Even though your eyesight is probably your most important sense in everyday life, there’s a startling amount of misinformation surrounding what makes good vision. Some believe that it’s all genetic and your actions don’t impact your eyesight, while others proclaim that shoveling down carrots before, during and after meals gives them night vision like a cat.

It’s often said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but it’s not often that windows come in a variety of mesmerizing colours. But what’s really going on in the body to produce such wildly differing eye colours? 

But what about your pets’ vision? It’s easy to know when your own vision is going or when a friend has trouble reading things at a distance, but animals can’t very well tell you that the food in their bowl looks a bit out of focus this morning.

Whether it helps people see plays develop on the field or spot teammates to zip a pass to across the playing surface, vision has played a large part in the careers of several legends – no wonder more athletes today are getting LASIK than ever before. Check out these four famous athletes whose vision sets them apart from their peers.

For the layperson, it can seem like you need a Ph.D. just to understand some of the terminology the specialists throw around when it comes to eye health. You might even be more health-conscious than the next person and try to eat right when you can, but making heads and tails of nutrition these days can seem like a full-time job.