As we age, our visual faculties diminish and can even deteriorate. A healthy diet, a good lifestyle, and a few other means help to preserve our visual capital as well as our general health.
Here are some tips and tricks to protect your eyes and the organs involved in the visual process, to delay and minimize ocular aging.
Eat a healthy diet:
A balanced and varied diet containing the nutrients necessary for the proper functioning of your eyes is essential. A deficiency of vitamins and nutrients can contribute to AMD, glaucoma, retinopathy... for this, health professionals recommend a diet rich in:
- Vitamin A: delays the symptoms of corneal aging; found in tomatoes, peaches, carrots.
- Vitamin B: essential for the good shape of the lens; found in dried fruits.
- Vitamin C: slows down premature aging by preventing eye infections; found in citrus fruits, kiwis.
- Trace elements, fatty acids, flavonoids, selenium, zinc: present in fatty fish, fruits and vegetables.
Exercise regularly:
Being sedentary promotes overload, poor functioning of the cardiovascular system... eyesight is sensitive to poor activity of the blood system; the slightest occlusion in the veins or arteries reaching the eyes can lead to a disease. This is why it is important to exercise according to your age to maintain good physical condition.
Have good habits:
Smoking, eating sugar, saturated fats or drinking too much alcohol are all bad habits detrimental to your visual health. Tobacco is known for its effects on the lungs but it is less known that it has pernicious effects on the retina.
Reduce stress:
Poor stress management is also an important element of premature aging of our eyes; it is essential to offer yourself a few minutes or hours of rest, idleness, relaxation... of quality every day.
Rest:
Getting 8 hours of sleep is essential not only for your general condition but also for preserving your visual health, not to mention a few appropriate breaks during long working days.
Wear anti-blue light glasses:
To reduce the toxic effects of blue light from LEDs and screens and its side effects (AMD, cataract...), health professionals strongly recommend protecting yourself from a young age with Cool Blue anti-blue light glasses.
These few tips can help you in your daily life to preserve your vision capital for as long as possible, but this is not foolproof. In case of eye discomfort, diseases, visual problems, do not hesitate to consult an ophthalmologist quickly.
