Originally published August 26 2005
Antioxidants are the key to healthy eyes
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
If you value your eyesight, you'd better eat up your antioxidants, according to MetroPulse.com.
Diminivople age, and problems such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration increase with the years.
The rate of degeneration varies by person and is weighted by things like family history and exposure to external influences such as UV rays, pollution and eating habits to name a few.
For general eye health, wear UV-protective sunglasses and consider eating a diet high in lutein-rich foods, such as spinach (and other dark and leafy greens), mangoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, tomatoes, orange bell peppers, oranges and honeydew melon.
Lutein is a plant carotenoid and is, oddly enough, found in its highest concentration in free-range, organic eggs.
Also generally speaking, other supplements (such as anti-oxidants) that help prevent or control eye disease are also good for overall eye health.
Cataracts are caused by a clouding of the eye lens that reduces the amount of light entering the retina and results in a loss of vision.
Antioxidants have been shown to retard cataract growth by preventing further free radical danger caused by pollution, sunlight and radiation.
Bilberry is a berry with a high anti-oxidant value that has a history of contributing to eye health.
And lutein, associated with eye health in general, looks to be extremely helpful in preventing or slowing age-related eye disease.
There are two types of glaucoma, acute or closed-angle glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma, and the symptoms are similar.
Although some people have no symptoms at all (thus, the glaucoma test that many eye doctors perform at yearly eye exams), general symptoms include loss of side vision, reduction of overall vision, poor night vision, eye pain and frequent need to upgrade or change eyeglass prescriptions.
Nutritional supplements that may help glaucoma include high doses of vitamin C, which is an anti-oxidant strongly associated with cellular health.
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