WHAT DOES EXCESSIVE READING DO TO YOUR EYESIGHT?
Debunking Some Common Myths
The first week of April is Library Week, April 2 is Children’s Book Day, April 16 is Librarian Day, and April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day. All this to say there are a lot of days worth celebrating for readers of all ages and inclinations in April. If you’re a bookworm who voraciously tears through novel after novel, you’ve probably heard a few “facts” at one point or another about how your favorite hobby can damage your eyesight. However, most of these “facts,” plausible as they sound, don’t have any basis in reality.
worked with what you had. Sometimes, what you had was a flashlight with a dim bulb. Don’t worry about how this affects your eyes, though. While it might put some minor strain on your peepers, dim light doesn’t damage your eyesight in the long run. DOES READING WHILE WEARING MY GLASSES MAKE MY VISION MORE DEPENDENT ON THEM? The more you wear reading glasses, the more you’ll get used to the clear vision they give you. If you use them while reading for a few hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon and then take them off, your vision might seem worse. Don’t worry, though — your reading glasses aren’t going to permanently wreck your vision and neither will a good few hours immersed in your latest read.
DOES READING SMALL PRINT WEAR OUT MY EYES? At the very worst, reading small print will cause your eyes some minor strain, similar to the effects that reading under dim light might produce. No evidence exists suggesting that reading small print will permanently damage your vision, though. That’s good news for any George R.R. Martin fans out there! So, the next time one of your friends tells you that your reading habits will damage your eyes, you can confidently return to your book, which probably has much more interesting things to say anyway. If the words on your page are getting blurrier, however, call Primary Eye Care and schedule an appointment today!
DOES READING IN DIM LIGHT DAMAGE MY EYESIGHT?
When your parents told you to go to sleep, but you absolutely needed to know what happened next to Frodo and Sam or Harry Potter and company, you
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Pesto Chicken With BLISTERED TOMATOES
Inspired by CookingLight.com
INGREDIENTS
• 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil, divided • 4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts, pounded to a 1-inch thickness • Salt and pepper to taste • 1/4 cup whole-wheat panko • 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese • 1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted • 6 tbsp spinach pesto
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes • 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced • 1 tsp red wine vinegar
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, add 1 tbsp olive oil. 2. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and add it to pan. Cook chicken for 5 minutes on each side, then remove pan from heat. 3. In a bowl, combine panko, Parmesan cheese, and butter. 4. Spread pesto over chicken and top with panko mixture. 5. Broil chicken for 2 minutes on high heat until browned. 6. In a skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. 7. Add tomatoes and cook for 6 minutes. 8. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. 9. Season tomato mixture with salt and pepper, and add red wine vinegar. 10. Serve tomatoes with broiled chicken.
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