Do you really listen to an ad that runs on like a shaggy dog story?
Today I hit
on something that caught my attention How
a Spilled Soda Helped me Save my Eyesight.
NEVER need Glasses Ever Again.
Okay, let’s
see what this fellow has to say. How to see without glasses, how to avoid
degenerative diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.
About 45
minutes later I got the bottom line. He was reading copy on U-tube so I
couldn’t scroll down.
I will keep it
brief, for long copy or long U-tubes drive me nuts.
Guess I’m
the only impatient person in the world.
The story was
told by a kindly elderly man with a great voice who said he went to the store
for his wife, forgot his glasses, accidentally ran into a soda display, and watched in horror and embarrassment as bottles
tumbled to the floor. One broke open and squirted soda causing a sticky gooey
mess.
But that’s
not the end of the story.
I listened
while he talked about his night vision or lack thereof. How he feared losing
his sight.
I have read from the blogging gurus that long
copy makes people believe there is real value there.
Is that true?
Okay, my
dear fellow vision guide commiserated with people who have poor night vision,
smeary lights, etc.
But that’s
not the end of the story. “I’ll share with you in a second,” was an often
repeated mantra.
“JUST TELL
ME,” I screamed, as the fire alarm went off because I was frying/burning sausages
as I listened.
I knew there
was a product at the end of his tale, but I wanted the three ingredients he had promised.
I was hooked. Copy writers would say this is good,
except with me there was one small problem, I didn’t buy anything from him.
Oh, I’m
getting ahead of myself.
I knew from
my association with eye diagnostic designers, my husband being one, that there
are nutrients that help preserve the vision. (I will share with you in a
second—don’t shoot me.) I wanted to know
what this man was suggesting.
In the
grocery story, Joe the man who approached him, asked why his accident happened.
“I forgot my glasses,’ he said.
The man laughed and asked if he would like not
to need them again.
Well right.
First Joe
had to tell how he came to his conclusions and how it began with his mother
being afraid she was losing her vision. She had a hole in her macula that
required an operation and for her to lie face down for three days until the
hole healed.
Bottom line, I got his ingredients!
They are:
1.
Bilberry
2.
Lutein
3.
Grape seed extract
Grape seed
extract is known to prevent or reverse cataracts.
Lutein is a
substance found in the macula (that small area responsible for central vision) and
needed for good vision. It is found in egg yolks, and green leafy vegetables.
Bilberry is
a powerful antioxidant.
All can be found at the health food
store.
Think of all
the time the cholesterol police told us eggs weren’t good for us—they were high
in cholesterol, they said. (We need cholesterol floating in our blood, but not
adhering to the walls of our arteries, but then that’s another story.)
My
association with eye-care specialists taught me that two supplements do help
prevent degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.
They are: #Lutein
and #zeaxanthin
These are
carotenoids synthesized by plants. They filter harmful high energy blue
wavelengths of light, and act as antioxidants in the eye, thus protecting it.
The dosage
is not known, but suggested.
10 mg/day lutein
2 mg/day zeaxanthin
Okay, that said, I’m stopping at the
health food store tonight.
One more
comment before I close—since I am fired up, and my vision is clear enough to
see that this man on our political scene named Donald Trump is an egomaniac
knowing no bounds. I don’t care if he owns half of New York, he is an
embarrassment to Democrats and Republicans, Independents, women,
Mexican-Americans, Veterans, all immigrants. Heavens to Betsy—even #Heidi Klum.
She fired back at him, though, smiling all the while. Not a 10 huh, Trump?