How do I reduce myopia and improve my eyesight naturally?

There definitely is a rising percentage of people who develop myopia (nearsightedness) all across the world. So the question is not unexpected as to why and how this might be changed without having to resort to stronger glasses, contact lenses, or even surgery such as LASIK.

Unfortunately, there is no "natural" cure or way to reverse myopia if by "natural" you mean exercises, vitamin supplements, diet, or meditative practices. We know there is a genetic component to myopia but it does not account for the extent of the problem. Many people have suspected that by shifting our primary visual tasks to near (such as reading and using digital devices like smartphones) during childhood and our growing years, we are somehow causing the eye to grow in a way that puts the default focal point at near (myopia). Much work remains to be done to investigate this and possibly other, as yet unappreciated, reasons for the growing incidence of myopia and how to combat it.

_Written by J. Trevor Woodhams, M.D. - Chief of Surgery, Woodhams Eye Clinic