Page 15 - May 2022

How to Improve Eye Health

For the past couple of years, many of us screen shouldn’t be brighter than the
found ourselves spending more time at surrounding light, or your eyes will have

home, relying on computers, phones, or to work harder to see. Adjust your room
tablets. Screens have become our tools for lighting or your screen lighting and

work and toys for entertainment. Is all this increase the contrast on your screen to
screen time bad for our eye health? We reduce eye strain.
did some research, and the short answer

is yes. Since our eyesight is probably the 3. Give your eyes a break – The
most important of our five senses, let’s not American Ophthalmological Society

turn a blind eye to eye health. Here are recommends using the 20-20-20 rule to
some tips and suggestions. reduce eye strain. Take a break every 20
minutes by looking at an object 20 feet

1. Distance - Keep your screen about away for 20 seconds. This gives your eyes
an arm’s length or 25 inches away from a break and allows them to refocus.

your eyes – your eyes work harder when
the screen is close to your face. Also, Eye health goes hand-in-hand with
the angle of the screen should have you general health, but a few nutrients are

looking slightly downward. especially important for your eyes.

2. Adjust lighting – Most screens
have a brightness adjustment. Your

15 myindigosun.com