There has always been a strong connection between proper nutrition and vision care. Vitamins and minerals can actually help much when it comes to eye-related and age-related vision conditions like cataract and macular degeneration. It is even necessary for those people who are blessed to be born with a 20/20 vision to still protect their eyes and ensure vision care.



For healthy eyes and a healthy body as well, proper nutrition is essential. With proper nutrition, our body can grow, repair itself from wear and tear, function accordingly and protect itself against infections. Vitamin A is very important for your eyes and a lack or a deficiency of such a vitamin can have an effect on one's eye condition. You can prevent the lack of vitamin A by eating fresh vegetables, dairy products, proteins such as meat and eggs, milk, cheese, poultry, fish, yogurt, grains, fat (animal and plant), etc.

A good and balanced diet of fruits and vegetables can help prevent the formation of age related cataract and macular degeneration in the future.

Vitamins that contain antioxidants help in maintaining the health of your eyes. Such vitamins are vitamin A, C and E and they come from many sources of vegetables and fruits including tomatoes, spinach, peppers, carrots, green leafy vegetables, oranges, apricots, kiwis, etc. These vitamins are also present in nuts, eggs, seeds and dairy products. These are just some of the many other food types that contain anti-oxidants.

Lutein and Zeaxanthin known as carotenoids are anti-oxidants that help in eye care. Both can be found naturally in many of the fruits and vegetables such as mango, yellow peppers, spinach and broccoli for Lutein and tangerines, eggs, oranges, broccoli and corn for Zeaxanthin.

Many of the eye health supplements that you can find in the market nowadays contain the recommended daily amount of vitamins and minerals for healthy eyes. Studies suggest that taking these supplements that contain carotenoids and nutrients necessary for eye health have resulted to the lower incidence of eye related diseases among people who regularly took supplements and who had a good balanced diet.

The key to having healthy eyes is to eat a balanced diet of fruits and vegetables, getting your eyes regularly checked with an eye doctor and discussing with your eye doctor other measures to keep your eyes healthy. Feed and nourish your eyes. They are after all the windows to your soul.