Eye vitamins and eye nutrition information to maintain or improve your vision.

A healthy diet, including some fairly well accepted eye vitamins (included in your diet or in supplements), can be an important factor in maintaining or improving your vision. Many of the currently accepted eye vitamins can be found in fresh fruit and vegetables (high in antioxidants), nuts, dairy products and whole foods in addition to supplemental forms.

Of course, You should maintain a healthy, well balanced diet, along with an appropriate exercise program to maintain your health, in general, in addition to the health of your eyes. There are also some pretty well accepted antioxidants and eye vitamins supplements that have been show to maintain or improve the health of your eyes and maintain or improve your vision.

The list below contains a summary of antioxidants and eye vitamins commonly recommended to promote good eye health. This is intended as a high level vision related nutritional guide and it is beyond the scope of this article to make recommendations on specific vitamins, combinations and optimum quantities.

Vitamin A (Beta Carotene)

Vitamin C

Vitamin E

Zinc

Vitamin B complex

Selenium

Folic Acid

Recent research has found these key eye vitamins may help to prevent or slow the progression of age related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts, the leading causes of visual impairment and acquired blindness in the U.S.

In addition to the nutritional health of your eyes, eye professionals often recommend disposable contact lenses (over non-disposable contact lenses) to promote additional good eye health.

Eye vitamins and nutrition in your diet

The commonly recommended antioxidants and eye vitamins above can also be found in a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and the foods listed below.

Vitamin A (Beta Carotene) - found in carrots, eggs, cheese, butter, milk green vegetables, yellow and orange fruits and vegetables, liver and fish liver oil.

Vitamin C - good sources include tomatoes, oranges, green and red peppers, potatoes and citrus fruits and vegetables in general.

Vitamin E - found in nuts, wheat germ, whole grain breads and cereals, sunflower seeds, almonds, green vegetables.

Zinc - found in shellfish, liver, eggs, red meat, sardines, wheat, nuts and seeds.

Vitamin B complex - in yeast, yeast extract, whole grain breads and cereals.

Selenium - good sources include seafood, shellfish, sunflower seeds, nuts and yeast.

In general, leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, carrots and melons are good food sources for many of these eye vitamins and nutrients.

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