Eggs – Eggs are full of eye-friendly antioxidants. Egg yolks are high in lutein. It is a type of a carotenoid that helps fight macular degeneration, the leading cause of old age blindness.
Green and leafy vegetables – These vegetables contain carotenoids such as lutein and zeaxanthin, which are very beneficial for vision and have a positive impact on the retina. They may help reduce disability and discomfort from glare, enhance contrast and reduce photo-stress recovery times.
Fruits and vegetables containing vitamin C – Citrus fruits like oranges and vegetables like red capsicums are packed with vitamin C. They provide antioxidants that help keep the eyes healthy. Vitamin C helps the body form and maintain connective tissue, including collagen found in the cornea of the eye. It promotes the delicate capillaries in the retina.
Nuts – Nuts are tasty snacks that are excellent source of vitamin E and minerals such as zinc that help keep your eyes healthy. They may decrease the risk of cataract and age related macular degeneration. Being packed with vitamin E, nuts help protect membranes of cells throughout the body against damage caused by free radicals.
Beans – Kidney beans, black-eyed peas and lentils are good sources of bioflavonoids and zinc. They can help protect the retina and lower the risk for developing macular degeneration and cataracts.
Oysters and pork – Oysters and pork are super foods proven to boost eye health. The selenium and zinc in these foods are good for your eyes as they protect against macular degeneration and night blindness.
Salmon, tuna and other oily fishes – Salmon, tuna and other fatty fishes are the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids which may help treat eye diseases. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for normal infant vision development. It is a high source of B vitamins too which can slash the risk of cataracts by about half."
Words above from article here
A variety of articles and recipe ideas are within this blog. Please note, not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter. If you have any concerns about your health, it is always advisable to consult your doctor or health care team.
All the best Jan
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I do try to eat those things. So far, my eyes are doing OK.
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...these are all things that I enjoy and eat.
Gracias por los consejos te mando un beso.
Love oysters.
Interesting read Jan.
I do eat a number of those foods which is good. My eyes need all the help they can get.
I once read a book that claimed one's diet could halt the advance of macular degeneration (but nit reverse it!). I t was a basic healthy diet with lots of green veg.
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I try to eat foods from this list.
I like most of them too.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a happy week!
Good info! I eat most of these things.
Very useful information! Thank you!
Good to know
I like pretty much all of these things! It's nice to know I'm doing something good apart from indulging!
Lutein and zeanaxantin are indeed key elements in eye health. An addition of gel supplements featuring these elements, to the relevant food, can help a lot.
Thank you! I always appreciate your wisdom, and yes except for nuts I try to eat the foods you listed. BTW greens, collards, turnips etc are my favorite veggies. :)
xoxo
Who knew there were more food for the eyes beyond carrots?
Our eyes are so important, we must look after them. Valerie
Thank you for all your research and great articles here.
God bless.
Great advice! As a vegetarian I enjoy eating all the listed foods except, of course, those last ones.
Good thing I eat all of those. I wear reading glasses but other than that my eyesight is good.
Good stuff to read! Happy May. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
We already eat a lot of eggs, fish and vegetables and even more so in recent weeks as we have been keeping away from all foods, white in color. Nuts have become our go-to snacks even though we never had a lot of snack foods in the pantry.
These are foods I already enjoy eating.
Beautiful foods, it's good the eyes.
Good information, though I will, it seems, forever avoid seafood and beans.
Goes to show that eating healthy is good for all parts of your body.
I ticked all of those except oysters. But I still need specs. It's old age and poverty.
my eyes don´t care. They do as they wants to and that is not what I want :(
Wonderful informative post about foods for eye health ~
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I know most of these since I am fighting macular degeneration, and I have already had cataracts in both eyes, they haven't helped me much so far but keep on eating them.
I was recently wondering if foods could help keeping eyes healthy.
I don't eat oysters but am good with the others :)
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