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Attention students, put your laptop away!⠀
Computers and tablets have many benefits, one being that they are an amazing educational resource! But, how effective are they for note taking and learning?
Laptops allow for faster recording of information, which may seem like a positive thing, but what it tends to lead to is “transcribing” what is heard in lectures. Hand writing notes encourages students to be more selective in what they record as they cannot record it all. It forces students to think more in depth about what they are hearing and process it differently. Retention is so much better pen to paper!⠀
Laptops allow for faster recording of information, which may seem like a positive thing, but what it tends to lead to is “transcribing” what is heard in lectures. Hand writing notes encourages students to be more selective in what they record as they cannot record it all. It forces students to think more in depth about what they are hearing and process it differently. Retention is so much better pen to paper!⠀
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Connecting Physical Activity to Eye Health
Decades of research have found links between physical activity and reduced risk of eye disease. Several studies over the last 10 years have found connections between regular exercise and reducing risks for several common eye ailments such as cataracts, wet age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.
In some cases, regular exercise helps affect health issues that indirectly affect your eyesight. For example, exercise is considered one of the best ways, along with diet, to manage diabetes. Since diabetes can cause damage to the blood vessels of the retina and lead to diabetic retinopathy, regular activity can help your eyes as well as the rest of your body.
High blood pressure can also lead to eye disease and regular exercise has been proven to help prevent hypertension. Obesity is connected to several life-threatening diseases and there is strong evidence supporting the notion that regular exercise helps prevent weight gain while contributing to the maintenance of a stable body weight once a healthy weight is achieved.
Studies have shown that exercise can help protect you from developing certain types of cancer. Evidence also suggests that exercise lessens your risk of developing heart disease as it helps reduce the amount of fat and cholesterol in your body. Research also points to physical activity playing a role in the decreased risk of developing dementia and the improved balance in individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
With so much evidence supporting the advantages of regular physical activity as a proven contributor to eye health, there are really only two things you need to do. First, add exercise to your calendar. Pick 3 to 5 times a week and schedule physical activity like you would any other appointment. Next, schedule a comprehensive eye exam with your optometrist and commit to returning every year or two so your eye health can be monitored and proactively managed. If you want to learn more about managing your health with exercise, contact your holistic optometrist.
Remember: Move it or lose it because motion is lotion!
Source: Cleveland Clinic ; Virtual Medical Care
High blood pressure can also lead to eye disease and regular exercise has been proven to help prevent hypertension. Obesity is connected to several life-threatening diseases and there is strong evidence supporting the notion that regular exercise helps prevent weight gain while contributing to the maintenance of a stable body weight once a healthy weight is achieved.
Studies have shown that exercise can help protect you from developing certain types of cancer. Evidence also suggests that exercise lessens your risk of developing heart disease as it helps reduce the amount of fat and cholesterol in your body. Research also points to physical activity playing a role in the decreased risk of developing dementia and the improved balance in individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
With so much evidence supporting the advantages of regular physical activity as a proven contributor to eye health, there are really only two things you need to do. First, add exercise to your calendar. Pick 3 to 5 times a week and schedule physical activity like you would any other appointment. Next, schedule a comprehensive eye exam with your optometrist and commit to returning every year or two so your eye health can be monitored and proactively managed. If you want to learn more about managing your health with exercise, contact your holistic optometrist.
Remember: Move it or lose it because motion is lotion!
Source: Cleveland Clinic ; Virtual Medical Care
Help Your Child Excel in School
At Eyes Focused on You we recommend a team approach to eye health and wellness particularly when it comes to the growth and development of children. Together, parents, teachers and optometrists can help ensure early detection and management of many health concerns. Research suggests that 80% of what children learn in school is through visual presentation which means if they have issues with their eyes it will impact their academic potential. Vision problems can also impact a child’s social development and hand eye coordination for physical activities. Children will not usually complain about blurry vision or other vision problems.
While a typical eye exam may detect general issues such as astigmatism, farsightedness and nearsightedness, an optometrist’s extensive exam can pinpoint perceptual and functional problems that might affect learning. Functional and visual perception issues can only be identified when investigated beyond the eye chart. Conditions such as colour blindness can hamper a child’s ability to participate in certain activities but there is no outward evidence of this condition.
Set your children up for success this year. Contact your optometrist to book an appointment today. All children are entitle to a yearly OHIP-covered eye exam until they turn 20.
Set your children up for success this year. Contact your optometrist to book an appointment today. All children are entitle to a yearly OHIP-covered eye exam until they turn 20.
