Is Myopia In Your Genes – No, It’s In Your Lifestyle
Myopia – The Worldwide Phenomenon
Myopia is becoming a worldwide condition. No one race seems more susceptible than another. For many years it was thought that myopia was caused by reading, because the myopia rate was lower in the population with no formal education and didn’t read books. So, wearing glasses was a sign of intelligence. They didn’t even realize that the people in the two groups ate different diets. The people with no formal education were the poor people and they ate food they grew and hunted. The formal education group could afford to eat more processed foods….