Food for Eye Health

As the holidays and the new year are quickly approaching, you might be looking for foods that improve your health. Luckily, many foods that make you look and feel better can help you see better, too. Like your heart, your eyes rely on arteries for oxygen and nutrients. If [...]

Healthy Eating for Eyes

Healthy eating is correlated to overall eye health. Eye-healthy nutrition can include eggs, broccoli, spinach, kale, tuna, salmon, tuna, green peas, oranges, etc. They contain vitamins and nutrients good for our vision, such as zinc, vitamin A, C, E, omega 3, lutein, and zeaxanthin. Our eyes rely on tiny arteries [...]

Simple things You can do to Maintain Good Eye Health

Taking care of your eyes now can help prevent future eye health issues. Read these simple tips to help you protect your vision: Use eye protection Sunglasses – to protect your eyes from the sun’s harmful UV rays Safety Wear – wherever there is potential to be exposed to hazardous [...]

Healthy Eating for Healthier Eyes

What you put into your body effects the health of everything from the top of your head down to the tips of your toes. Many times we overlook (no pun intended) the effects of nutrition and what role healthy eating habits play when it comes to issues related to our [...]

You Are What You Eat — Can the Foods You Eat Improve Your Eyesight?

Since you were little, your Mom told you to eat your carrots. “They’ll help you see better,” she said. Is this true? Can you get Superman’s x-ray vision simply by eating enough carrots to make you feel like a character from Watership Down? Although not directly correlated to improved vision [...]

Nutrition and the Eye

Nutrition plays a very important role in the health of the entire eye. From the front of the eye to the back, various nutrients affect the comfort of the eye and caliber of the vision. Starting with ocular surface, the quality of the tear film can have a major effect [...]