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Archive for July, 2010

I guess that many of you visit your optometrist or ophthalmologist not very often, rather for pain in your eyes, but vision must be controlled and checked once a year at least. Any changes should never be ignored and professional help is always necessary. It’s important especially when it’s your eyes are talking about. There are many types of eye problems and visual disturbances. These include blurred vision, halos, blind spots, floaters, and other symptoms. Blurred vision is the loss of sharpness of vision and the inability to see small details. Blind spots (scotomas) are dark “holes” in the visual field in which nothing can be seen. For the most severe form of visual loss, see blindnessblindness.

Opticians dispense glasses and do not diagnose eye problems.

Optometrists perform eye exams and may diagnose eye problems. They prescribe glasses and contact lenses. In some states, they treat diseases that affect the eyes.

Ophthalmologists are physicians who diagnose and treat diseases that affect the eyes. These doctors may also provide routine vision care services, such as prescribing glasses and contact lenses.

Sometimes an eye problem is part of a general health problem. In these situations, your primary care provider should also be involved.

Keep you eyes well, remember that vitamin A is most important for your eyes and carotene oil which has very big amount of this vitamin and don’t forget to make regular eye exams.

What are vitamins for? You need vitamins that your body to grow and develop normally and vitamin D is one of them. Very few foods in nature contain vitamin D. According the newest long term study conducted at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) in Sacramento the effect of calcium and vitamin D supplements in preventing hip, spine and other types of fractures.

Also Vitamin D has a significant biochemistry in the brain. Mental illness has increased as humans’ exposure to sunlight has decreased.

The flesh of fish (such as salmon, tuna, and mackerel) and fish liver oils are among the best sources. Small amounts of vitamin D are found in beef liver, cheese, and egg yolks. Vitamin D in these foods is primarily in the form of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and its metabolite 25(OH)D3. Some mushrooms provide vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) in variable amounts . Mushrooms with enhanced levels of vitamin D2 from being exposed to ultraviolet light under controlled conditions are also available.