Vision And Nutrition – The Windows To Our World

How many times have we had conversations with our friends and relatives about which of our five senses were the most important to us. What is really true, is that they all are important and what is more important is that it is best if they are all healthy and in good working order.

Nutrition for the eyes is sometimes overlooked, as we seem to dwell and focus on the heart, cancer and blood pressure, however, if we maintain our eyes in a healthy manner all during our life they will serve us well into our sunset years.

I am sure we all remember our mothers telling us to eat our carrots so we could see good, this is a true story. Carrots aid not only in healthy eyes but aids in not getting what they call night blindness. Now they have found that even tho carrots rank high in healthy eye nutrition the green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, collard greens and turnip greens are potent antioxidants; which can protect the eyes against cataracts and age related macular degeneration.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is becoming more and more true, we can now see that our diets and what we eat, play a role in keeping our eyes healthy and in good functioning condition.

Here is a list of foods to eat for good 20/20 vision diet: kale, spinach, broccoli, avocados, zucchini, peas, all dark leafy salad greens. Carrots, mangoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, apricots, green peppers, almonds, wheat germ, lentils.

As you can see many of these foods are on the same list as healthy super foods for heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer prevention. The basic idea is to eat healthy whole organic foods that feed our bodies not only our taste buds and to develop a lifestyle the incorporates these healthy foods into our diets.

Happy Eating and Healthy Living

Thought for the Day: "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom know until it be lost." -Caleb Colton-nnn