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How Eye Health Supplements Can Enhance Game-Time Performance

Since the beginning of competitive athletics, people have gone to great lengths to enhance their performance. From using “stimulants” like brandy, wine, or hallucinogenic mushrooms in ancient Greece to weight management and muscle gaining supplements to oxygen doping, athletes have come up with some insanely creative ways to gain an edge on their competition. However, few consider the impact that improved eye health can have on their performance, and even fewer realize there are once daily supplements you can take to get these performance improvements. Continue reading How Eye Health Supplements Can Enhance Game-Time Performance

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When to Recommend EyePromise® Vizual Edge Pro™

When it comes to eye health supplements, it can be difficult to know what to recommend for each patient’s individual needs. While EyePromise has vitamins formulated for AMD and AMD risk, occasional dry eye, eye health related to diabetes, screen time, and athletic performance, how can you know which is the best for your patients? What if we told you EyePromise has a product that combines the best of all our vitamins into one convenient daily dose? Continue reading When to Recommend EyePromise® Vizual Edge Pro™

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What You Need to Know About Performance & Eye Health

Here's what you should know about how vision impact performance.

As the pandemic seems to come to an end, things are returning to a more “normal” state. With these changes comes the opening of sports stadiums around the country. That’s right! Fans are starting to be allowed back into stadiums to root on their favorite players, teams, and events. As athletes continue to train and improve their skills, one important element of performance is often overlooked: vision. Continue reading What You Need to Know About Performance & Eye Health

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Blue Light Protection: What Are Your Options?

Options for Blue Light and Screen Time Protection

With the increase in screen time, blue light has become somewhat of a buzz word. However, screens aren’t the only source of blue light. In fact, the sun gives off 10x more blue light than screens do, and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) also emit a small amount of blue light. With all these sources emitting this potentially damaging light wave, what can you do to protect you and your family’s eyes? Continue reading Blue Light Protection: What Are Your Options?

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What to Know About Screen Time & Eye Health

There’s been a lot of talk about the overall increase in screen time over the last year. Many are concerned about its effects on our health – whether it’s related to our sleep, brain, eyes, or overall health. What’s even more concerning is the unknown “long-term” effects that we may not know about yet. While we can’t be sure of the impact screens can have in the future, here’s what you need to know about screen time and eye health now. Continue reading What to Know About Screen Time & Eye Health

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Answering Common Pandemic Questions

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us with questions, with some being easier to answer than others. Some of these questions are eye health-related and have become common to hear in-practice. Dave Anderson, OD, shared the top 4 pandemic-related questions he hears in his practice and how he responds to them. Continue reading Answering Common Pandemic Questions

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What You Need to Know About Aging & Eye Health

Heraclitus, a famous Greek philosopher, once said, “The only constant in life is change.” This statement seems all-too-true when it comes to aging. There are many changes our bodies go through as we age. Some of the most common changes occur with vision, but not all visual changes that happen with age are “normal.” Continue reading What You Need to Know About Aging & Eye Health

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Supplementation for Aging Eyes

Our vision naturally changes as we age. At around 40 years of age, you may start to notice that seeing fine details, seeing in low light, and driving at night become more difficult. However, these vision changes don’t need to be part of your future. Now, you can support your aging eyes with nutrition and help keep your eyes seeing better for longer. Here are some of the nutrients you should be getting every day. Continue reading Supplementation for Aging Eyes

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Contrast Sensitivity and It’s Importance for Vision

When it comes to our eyes, it’s difficult to remember all the terminology that accompanies the amazing things they can do. Things like acuity, photophobia, and photostress recovery may seem complicated, but they’re the abilities that your eyes utilize every day to help you navigate the world. One of those important abilities that is less well known is called contrast sensitivity. Continue reading Contrast Sensitivity and It’s Importance for Vision

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How to Find a Good Vitamin

In some of our recent blogs, we’ve talked about nutrition, why food isn’t enough, and what supplementation can do for us, but there are a lot of choices in the world of vitamins. From specialized alphabet vitamins (A, B, C, D, E) to holistic multi-vitamins, they can come in a variety of shapes, sizes, doses, and qualities. So, how can you know which one(s) you should take?

To help you with choosing a high-quality product, here are a few things to look for when checking into a vitamin brand. Continue reading How to Find a Good Vitamin