the 2017 American eclipse. By now everyone knows there is going to be an eclipse on August 21, 2017. While the Tacoma area is not on the path of totality-we are still going to get a good view. The last time a solar eclipse crossed the entire continental US […]
With so many vitamins available to us, it’s hard to know which ones you really need to keep an eye out for!