Posts Tagged ‘eyesight’

A Balanced Diet is Essential for Good Eyesight

November 15th, 2009

Since we are in our childhood, teachers and parents have told us that doing eye exercises is good for our eyes. Besides, we are always taught that we must read books with proper sitting position. Furthermore, foods have a great influence on eyesight. A reasonable diet means lower morbidity of eye disease.

Foods contain lots of nutrition as protein, vitamins, fatty acids and some microelement. They are of great help in protecting eyes.

Rhodopsin is consisted of protein, so protein supplements are essential. Eggs are rich for cysteine, amino acids, and sulfur. As well, soy is abundant with protein. Besides, it’s low in fat which is good for eyesight, too.

Vitamins are indispensable. Red and orange foods like apricots and cantaloupe are full of vitamin A. The importance of Vitamin C and E supplements is obvious, too. A recent research shows that the likelihood women who take Vitamin C tablets getting ill is 64 percents lower than those who do not take Vitamin C. And those who take Vitamin E reduce the chance of morbidity by 50 percents.

Essential fatty acids are also required by your body. They contribute to forming cell membranes of eyes. So take more fish or flaxseed oil. They are rich for essential fatty acids.

Zinc can slow down the cause and development of age related macular degeneration (AMD). Therefore, taking zinc tablets when you are lack for it.

Another kind of nutrition is also quite important. Anthocyanosides can make capillaries stronger and bring more about rhodopsin. Bilberry jam is of this kind. Lutein can protect the macula where eyesight forms. And many foods are rich for lutein such as spinach, broccoli, citrus, brussel sprouts, corn, egg yolk, collards, and kale. Zeaxanthin is needed, too. You can eat collard greens, spinach and broccoli to get this nutrition.

Some inconspicuous foods are also in line. For example, Peppermint is good for eyesight. Cold water fish is very beneficial, too.

Have a balanced diet, and you’ll be away from glaucoma, cataracts, and other eye diseases.

Tips to Enhance Your Eyesight

November 14th, 2009

Eyes are precious possessions of our body. We use eyes to help us to see the colorful world clearly. But we seldom care about our eyes, and we should feel sorry about it. We are getting used to resort to eye corrective tool or surgery to change our poor eyesight. Actually, we can follow some tips to enhance our eyesight, like diet, exercise, good habits and so on.

1.    Have a healthy diet in your daily life. Vitamins are strongly needed, because Vitamin A is beneficial to night eyesight and Vitamin E is good to macular degeneration and cataracts prevention. Fish is rich for Omega-3 fatty acids, which is responsible for preventing dry-eye syndrome. It is better to have fish every other day, but if you do not like fish very much, you can resort to fish oil supplements. Red onions, instead of the yellow onions, are more contributed to cataracts prevention.

2.    Have enough rest. Strain is considered to be the main factor of eye problem. Working, reading and watching for a long time is not welcome by eyes, for this will lead to defective vision.

3.    Do regular eye exercise. You can shift your vision from far to near objects several times to train your eye muscles. Or try to learn some way to do eye exercise to perform it by yourself while you are free. Doing Eye exercise can fight back against eye problems, like premature loss if vision, eye diseases and so on.

4.    Form good habits. Remember to wear goggles while swimming or diving, for the salt or chlorine in sea or swimming pool will do harm to your eyes. If your job is involved in some kind of manual activity, you are also suggested to wear protective eye-gear to prevent debris or dirt into your eyes, thus having a bad effect on your vision. Do not sit right under the vent of air-conditioner, in that way, the air will blow at your eyes directly therefore causing dry eyes, corneal abrasion and the worst consequence of blindness. It is better to wear sunglasses to protect eyes from sunshine and wind while outside. Having regular checkup on your eyes is a very rewarding thing. As if you can find your eye problem earlier, the possibility that the disease can be cured is greatly increased.

We are supposed to enhance our eyesight in the long run. Though eyeglasses, contacts and surgeries can correct your vision immediately, they have risks more or less. However, the four tips above are just natural and safe ways to enhance your vision gradually. So start now to enhance our eyesight by following the mentioned instructions.