Eat a balanced diet
A healthy diet can help with a lot, and it has a big impact on your vision. When choosing what foods to eat, try to include plenty of:
- Leafy greens like kale and spinach
- Fruits and vegetables, including carrots, sweet potatoes and citrus fruits
- Nuts and seeds, which are high in vitamin E
- Fish with omega-3 fatty acids, like salmon and tuna
Manage chronic conditions
Chronic health conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure can damage your vision if they are not managed correctly. Visiting your medical provider regularly, taking medication as directed and watching what you eat can help reduce the risk of damage to your vision and other issues with your eyes.
Maintain a healthy lifestyle
If you want to help protect your vision and live healthier, you should:
- Exercise regularly: Getting enough exercise helps maintain a healthy weight, which can help you manage chronic conditions. Physical exercise also helps with blood circulation, which can benefit your eyes. You should aim for 30 minutes of physical activity every day.
- Stay hydrated: Water helps your body absorb important nutrients from your food, which can help with your eye health.
- Quit smoking, or never start: When you smoke, you risk damaging the blood vessels in your eyes. This can cause diseases like cataracts and macular degeneration (vision loss in the center of your eye).
Get regular checkups
Seeing your medical provider for annual wellness exams is an important step in caring for your health. Your provider can help detect, diagnose and treat chronic health conditions and give you healthy lifestyle advice. You should also be seeing your eye doctor for yearly vision exams. This helps your eye doctor to get a good look at your eye and find any issues that may have developed over the year since they last saw you.
When was the last time you saw an eye doctor? Schedule your eye exam at HealthLinc East Chicago Harbor, Michigan City, Mishawaka or Valparaiso today. We can help you keep an eye on your vision!
