Protect Your Vision With These 5 Super Nutrients

Rose S. | February 20, 2017 | Alternative Health, Clean & Healthy Eating, Preventing Disease

These 5 powerful nutrients can help protect your vision and keep your eyes healthy as you age.

As we age, our eyesight is often one of the first things to go – or at least the first things we notice. Whether the problem is cataracts, macular degeneration, or simply fading visual acuity, vision loss is no joke – and it can happen to even the healthiest of people.

While there are things that can improve your eyesight after the fact, the best way to stop vision loss is to prevent it from happening in the first place – and this is where diet can play a very important part. There are a number of healthy nutrients that can protect your vision and help you keep your eyesight well into your senior years.

Here are 5 nutrients you should be consuming regularly to protect your vision, and where you can find them:

1. Vitamin A:

The first of the alphabet vitamins, vitamin A, is necessary for maintaining good night vision. Vitamin A also helps produce pigments that protect your eyes. You can get plenty of A in leafy greens or orange veggies such as carrots and sweet potatoes.

2. Vitamin B complex:

The B vitamins play an important role in protecting your eyes from inflammation. But their benefits don’t end there. Researchers say they also might reduce your risk of macular degeneration and age related vision loss. You’ll find plenty of B vitamins in bananas, walnuts, leafy greens and dairy foods. Or, if you’re not getting enough through diet alone, you can try a B-complex supplement.

3. Vitamin C:

Load up on yellow peppers or pop a vitamin C supplement, because this well-known vitamin has one more trick up its sleeve. Vitamin C can help keep your eyesight sharp. And research reveals this important vitamin can help protect your eyes from cataracts, as well. Broccoli and strawberries are other good sources of vitamin C.

4. Vitamin D:

There are a stack of reasons you should be sure you’re getting plenty of the sunshine vitamin, and it turns out saving your eyesight is one of them. Vitamin D lowers your risk of macular degeneration and fights off dry eyes. Add more vitamin D rich foods such as portabella mushrooms, smoked salmon, swordfish, cod liver oil and dairy products to your diet.

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5. Lutein and zeaxanthin:

Lutein and zeaxanthin deliver a powerful one two punch of vision protection. Numerous studies have found the nutrient combo could help protect your eyesight from macular degeneration and cataracts. Experts say the pair helps ward off harmful ultraviolet light waves. Any of the leafy greens are excellent sources of both of these nutrients. Or try a supplement instead.

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