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Eyes are considered as the most important human organ as these can express emotions. Even though a person lacks the ability to talk, they eyes can speak for himself. Taking care of this special organ is indeed a must. Here are to 10 tips that can help you take care of your eyes and to prevent it from having eye disease.

Tip #1

One of the simplest and most basic is to wash your eyes with cold and clear running water. It greatly helps your eyes to stay refreshed.  

Tip #2

Nutrition always makes a difference. On your diet, include foods that are rich in vitamins as these can make your eye healthier and appear brighter.  

Engage yourself in an “anti-inflammatory diet”.  Avoid eating red meat. Instead, eat foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids like mackerel, salmon and halibut. Also, keep away from saturated fats. Alternatively, use monosaturated fats like olive oil. Inflammation is at the base of many different diseases.  Eating foods that prevents inflammation as well as eating foods with antioxidants protects your eyes from these eye diseases including cataracts and macular degeneration.  

Tip #3

Without our sight, the world would be a very dark and foreboding place. This makes our eye the most valuable organ in our body. Proper eye care will ensure that you enjoy good eye health. The eye is a sensitive organ and must be protected from dust, UV rays, harmful chemicals and air pollutants. Proper eye care involves regular exercise and adequate nutrition.

Adequate nutrition requires the intake of sufficient quantities of vitamins, minerals and green leafy vegetables.

• Eye health benefits from the presence of vitamin A, C and E. The antioxidants improve night vision as well. Eat orange, kiwi, carrots and grapes to supply your body with these vitamins.

• Ensure that your diet consists of green leafy vegetables like spinach, green peas, French beans, lettuce etc. Regular and sufficient intake will help in the improvement of your eyesight.

• The nutrition required to maintain your eye health is present in foods like nuts, seeds, pepper, eggs, fish and other poultry products. Minerals and nutrients are essential as they undo the damage done to your eyes and reduce the risk of age-related problems.

• Try to avoid saturated fats and try to include omega-3 fatty acids in your diet.

Eyes are among the most precious organs of the human body for sighted people, as they have the prime function of enabling you to see the outside world. As eye care is always a preventive step towards good eye health, special measures should be taken by people in preventing damage to the eyes due to dust, UV rays and harmful chemicals.

Exercises and nutrition are some of the best methods you can adapt to for good eye care. And nutrition means including various vitamins, minerals and rich vegetables in your diet.

Note that:

• Carrots are a source of vitamin A, C and E. These vitamins are antioxidants that improve eye health and enhance night vision. Orange, kiwis and grapes are rich in the above vitamins.

• Leafy vegetables including spinach, green peas, French beans and lettuce, when taken in large quantities help in improving your eyesight.

• Nuts, seeds, pepper, eggs, fish and poultry included in food items provide nutrition for eye health. Minerals and nutrients neutralize the harm done by free radicals. This slows down age related eye problems.

• Diet deficient in saturated fats and rich in omega-3 fatty acids has shown to slow down eye related problems.

The eye performs the function of sensing light and transmitting the signals through the optic nerves to the brain. The brain registers the images and acts accordingly. The importance of this organ can never be overstated. When dealing with an organ as sensitive and as important as the eye, preventive eye care is always better than remedial eye cure.

Proper and timely eye care blunts macular degeneration, which is a harmful consequence of the natural process of aging. A simple habit of visiting the doctor periodically for a check up of the eyes helps a lot in preventing eye problems.

Nutrition and eye care is closely interrelated. Good food rich in vitamin A, E etc will protect you from eye problems. In this regard, it is pertinent to remember that:

• Carrot is a rich source of vitamin A

• Spinach is a rich source of Vitamin E. Vitamin E is an antioxidant. It slows the onset of macular degeneration and deterioration of eyesight.

• Vitamin E and Vitamin C strengthens connective tissues in the eye and thereby contributes to the eye health.

The eye is one of the most delicate and essential organs of the human body, as it senses light and transfers signals through optic nerve to the brain. And eye care is better than eye cure.

Good eye care slows down processes associated with ageing like macular degeneration. And note everyone should develop the habit of having a periodic check up of the eyes by an eye care practitioner, as remedial measures can help improve eyesight.

For example, children have the habit of watching TV programs at a close distance and for a long time. Glazing at the computer monitor without UV filters also reduces eyesight in children. They should, therefore, be properly guided on caring for their eyes in order to avoid problems in the future.

Also technical personnel, particularly welders, should use proper safety goggles during their job to avoid powerful UV radiations harming their eyes.

And people moving around in sunlight should wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from harmful UV rays. Same is the case with chemists experimenting in laboratories. They should necessarily use protective equipment like safety goggles while dealing with UV light source to avoid getting into trouble with their eyesight.