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What you eat every day plays a major role in how well your eyes age ⏳👀 Here’s a simple plate-building hack for eye health👇 At most meals, aim for: 🥬 1–2 colourful vegetables (especially dark leafy greens or orange/red veg) 🥑 A healt
👁️ Why does my vision fluctuate? Some days your vision is sharp. Other days it’s blurry, strained, or inconsistent — even with the same glasses or contacts. Vision changes aren’t always about prescription strength. Often, they&rs
ADHD is not only a condition of attention and behavior. It also affects how the visual and eye-movement systems function. Large meta-analyses show that individuals with ADHD often display measurable differences in saccade control, meaning the precis
Hey 👋 I’m seeing lots of new faces around here, so welcome! I’m Dr. Davinder Sidhu — optometrist, biochemist, entrepreneur, and lifelong Okanagan kid living in the Lower Mainland of BC 🇨🇦 🌱 Born in Penticton, raised in Oliver
Photochromic vs. Polarized Lenses — What’s the Difference? 👓 😎 Both help manage light and glare, but they work in different ways. Photochromic Lenses: • React to UV and short-wavelength light • Darken automatically outdoor
👁️ Every one of us walks around with an actual hole in our vision — and almost no one ever notices it. At the point where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye, there are zero photoreceptors. This creates a true, anatomical blind spot. In
As the eyes age, one process quietly links many of the most common sight-threatening conditions: oxidative stress. Large reviews show that oxidative stress plays a central role in the development and progression of age-related macular degeneration,