HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES
Lifestyle and environmental factors that are associated with elevated IOP levels include:
total body inversion
hadstand posture yoga positions
tight neckties
playing high-resistance wind instruments
caffeine consumption
In particular, a population-based study identified a positive cross-sectional association between coffee consumption / higher caffeine intake and elevated IOP in participatns with OAG, although this association was not found in subjects without glaucoma. In addition, psychological stress transiently and significantly incresed IOP on a short-term basis, although its magnitude was less than that of a standardized Valsalva Maneuver. In contrast, the use of sauna baths, a natural therapeutic approcah to stress, has been theorized to affect the induction of heatshock protein.
Lifestyle choices that may lead to decreases in IOP include
aerobic exercise
alcohol consumption
In nonsmoking and healthy volunteers, aerobic exercise increased heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and OPP, decreased IOP and diastolic blood pressure, and caused no change in ocular pulse amplitude....
The role of cigarette smoking as a risk factor for glaucoma reminas controversial. While a detaile meta-analysis conducted to exacmine this association concluded that cirrent smokers are at significantly increased risk for developing POAG, a prospective study of female nurses and male health professionals concluded that neighter current nor past smokers are at a greater risk for POAG than those who had never smoked...
The incluence of dietary fats and body mass index and their relation to glaucoma risk is unclear. While obesity in Japanese patients has been shown to have a positive relationship to IOP, there may exist an inverse relationship between obesity and the development of POAG in patients from Switzerland.
You can read the full report at http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/RPAS/rpv?hm=HInit&afpf=i08-035.pdf&journal=cjo&volume=43
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