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[ahoymate]

With respect, MD's &/or Optometrists, don't spend much time, if any on nutrition or in my experience patient education.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

Number 5 cracked me up.  We are supposed to stop taking advice from the Internet but taking advice from a magazine is okay?  LOL 

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A lot of people take advice from the internet, magazines, etc etc.  It's stupid to do when 99% of it is bogus anyway.  I'll bet the dr was using the internet as an example.  

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There is a lot of very good advice on the internet.  You just have to know where to look.

[mimomof4]

I believe most of us realize that eating carrots is an old wives tale anyway.  What is interesting is how this came about though.

[lmt]

My eye doctor always gives the same advice every year.

Always wear sunglasses, avoid second hand smoke, take Lutein and eat green, leafy vegetables -  especially Kale.

Outside of lettuce, I'm not big on eating green, leafy vegetables. I decided to try Kale; it looked innocent enough, it was green and looked OK.....how bad could it be?

Took one bite and almost spit it out. YUCK! It was horrible.

The next time I went to the eye doctor and told hiim that I tried Kale and hated it he said, "well I never said it tasted good."  

[mousiegirl]

I use Andrew Lessman's Ultimate Eye Support hoping to keep healthy eyes.

[mousiegirl]

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@lmt wrote:

My eye doctor always gives the same advice every year.

Always wear sunglasses, avoid second hand smoke, take Lutein and eat green, leafy vegetables -  especially Kale.

Outside of lettuce, I'm not big on eating green, leafy vegetables. I decided to try Kale; it looked innocent enough, it was green and looked OK.....how bad could it be?

Took one bite and almost spit it out. YUCK! It was horrible.

The next time I went to the eye doctor and told hiim that I tried Kale and hated it he said, "well I never said it tasted good."  

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@lmt   Kale is good in soups, and sauteed with bacon, onions, garlic, to give it flavor, and very good as chips.

[lmt]

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lmt wrote:

My eye doctor always gives the same advice every year.

Always wear sunglasses, avoid second hand smoke, take Lutein and eat green, leafy vegetables -  especially Kale.

Outside of lettuce, I'm not big on eating green, leafy vegetables. I decided to try Kale; it looked innocent enough, it was green and looked OK.....how bad could it be?

Took one bite and almost spit it out. YUCK! It was horrible.

The next time I went to the eye doctor and told hiim that I tried Kale and hated it he said, "well I never said it tasted good."  

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@lmt   Kale is good in soups, and sauteed with bacon, onions, garlic, to give it flavor, and very good as chips.

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@mousiegirl  I'll have to take your word for it. My philosophy is - if you have to doctor food to have it taste good, forget it!  LOL!  

[lovesrecess]

I buy lens cloths at Costco....they come in a box of 150. DH is a fanatic about keeping his glasses clean...he uses a new cloth every morning. Captain Kangaroo was my favorite show when I was a kid.... Bunny Rabbit was my favorite character...he wore little eyeglasses....and he always ate carrots....so we knew even back then the writers of that show had a sense of humor.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

Number 5 cracked me up.  We are supposed to stop taking advice from the Internet but taking advice from a magazine is okay?  LOL 

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A lot of people take advice from the internet, magazines, etc etc.  It's stupid to do when 99% of it is bogus anyway.  I'll bet the dr was using the internet as an example.  

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

Number 5 cracked me up.  We are supposed to stop taking advice from the Internet but taking advice from a magazine is okay?  LOL 

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A lot of people take advice from the internet, magazines, etc etc.  It's stupid to do when 99% of it is bogus anyway.  I'll bet the dr was using the internet as an example.  

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There were numerous names of eye doctor's included in the article, it wasn't written by one doctor.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@jubilant wrote:

Thanks for the advice.  It's like all these diets...depends on who you read as to what's good or not good for you. I remember my Dad telling my brother at the dinner table that carrots would  grow hair on  your chest and thinking, if that's the case, I don't want to eat carrots!!!!   

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@jubilant