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Hello my beauties. Welcome to today's episode.
This is actually being highly requested, long-awaited
how to improve eyesight.
See, eyes are the window to the soul.
You need your eyes like everything
and I'm sorry that because there's a lot of people who are born genetically blind
and that is just very unfortunate
but it just also is a great asset and feature on your face as well.
Today society we are always constant on our phones
or we're in front of the computer at work or we're on our laptops and iPads
or when like just you know an environment where like this just a lot of pollution
and this air-conditioning, this heater and all that crazy stuff.
Sometimes your diet, your lifestyle, your life choices in general
it can also affect your eyes as well.
There are things that we can control and that's what I wanted to share with you today
on some of the things that we should be aware of
but also what food and pressure points that can help improve your eyesight.
So like I say: Prevention is better than cure.
So the very first thing I would like to suggest you guys to try your best to reduce the time
that you use on your iphone or ipad or laptops and things like that
especially at night time when you're back to go to bed
and your room is dark and all you have is your phone light up.
That is terribly bad for your eyes. Never never never do that.
Number two is sleep more.
As I said the golden hours of 11 pm to 2am is the best time to sleep
because that helps your body to rejuvenate but also helps to repair your eyes as well.
So the longer you sleep, the longer you close your eyes,
the better it is for your eyes in general.
Because it keeps you hydrated, it rejuvenates
but also the same time it protects your eyes as well.
Number three is drink a ton of water.
So eyes like the rest of our body is made up of majority water
so we need to drink a lot of water to keep hydrated
not only just for our body but for our eyes as well.
So make sure you drink at least you know 2l of water per day so trick 10 cups.
Number four is posture.
So I've done a video about how to have a great posture because posture affects a lot of things
not just your diet, your body, your confidence but also affects your eyes as well
because the position that you are when you're sitting down
and when you're looking at your iPad, your phone, your books
whatever it is, it does affect your eyesight.
So make sure that you correct your posture.
Whether you're doing a posture exercise
or whether you to stand against the wall 5 minutes a day
or whether you're just trying to reduce the pain that you have on your back.
So make sure you have a great posture.
And last but not least is prevention
which means when you go outside especially in a hot summer day
make sure you wear sunglasses.
Even when you don't see the Sun,
the UVA, UVB from the Sun, it's still going to affect the eyes.
So make sure you do wear sunglasses when you go out the sun
especially gonna go to the beach and things like that were super sunny and bright.
So now let's move on to the foods that we should be eating to help improve our eyesight.
There's a saying in Chinese were: your eyes are reflection of your liver health
and therefore you need to make sure that you take care of your liver
because your eyes are directly related to that.
So avoid eating foods that will damage your liver
like spicy food, I know, really really sad,
deep-fried food, I know, still very sad,
greasy food
and then you've got the usual toxins like alcohol and cigarettes.
Let's talk about what kind of foods you should be eating to improve your liver.
First and foremost is liver.
I know it sounds terrible but the saying in Chinese is like
"chi gan bu gan" which means to eat liver to help improve your liver.
So try, you know, and and have some of that beef pork and chicken liver.
I know it sounds terrible but there's a lot of ways that
especially in Chinese cooking that make it tastes really good.
The reason why is livers because it contains a ton of vitamin A
which is helps to protect your eyes.
It is your first line of defense it helps to fight of any infection.
So eating liver is actually beneficial.
If you're not a liver-eating person, that's ok
you also have a vegetarian option which is carrots.
I know you guys have about the saying whether your mom told you
or some sort of like Asian maidens myth about rabbits who eat a ton of you know carrots
and have really good eyes because they can see at night time.
Basically it's true because carrots also contain a lot of lot of vitamin A and other nutrients
that helps to improve your eyesight.
Number three is broccoli.
Broccoli contains a ton of vitamin C
which helps the body to form and maintain connective tissues
which includes the collagen in the corner of the eye.
Number four.
Obviously you're not a broccoli person, you can also try oranges juice or Kiwi for it
because they're also contained ton of vitamin C and actually really tasty too.
Number five: nuts which includes almonds, hazelnuts and even peanuts.
Basically they all contain vitamin E
which helps protect the eyes from free radicals and prevent cataracts as well.
Number six: leafy green vegetables
and that includes kale, broccoli, spinach, things like that.
Because it contains 2 types of carotenoids which are very essential in the health of your eyes.
So not only does it help to improve your eyesight
but it also improves the details of what your eyes can see.
It's pretty much like helps to see everything in macro better.
There's also a very famous Chinese tea that you can drink religiously
and this is like a formula that's been passed down from generation to generation.
