The Impact of Cheap Contact Lenses on Vision Fitness

Less than 10 percent of the population is born with blurred vision, upset binocularity (two-eyedness), or diseased eyes. But by young adulthood, a disturbing 60 percent of the remaining 90 percent have nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, crossed or wall eyes, or ocular-disease conditions. This provocative statistic clearly demonstrates that we as a culture are slowly losing our natural vision-fitness. Whether that be through our environment, the effects of cheap contact lenses or other causes remains to be seen.

From the time we are born until adulthood, our interaction with our environment leads to a drop in vision-fitness. In interviewing thousands of patients, I determined some of the environmental and other factors that play a part in the evolution and development of eye and vision problems (these are not ranked in any order):

• Inappropriate eating patterns, such as excessive intake of simple carbohydrates and over-refined foods, and eating while emotionally upset
• Going to school
• Poor reading habits
• Air, water, and food pollutants (chemicals, preservatives, etc.)
• Excessive sugar consumption
• Over strength discount contact lenses
• Too little exposure to sunlight
• Poorly designed workplaces
• Achievement-oriented schooling and sports
• Lack of physical exercise
• Breakup of the traditional family model
• Divorce
• Frequent moves
• Excessive viewing of television
• Poorly monitored use of computers
• Denial and addictive patterns of behavior

If you ever have a chance to spend time around aboriginal people, especially in non-industrialized countries, notice how their eyes move around. They rapidly shift their focus from close to distant objects. Their eyes scan left to right, up and down, and diagonally, stretching the muscles.

The human eye is designed to move, stretch, and focus at far distances. The eyes are designed for hunting, gathering berries, growing crops, and farming. Industrialized culture, however, has developed technology that requires your natural vision-fitness to be modified - how else could you describe the need for mirrored contact lenses.

Your eyes must adjust to long hours sitting at a desk, looking at a terminal screen, typing, reviewing computer-printout sheets, reading books, working with fine eye-hand coordination, and the myriad of academic and job-related tasks you demand of your eyes. Your eyes are also forced to adjust to artificial fluorescent lighting, filtered air conditioning and heating, and the bombardment of particles from synthetic carpeting, desks, chairs, paper, inks, and paints. This is a far cry from the green forests, lushly carpeted grasslands, and pristine mountaintops of your counterparts living in nature.

Moreover, you also encounter the challenges of quotas, deadlines, dealing with co-workers, and financial budgeting. All these stressors can ultimately affect the fitness of your eyes. You may notice that on the days when you are more relaxed, your ability to use your eyes efficiently is greater.