Jan
26
BeingHuman asked:
I’ve been wearing glasses for five years already. Are there helpful vitamins and minerals to take to improve my eyesight?
I’ve been wearing glasses for five years already. Are there helpful vitamins and minerals to take to improve my eyesight?
Thanks….
Johnathon
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8 Responses to “What vitamins and minerals to take for good eyesight?”
Tynisha
Nothing works. They used to advise vitamin A and Cod Liver Oil, but even I took it for seven years w/o results. They now admit that absolutely nothing reverses poor eyesight.
Leandro
vitamen a which you can get from carrots and leavy veg
Albert
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.
Christena
eat carrots!!! haha!!! sorry i didnt help…
Horacio
Along with a multi-vitamin .. Bilberry
Natural bilberry is Europe’s No. 1 antioxidant for Eye Health, used by nearly 30 million people. Although it has been proven beneficial and 100% safe in numerous clinical studies since 1958, it remains relatively new to Americans.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes the importance of proper nutrition for maintaining eye health. In fact, a growing number of eye care professionals now recommend nutritional supplements to their patients.
Help for the Eyes
During World War II, pilots who flew for the British Royal Air Force reported better night vision after consuming bilberry jam. Subsequent research found that bilberry contained anthocyanidin pigments that protect the light-sensitive pigment in the rods of the retina, rhodopsin. These pigments help maintain normal levels of rhodopsin within the eye, and facilitate better vision in dim light.
Bilberry is popular in Korea and Japan, where it is used to relieve eye-strain caused by excessive computer use. Bilberry extracts appear to improve circulation within the capillaries of the retina of the eye and inhibit cataract formation in the lens.
Jacqualine
Good nutrition is very important, but it will not improve eyesight unless you have been severely malnurished. The sad fact is though, that many people are fairly malnurished because they don’t know what to eat and what not to eat.
Most people won’t improve their eyesight through nutrition. Blurry vision comes from using our eyes incorrectly. If we stop using our eyes, mind, and body together in a blurry way, and relearn the correct vision habits, we can return to the natural perfect eyesight we’re supposed to have. It takes a lot of interference for 60 to 80 percent of our modern world to have blurry vision.
Eye exercises(eye pushups, eye aerobics, eye yoga) like nutrition will not help improve eyesight. Doing eye exercises is like pushing weights at the gym and hoping our basketball game will get better. In order to get better at basketball we have to put a ball in our hands and practice the principles of basketball on the court.
Wen
This articles would answer your questions:
Hope this helps…
Hyon
Lutein – A subgroup of the carotenoid family that acts as a filter for the light sensitive photoreceptor cells in the macula of the eye.
Zeaxanthin – A member of the carotenoid family that is a macular light-gathering pigment which aids in the processing of free radicals from ultra-violet radiation and oxygen.
Vitamin A (as beta-carotene) – Supports the production of visual purple (substance necessary for seeing at night) and acts as an important vitamin catalyst and antioxidant.
Vitamin B2 – Supports health of the eye through the release of glutathione (shields the proteins in the lens of the eye).
Vitamin E – A potent antioxidant that helps quench free radicals in the retina and supports circulation and tissue health.
Vitamin C – A nutrient vital for the production of aqueous humor (fluid between the cornea and lens) and the reformation of corneas.
Zinc – Catalyst for conversion of vitamin A to its active form retinaldehyde in the retina.
Selenium and Grape Seed Extract – Acts as a potent antioxidant that scavenges free radicals to promote retinal and macular health.
Copper – Supports formation of strong, flexible connective tissue for proper eye structure.