And it's not just that but it also helps to prove your general health.
So this is very simple to make.
All you need is Goji berries, Chrysanthemum and Red dates.
So you just pop it all in a cup
and then you pour with hot water
and just drink that religiously.
Or we can do is get a flask or get a water bottle
and just put those ingredients in there and then pour with warm to hot water.
And you can drink that throughout the day as well
because that is like a recipe for not only good eyesight just good health in general.
So now that we talked about the food,
let's move on to the pressure points and two exercises that you can do
to not only help your eyes in general, but also improves your eyesight in the long run.
When you're working constantly long hours,
try and make sure that you take a 10-minute break
in between every time you do a 30-minute read or work
that you that you know needs or requires your eyes to be in full concentration
look out further away, so nothing in front of you but really far away
and that helps to basically readjust your eyes
and also improve the eyes from the, you know,
just basically, you know, exercising the muscles around the eyes as well.
So that's why a lot of times in office that you see
the people are talking away on the computers and then they look at the window
and they look far far away in the distance like there daydreaming.
Actually they're doing eye exercises.
So make sure you do them.
That will improve your eyes on a daily basis.
Another thing you can do is this is a very weird thing
but did you know that rolling back your eyes is actually good for your eyes?
Yes. What you can do is before you go to bed
or maybe just whenever your eyes are feeling tired,
close them and then look back to your brain like the back of your head.
It follows a traditional Buddhist philosophy called "fan guan nei zhao"
which pretty much equates to "reflecting upon oneself internally".
And that actually helps exercise the muscles around the eyes
and also improve your eyesight the same time.
So whenever your eyes are tired
or you want to roll your eyes on someone but you want them to know
you can do that while closing eyes
and can tell them that you're actually doing an eye exercise.
Now I'm going to show you 6 pressure points around the eyes
that you can massage daily or basically any time that your eyes are really sore.
In the long run, it just feels really good too,
so it helps relax your body, relax yourself, destress, declutter.
It just like a way of meditation but like with your eyes.
So the very first pressure point is also my favorite
is a one underneath your brow bone, right next to your nose
and this one you just massage clockwise and then anti-clockwise 30 times.
This is so relaxing, it just relaxes your whole eyes
and it makes you sleepy and you could fall asleep right away.
I really really like this pressure point.
The second one is actually in a tear duct.
And this one, you can actually massage your tear duct
and this one helps produce more, I guess, eye juices for your eyes
to helps to hydrate the eyes
and make your eyes more hydrated and watery and it protects your eyes that way.
So this is definitely great for retired eyes,
good for eyes that wear a lot of contacts,
who are constantly in air-conditioning or heater
this is great for that dry tide eyes.
The next one is actually above your eyebrows and it's right above the pupils.
So this part, right here, just press down firmly
and you also message clockwise and anti-clockwise 30 times.
And you also feel a little bit of sourness happening
and this is a really good pressure point
but basically relaxing your eyes
and exercising all of that muscles around the eyes as well.
The next one is actually at the tip of your eyebrows.
So basically where eyebrows supposed to end
the little bit of a hollowness here
and you just press down firmly on those 2 points
and you can also message clockwise and then anti-clockwise.
This is really really close to basically your temples
so not only is a good for your eyes but also good for relaxing the your brain.
The next one is actually on the outer corners of the eyes
and it's just at the end of where your socket is.
So you can feel that bone just on the outer socket
it's actually just right there on the corners.
This one is good for especially when your eyes are so really strained
from looking at a certain direction or looking at a certain thing for a long time.
This is so good.
And also when you press it down, you kind of feel a little bit weird
like it has like a weird sensation
when it's cut in between the sourness but also like a weird funny burn, type of feeling.
So don't press down too hard but just enough tension to release.
That tightness and that tension in this area.
The last one is actually right underneath your eyes.
So where you have dark circles
especially whether the most hollowest part on the bottom of your eyes
and that's where a lot of times you get eye bags formation and a lot of dark circles
because it's not a blood flowing through here
this point is great for improving the blood circulation around the eyes
and it's also great for getting rid of dark circles, puffiness, tired eyes and all of the above.
So if you want massage this it's a little bit sore
but it's actually so good for the overall health of your eyes.
So do this for about 30 seconds or
what you can do is massage clockwise 30 seconds and then anti-clockwise 30 seconds.
FYI random tip: You can actually help improve eyesight in children
by massaging their earlobes.
Because the pressure points in your ears that actually connects to your eyes.
Uh-huh thank me later.
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because I know we all do, we all look at a fun way too much.
Thank you guys watching
and I hope you have a lovely week
and I will see you in my next video. Bye.