7 Foods for Better Eye Health
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Add Some Variety to Keep Your Vision Healthy
We’ve all heard the old adage that eating carrots improves your vision. But you can also look to lots of other foods to keep your eyes strong and healthy. Getting eye-friendly nutrients from food—as opposed to supplements—is tasty and intelligent, as foods pack multiple nutrients, working together, into a single bite. To help keep your eyes sharp, focus on these seven foods, rich in certain vitamins and minerals known to help slow the onset of eye disease and vision loss.
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are brimming with beta-carotene, an antioxidant that plays a key role in eye health. The body converts it to vitamin A, which helps the surface of the eye act as an effective barrier to bacteria and viruses. Just one cup of mashed sweet potatoes has almost 31 milligrams of beta-carotene—more than the same measurement of raw carrots. After boiling a cut-up sweet potato, mash it with some olive oil and vegetable stock for an eye-healthy side.
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Oysters
Oysters are one of the best sources of zinc, a mineral that’s essential to eye health. Zinc keeps the retina—the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of your eye—in top shape by helping vitamin A produce a protective dark pigment called melanin. Studies have linked zinc deficiency to poor night vision and cloudy cataracts. Getting your daily dose doesn’t take much: Just one medium oyster has around 13 milligrams of zinc, slightly more than the daily recommendation.
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ARTICLE SUBMITTED BY Pat France, MSRN Member
