Do you struggle to get to the gym or stick to your diet? Are you too busy to do the right things for your health? And do you even enjoy doing the things that are supposed to make you fit? If you answer yes, then try a day out at any of the historic houses and gardens run by the …
How Non-Conformists Move the World: Adam Grant
I love TED talks and I had the pleasure today of reliving some special talks I watched by Adam Grant several years ago. Adam is an organisational psychologist studying what he calls “originals”: thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. The surprising habits of original thinkers His first talk gives a summary …
Improve your eyesight with EndMyopia and the short sighted podcast
This last year I discovered a wonderful podcast that opened my eyes to what my vision is truly capable of. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 8 or 9 I think and this podcast is the first to really connect with how glasses and bad eyes in general separate you from the world and change the way you live. …
Myopia, movement and getting outdoors
Just to warn you, this will be a body nerd post written for those who love learning how their body works. So if that’s not for you, then stop now and walk away I’m really enjoying listening to the current debate around the causes of myopia (short-sightedness) now that several studies have highlighted that a lack of outdoor time has …
Exercise may slow progression of retinal degeneration
That is the finding of a study in the Journal of Neuroscience. Exercise appears to preserve the structure and function of nerve cells in the retina after damage. Moderate aerobic exercise helps to preserve the structure and function of nerve cells in the retina after damage, according to an animal study appearing February 12 in TheJournal of Neuroscience. The findings …
Vigorous Exercise May Help Prevent Vision Loss
It’s good to know that there is mounting evidence that you can maintain your eye health through regular vigorous activity. I expect it to be down to improved blood flow to everything that supports the eye and a general effect of activity encouraging the body to maintain itself. Good to know though.