push-ups for Better Vision
T
here’s another way to see better than just cleaning your glasses
when they’re dirty, suggest optometrists at the University of
Houston College of Optometry. We can apply their no-cost,
at-home approach, called pencil push-up therapy.
The simple exercise, when practiced regularly, the doctors say,
can improve visual acuity and performance at school and work. How
does it work? Visually follow a small letter penned or pasted on a
pencil eraser as you move the pencil closer to the nose. The goal is
to be able to keep the letter in focus until it touches the nose.
The exercise appears to help with a common condition known as conver-
gence insufficiency, which may affect up to 20 percent of the population. The
condition refers to someone who can’t cross their eyes. If left unattended, it can af-
fect their reading skills and cause headaches and eye strain. In-office professional
vision therapy also can help, but the do-it-yourself exercise works well.
Wrinkles Be Gone
Genetically
researchers in Germany suggest that high-intensity
enGineered crops
visible light from light emitting diodes (LEd) applied
daily for several weeks resulted in “rejuvenated skin,
rife With pesti-
reduced wrinkles and a more resilient complexion.”
cides
they see such treatment as a potential alternative to
u.S. growers of genetically
Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles.
engineered (GE) corn, soy-
Source: American Chemical Society
beans and cotton increased the
use of weed-killing herbicides
by 383 million pounds from
1996 to 2008, according to
the Organic Center’s analysis
of department of Agriculture
data. this swamps the 64-mil-
lion-pound reduction in insecti-
cides associated with GE corn
and cotton, resulting in a net
increase of 319 million pounds
of poison.
Source: Organic-Center.org
Success usually comes to
those who are too busy to
be looking for it.
~Henry David Thoreau
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