I wrote a book based on five years of experience to keep my now 15-year-old son thriving in both academic and sports without glasses. It may not be called cure, but it is a holistic way to prevent, and halt the progression of myopia for sure. It involves improving vision naturally in 5 areas: belief (believe you can improve your vision), mind (stress and emotions and how they affect vision), body (nutrition, sleep, eye exercises such as 20–20–20, posture, how to use prescription glasses, etc), environment (sunshine, outdoor/nature, and indoor), habits and routines (morning, daily and evening eye care routines). You can check out my book on Amazon: Habits for Better Vision: 20 Scientifically Proven Ways to Improve Your Eyesight Naturally.
Let’s look at the alarming studies around the world: in the US, 42% of 12–54-year-old people are myopic; in some Asian countries, 80%, 90%, or even 96.5% of youth are myopia. One of my mission is to help people, especially young children and their parents when they are first told to have myopia (pseudo-myopia stage). It is the best time to take an intervention, instead of just getting glasses.
It is not an overnight success, or an instant gratification as the prescription lenses will give you, but it invites you to establish a better lifestyle, which not only benefits your eyesight, but also your body. If you ever wonder about laser eye surgery, just ask ophthalmologists if they would do it on their own eyes. Of course, ask those who do not make a living on laser eye surgery.
Here is a short excerpt from my book: “Some doctors believe myopia is hereditary, but myopia is virtually non-existent in pre-industrialized cultures. Plus, gene pools cannot possibly change fast enough to affect 1 billion more people (which is a 56 percent increase) in just a short 20-year period. Studies carried out in hunter-gatherer societies and in recently westernized hunter-gatherer groups indicate that myopia normally occurs in 0 to 2 percent of the population, and moderate to high myopia is either non-existent or occurs in about one person out of 1,000. Thus, the prevalence of myopia today is increasing so fast that environmental and social factors must be involved. The epidemic of blurred vision can be traced back to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual imbalances of our modern society.”
Share with young children and their parents you know who are facing this challenge. Give them hope!
