Health Tip: Eat Right to Help Protect Your Vision

(HealthDay News) — What you eat plays an important role in
healthy vision, and may help prevent eye conditions such as macular
degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma, the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics says.

The academy mentions these food sources that can help promote vision
health:

  • Vitamin A: Select tomatoes, papaya, carrots and fortified milk.
  • Vitamin C: Eat oranges, strawberries, peppers and broccoli.
  • Vitamin E: Choose wheat germ, oils, nuts and seeds.
  • For the nutrients zeaxanthin and lutein: Eat leafy green vegetables,
    mangoes, kiwi, honeydew, peas, broccoli, yellow squash, corn, red grapes
    and oranges.
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