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Foods For Healthy Eyes

Foods for healthy eyes are easy to find…they’re the same foods you eat for a balanced diet and healthy body. Choosing foods for healthy eyes not only improves your ocular health but your overall health as well.

Look for the most brightly colored fruits and vegetables you can find. These foods contain vitamins which are considered antioxidants: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, selenium, lutein and zeaxanthin. Antioxidants help reduce free radicals, which are byproducts of your body’s oxygen use. Free radicals cause damage with the chemical oxidation of your body.

Eating foods high in antioxidants can help your body in many ways: help prevent heart disease, diabetes and cancer and reduce high blood pressure. Your eyes will benefit, too. Antioxidants can help prevent cataracts and macular degeneration, plus the ocular effects of diabetes.

Make sure your diet contains at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day and 6-11 servings of grains per day, with at least 3 being whole grains. Choosing foods high in antioxidants will give you the best foods for healthy eyes.

The top 10 antioxidant foods are berries, broccoli, soy, purple grapes, tomatoes, garlic, spinach, tea, whole grains and carrots.

Following is a longer list of foods for healthy eyes: