To keep your eyes healthy, let's find out which foods you prefer and the exercises that help you take care of your eyesight.
Foods for the eyes
Why is carrot the main food on the plate of those who care about their eyes ? Because it is rich in beta-carotene and it is in the body and the body that this nutrient undergoes a transformation into vitamin A. In diabetics, this transformative process is more difficult, and this is why ocular problems are often linked to diabetes . Vitamin A in the retina serves for the formation of visual pigments. Beta-carotene is also present in apricots, squash, peppers and chillies, mango, melon.
As for vegetables, it is found in the green leafy one such as, broccoli, lettuce, spinach, chard, cabbage, parsley . Other foods are eggs, eel, liver, milk . In particular, the egg yolk also contains the antioxidant carotenoid lutein which has a protective action for the eyes compared to the sun's rays, performing a function of "natural sunglasses". This antioxidant principle is also found in maize, leeks, peas, broccoli, cabbage.
Zinc and selenium are two other essential substances for the well-being of eyesight, which promote the absorption of vitamin E and A and participate in antioxidant processes.
Selenium is found in tuna, whole grains, seafood, chicken and cabbage and broccoli. Zinc is found in beef and lamb but also in milk and its derivatives, in oil seeds (especially those of pumpkin and sunflower), in avocado, in butter, in wheat bran.
Omega-3s are often mentioned for their protective function for the cardiovascular system, but they also play an important role in the prevention of disorders such as macular degeneration that occurs in old age.
Finally, drink, drink, drink; hydration is essential. And away the cigarette, which creates damage to blood circulation in the small vessels that surround the retina.
Exercise your eyes
To strengthen the view, you can set a point, an object for a few minutes. Do it by combining your breath and maintaining contact with your inner peace in order to rest your eyes.
You can then slowly look up and then lower it again. Always turn it slowly to the right and to the left. Open and close your eyes 20 times and then leave them closed for as many seconds.
As a last step in the eye exercise, try to keep them wide open for at least 40 seconds.
If you want a more systematic approach, we suggest you get closer to visual re-education according to the Bates method.
