The eyes are a very important sense organ. It is through the eyes that we get most of the information about the world around us. Unfortunately, with age, visual acuity worsens, various eye problems occur. But it is in our power to extend youthful eyes and preserve their health. This requires regular charging and proper nutrition.

Eye Nutrition

By eating certain foods that contain the necessary vitamins and minerals, you can restore health to your eyes . 

Here are certain nutritional guidelines for vision problems:

• products must be fresh;
• Do not overeat;
• nutrition should be balanced and varied.

What foods should be in the diet? Here are the most useful products for the eyes:

• carrots – it contains a lot of vitamin A;
• blueberries – best fresh, but you can also use frozen berries with sugar;
• parsley – useful for eye inflammation;
• apricots – they cleanse the vessels of the eyes;
• Spinach – contains lutein, which helps prevent eye diseases;
• onions and garlic – favorably affects visual acuity;
• broccoli – contains a lot of antioxidants;
• beets – cleanses the whole body;
• cod – contains polyunsaturated acids.

And what can not be consumed or must be reduced? These products include:

• salt – its excess increases eye pressure;
• alcohol – causes spasms of blood vessels, including eye vessels;
• eggs and meat – in large quantities causes deposition of cholesterol on the walls of blood vessels. The vessels that provide blood supply to the eyes are very thin, so they are most prone to blockage;
• food additives that are in soda, convenience foods, crackers, fast food.

What vitamins and minerals improve vision?

Improve vision, cope with myopia and farsightedness, prevent the occurrence of eye diseases will help proper nutrition. The daily diet should include foods that have the necessary minerals and vitamins.

What vitamins strengthen vision? Here are the most important of them:

• A – contributes to visual acuity. Without this vitamin, vision in the dark worsens. This vitamin is contained in carrots, apricots, chicken yolk, sea buckthorn, bell pepper, butter;
• E – helps prevent myopia. This vitamin protects the eyes from aging. Vegetable oils, avocados, nuts, wheat germ, green leafy vegetables are rich in vitamin E;
• C – with its deficiency, the muscles that control the movements of the eyes suffer. You can find the vitamin in citrus fruits, onions, tomatoes, rosehips, black currants, sea buckthorn;
• B1 – if it is not enough, well-being and performance are sharply worsened. Contains B1 in meat, yeast, vegetables, rye bread;
• B2 – is necessary for metabolic processes in the lens of the eye. With too little vitamin, vision is impaired in the dark, and burning eyes may appear. B2 is found in apples, nuts, cottage cheese, kefir, cheese, liver, eggs;
• B6 – vitamin perfectly restores vision. Without this vitamin, the eyes get tired quickly and become too tense. You can fill up the deficit with fish, milk, egg yolks, cabbage;
• D – deficiency of this vitamin leads to myopia, conjunctivitis, cataracts. A lot of vitamin in fish and fish oil.

As for minerals for the eyes, these are:

• calcium – it has an anti-inflammatory property, strengthens the tissues of the eye. You can find it in dairy products and green vegetables;
• Zinc – participates in tissue respiration, prevents the development of eye diseases. Contains zinc in seafood, nuts, pumpkin, liver;
• potassium – needed for acid-base balance, reduces eye fatigue. Potassium is found in bananas, melons, prunes, wild rose, peaches, and cherry plum;
• selenium – helps prevent cataracts. You can find it in garlic, oatmeal, seafood, legumes, olive oil.

Choose what is necessary for eye health and you will not have problems with this body.

Eye Health Diet Menu

There is also a special diet for the eyes. It includes all the healthy products that are necessary for the health of this body.

Here is the diet menu: 

• in the morning – an omelet with vegetables and carrot juice, or any porridge, a slice of rye bread with cheese and a banana, or a cottage cheese casserole with dried apricots and green tea;
• for lunch, you can cook cabbage soup, stewed fish and rice, or vegetable soup, stewed chicken with vegetables, or seafood pilaf and carrot salad;
• dinner – liver with buckwheat and tea with honey, or salmon with rice, salad and juice, or stewed vegetables with veal and milk.

You can have a snack with fruits, vegetables, dairy products, nuts or dried fruits. Drinks can be consumed as follows: milk, rosehip tea, freshly squeezed juices.

It is necessary to observe a diet not less than a week, and it is possible and longer. Moreover, the diet menu is quite diverse.  

You can just cook healthy dishes.

• Syrniki

If you cook them with carrots, they will be very useful. 100 g of carrots should be stewed in milk and rub. 150 g of cottage cheese should be mixed with an egg, a glass of flour and salt. The dough must be combined with the finished carrots and baked in the oven.

• Appetizer of apples and pumpkins

Cut apples and pumpkin into thin strips and pour over lemon juice. Then season with sugar and chopped walnuts. Leave the dish for two hours and then serve.

• Vegetable stew with fish

Potatoes should be cut into cubes and boiled. Cut onions into rings, carrots in strips and fry vegetables. Mackerel (you can take another fish) cut into portions and pour juice of lemon. Put potatoes, carrots with onions and mackerel into the mold. Cream must be whipped with tomato paste (cream must be taken in a glass, and pasta – three tablespoons) and pour vegetables with fish. Cut the cream cheese into cubes and put on top. Bake for an hour at medium temperature. When serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

You can eat on a special diet menu or just cook healthy meals. In any case, it is necessary to monitor nutrition, eye health depends on this.