Maintaining healthy vision can be as easy (and tasty) as improving your diet. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends adding these nutrient-rich foods to your menu to help protect your eyes and reduce your risk of age-related conditions.
- Kale and other leafy greens can offer protection against sunlight damage, cataracts, and macular degeneration.
- Sweet potatoes, an excellent source of beta carotene, may lower the risk of macular degeneration.
- Strawberries and other vitamin C-rich fruits may protect against cataracts.
- Salmon and other fatty fish, loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, can soothe dry eyes and reduce the risk of macular degeneration.
- Antioxidant-laden green tea appears to protect against macular degeneration and cataracts.
