mata.jpgAn essential part of eye care is eating the right foods that contain the right vitamins to help keep the eyes health. There are a lot of eye diseasesand eating the proper foods can lower the risk of these diseases.

Healthy Eyes - Antioxidants

Antioxidants help prevent many diseases affecting not only the heart, immune system, cancer but also the eyes. Antioxidants include Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Vitamin A. These antioxidants can help prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and other eye diseases. Good sources of antioxidants are found in fruits and vegetables, with the highly pigmented ones having a higher concentration. So when picking fruits and vegetables notice the color and chose the ones with more color to them. Concentrations of antioxidants are more abundant in raw form and are loss through the cooking, canning, drying, and freezing. Obtaining too much of these antioxidants will also cause different negative effects, so it is a must to be watchful of amounts taken.

Antioxidants - Vitamin A for healthy eyes

Vitamin A is an antioxidant found in foods made from animals which includes liver and eggs and in fruits and vegetables like carrots and spinach. Most types of milk are also fortified with vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential to proper functioning of the retina. It also helps prevent night blindness by helping the eye to adapt between bright light and darkness. Vitamin A also helps reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the forming of cataracts. With AMD and cataracts being the leading causes of visual impairment and with the number of people to be affected increasing, getting a good amount of Vitamin A is essential to the eye’s health and beauty.

Vitamin C does it all. It strengthens your bones and muscles, keeps our immune system in good shape, keeps our teeth and gums healthy, reduces the risk of many diseases and it is no surprise that it is essential to keeping the eyes healthy. Vitamin C is another antioxidant that also helps reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the forming of cataracts. Vitamin C, as we all know, cannot only be found in citrus fruits and of course orange juice, but also green peppers, strawberries, broccoli, and sweet potatoes.

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