What is Blue Light? The visible light spectrum consists of all light that is visible to the human eye. The color of a ray of light changes depending on the amount of energy and the wavelength of the ray. Red light has a large wavelength meaning it has particularly low energy. On the other end […]
How to properly clean your glasses
How often have you grabbed a tissue or used the bottom of your shirt to clean your eyeglasses? I think we’ve all been guilty of one of those if we wear glasses. Let Donna, one of our Opticians in our NW Reno Nevada office, show you the correct way to clean your eyeglasses. Don’t have […]
It’s National Coffee Day, and as your Optometrists, we say “drink up!”
Coffee has been shown to help in the prevention of deteriorating eyesight and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging and diabetes. According to a study by Cornell University, coffee contains 7% to 9% chlorogenic acid, a strong antioxidant that prevents retinal degeneration in mice. The study, published in the Journal of Agricultural […]