How Many Diopters Do You Need?
In the top three questions I get consistently, is definitely some variation of, "how strong should my glasses be".How much should I get, Jake? HOW MUCH!! TELL ME RIGHT F%#@IN MEOW!!!To more easily answer this question, this very blog post. If you find yourself here because I just sent you this link as reply to an e-mail you sent me, you're in the right place. Find the answer the "how much diopter" question, here. Ready?Your first question should not be about diopters at all.Young grasshopper. [...]
Study Explores Link Between Phytochemicals And Myopia
Sigh, kittehs. It's time yet again, to go on a rant-page. It all starts with some Twitter notification that Jakey accidentally didn't ignore. It's a response to some study posted by Mark Sisson, from Mark's Daily Apple.It's about myopia. And jungle plants. Nicely done, Petra. :)It's about myopia and jungle plants, and how this Ecuadorian jungle tribe has zero myopia, and how their jungle grass eating could be the clue as to why their eyes are so great! OMG, my darlings. Could Mark just have [...]
(Low Myopia Pro Topic) Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
I just wrote a rather lengthy response in the forum, addressing a low myopia question. This is definitely a pro topic, so if you're a casual reader, don't start monkeying around based on anything you read in this post. Also, everything is here is perfectly unsanctioned, non-medical, fully unlicensed (and yet highly guru-esque and professional) advice. Here's just an excerpt of the forum question: I like to go on walks at night. Recently, I’ve been outside and tried my various minus glasses (of which I [...]
Shhh! Don’t Tell Them How To Fix Their Eyes!
I'm not joking.Don't tell anybody how to fix their eyes. Maybe don't even tell them that you're improving yours. The maximum allowable unsolicited eyesight talk has to be one sentence, or less. You don't want to be that guy going on and on about a thing you are passionate about, and everybody forced to listen could care less. Don't be that guy.One sentence, max, that's it. "Ah yea, I used to think nerd goggles treat an actual health condition, too." Extra points for dry sarcasm, and being [...]
Reversing Myopia: How Old Is Too Old?
So let's say you're 40 or 50 or even 80 years old and myopic, is it just too late for you? Can you not reverse your myopia, because, too old?Are you stuck with an ever reducing accommodation range, an ever decreasing small gap where you can see clearly, between your distance glasses and your reading glasses? Does your vision get squeezed, in a diopter vice, with multi focal lenses? Wait, wait... nerd moment:Luuuuke.Anyway. Your strange eye guru recently uploaded a quick video to the Tubes, on the subject of age [...]
20/20 Gains: Mark Reduces From -2.50 To -1.50
Today let's look at an e-mail from Mark, who is getting well and nicely comfortable outside of the mainstream single prescription paradigm. Great to see people learning about their eyes, about optic, about myopia! Look at a sane and appropriate use of lenses here, as described by Mark: Jake, I'm writing to you to give you an overview of my progress (as it's exactly a year since I subscribed) and ask a couple of questions. I've realised, through your teachings that the key to this [...]