Problem: Sugar acts as a destructive force upon nutrients,
especially enzymes. To help nourish your organs of sight, it is im-
portant to cut down and even eliminate sugar in all its forms.
Solution: “You can improve your eyesight, especially your
nearsightedness, by cutting down your intake of sugar and reduc-
ing prolonged strain,” said optometrist Ben C. Lane, in a talk be-
fore the 1979 meeting of the Optical Society of America, an organ-
ization of physicists and scientists doing research in optics. “In
addition,” says Dr. Lane, “a mineral imbalance of chromium and
calcium in the body can also create conditions that lead to possible
nearsightedness.”
Sugar Is Visual Problem. Laboratory tests were performed
on 100 patients to check diet, eyestrain and hair samples. Based on
his findings, Dr. Lane notes that the intake of sugar along with
other refined carbohydrates may cause a depletion of the body’s
store of chromium.
“Sugar also forces the body to use its supplies of B-complex
vitamins that are needed to regulate fluid pressure in the eye.”
Furthermore, “Folks with worsening nearsightedness consumed
relatively more sugar and other refined carbohydrates than those
with unchanging eyesight.” Strain, Too, Causes Visual Weakness. Repeated, long eye-
lead to an increase in eye fluid pressure which results in near-
strain from doing close-up visual work, theorizes Dr. Lane, “may
sightedness. If the close-up work is done day after day for more than
and this causes visual weakness; specifically the problem of near-
a couple of weeks, fluid pressure increases as the eye starts to react,”
Mineral Deficiency Is Probable Cause. Hair samples showed sightedness.
that patients with worsening nearsightedness have a “washing out”
cooked protein’ is to lose important B-complex vitamins which,
of calcium from the body. “One effect of eating too much “over-
in turn, leads to a calcium loss.”