Food and Vitamins to Improve Eyesight
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
The eye is the most important organ for seeing the world that surrounds us. It is used in everything we do from reading a book and watching television to admiring the beauty of a flower or a loved one.
Eyesight is a very precious sense, so it’s understandable that many people fear sudden loss or gradual loss of vision. Can you imagine losing your eyesight? The thought alone is a horrible one. As we approach old age it’s a thought that leaves an impression on our minds more and more.
The fact is, nobody is guaranteed perfect vision forever, but saying that there are things you can do to protect your eyesight and keep your eyes healthy. One of them is to do eye exercises, but in this article we’ll be looking at foods and vitamins to improve eyesight.
To ensure your eyesight is in optimum condition you need to consume these foods and vitamins.
Vitamin A – Vitamin A also known as retinol, occurs naturally in animals. This Vitamin keeps the skin healthy and helps produce mucous secretions to build resistance to infection. If you don’t consume enough vitamin A you can end up with a condition known as Nyctalopia (Night Blindness). Night blindness is the inability to of the eye to adapt to dim light, sufferers can see in the day, but have trouble seeing in the dark or faint light.
People who don’t consume enough Vitamin A may also go on to develop a condition called Xerophthalmia (Greek for dry eyes). This condition makes the surface of the eye become dry and likely to develop infection.
Vitamin A – Vitamin A can be found in plants with carotenes, the body converts these into Vitamin A. Carotenes can be found in carrots, cabbage and lettuce. Vitamin A can also be found in green and yellow vegetables, butter, eggs, fish liver oils, liver, milk and sweet potatoes.
Another good Vitamin to improve eyesight is a Vitamin called B2
Vitamin B2 – Vitamin B2. Vitamin B2 is also known as Riboflavin. It is needed for growth and for healthy skin and eyes. Vitamin B2 can be found in the following foods. Green vegetables, poultry, fish, liver, cheese and milk.
The last of the Vitamins to improve eyesight will be looking is called Niacin
Niacin – Niacin is also known as nicotinic acid. This Vitamin is essential for for growth and for health tissues. Without Niacin, Riboflavin cannot function properly so in that respect it is quite essential. Niacin can be found in liver, yeast, lean meat, whole-grain and enriched breads and cereals.
As you can see, consuming foods and vitamins to improve your eyesight is not difficult. The vitamins a re found in common foods and sometimes you can get all of these vitamins from one single food i.e. liver appears in all the lists for the 3 different vitamins.
Let just quickly recap the 3 Vitamins.
Vitamin A is also known as Retinol, it stops you from getting Night Blindness and Xerophthalmia.
Vitamin B2 is also known as Riboflavin and it is essential for health eyes.
Niacin is also known as nictonic acid, and without it Vitamin B2 cannot function properly.
Thanks for reading Food and Vitamins to Improve Eyesight.
By: Samuel Davies
Phoenix Vitamin Manufacturing
