Eyesight Improvement Forum

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09-03-2008, 03:10 AM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

One interesting thing that I omitted is that in those 5 minutes when my vision was normal, central fixation happend on it's own. It was automatic and I was aware of it. I blinked often, shifted my vie...

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09-06-2008, 07:57 AM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: 5 minute 20/20

About 3 days ago, I woke up from bed and went to the window. Everything was sharp again, I could see everything, the small LG on the air conditioner device that is outside windows, license plates, eve...

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09-02-2008, 02:04 PM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

Ram Wrote:I would really like to do an hour of sunning everyday but how do you get access to the sun in the office? So I try to sneak out during lunch and go to an isolated place and quickly have a te...

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09-04-2008, 01:10 PM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

But what risk? Bates says that you can only get temporary blind spots or blindness. By blind spots I mean the yellow-ish things you see after looking directly at the sun. But they seem to always go aw...

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09-05-2008, 06:46 AM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

Well, my insomnia improved lately (even though it's 3 AM here) so I don't really think it was from the energy... I don't really know what to say, but I recall looking in a weird fashion on one of the ...

18,451

10-03-2008, 05:16 PM

Thread: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?
Post: Re: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?

otto Wrote:It's not for everybody. Well I only got intrigued because most raw fooders say it's the natural diet. I think you feel best and are healthiest on the natural diet...

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01-11-2010, 09:01 AM

Thread: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?
Post: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?

There is a concept in dieting named "raw food" (most are "raw vegans"). Basically the concept is that we should eat raw food because raw is the natural state. There are a number of claims: 1. Raw fo...

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01-08-2010, 10:43 AM

Thread: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?
Post: Re: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?

OK I tried it for a few weeks too and I got better sleep (I still have this sleep problem of going to sleep and waking up tired). I slept about 2 hours less every night and even without sleeping at a...

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01-10-2010, 11:13 AM

Thread: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?
Post: Re: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?

I took some time to research my curiosity on raw food and made this thread over at veggie boards: http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showt...ost2581914 I got surprised by the results. But I'm disappo...

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01-11-2010, 08:01 PM

Thread: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?
Post: Re: Vision Improvement through diet... raw food?

otto Wrote:Sounds like it's really important to eat small portionsânever eating until full. Apparently research shows that a reduced calorie diet causes a low level of stress for the body that make...

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01-14-2010, 12:27 PM

Thread: "American Vision Institute" method?
Post: Re: "American Vision Institute" method?

I do the exercises from the free version: http://www.visiontherapy.net/order2.php I did detailing and some squezing 15 minutes ago and had 2 clear flashes, but they did not last long. I don't know if...

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06-26-2008, 10:56 AM

Thread: Reading the Bates book
Post: Re: Reading the Bates book

I too find it difficult to read, especially since English is not my native language. I don't know if this text is directly related to the Bates book, but it might benefit you because it is much more s...

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06-24-2008, 11:39 AM

Thread: Reading the Bates book
Post: Re: Reading the Bates book

I agree that it's too technical. It seems to be written for a doctor, and not for a patient. He should have written two versions: one demonstrating his theory, and the other presenting it in an user-f...

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06-26-2008, 02:21 AM

Thread: Reading the Bates book
Post: Re: Reading the Bates book

I read more of Bates's book today and I more or less became accustomed to the way he writes. As I understand more of the problem it gets more and more interesting for me. I find interesting his somewh...

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06-28-2008, 02:22 PM

Thread: Detecting pseudomyopia?
Post: Detecting pseudomyopia?

Since I only have -0.5 diopters and I do a lot of close work I though that maybe I have pseudomyopia. I've tried to read about it on the forum and on the internet to prevent opening yet another topic ...

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07-20-2008, 10:43 AM

Thread: Detecting pseudomyopia?
Post: Re: Detecting pseudomyopia?

I understand but if my myopia or "pseudomyopia" is caused by a huge amount of near work that would be important to me, because I would know how to better treat the problem. Maybe take a few days of to...

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07-20-2008, 12:42 PM

Thread: Detecting pseudomyopia?
Post: Re: Detecting pseudomyopia?

Well I've done some experimenting and it seems that all the pain from the right eye is pretty much gone. It seems I locked my view before on different points of an objects, and that caused strain and ...

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07-26-2008, 11:09 AM

Thread: doing nothing
Post: Re: doing nothing

I've tried "doing nothing" for the past few days and it more difficult that doing everything. I find that if you engage in long and interesting activities you forget about the eyes. If you are always ...

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08-03-2008, 03:17 AM

Thread: doing nothing
Post: Re: doing nothing

Very interesting, Ram. Another disadvantage of glasses, maybe.