| It's easy to take them for granted, but healthy eyes | | | | 5. Keep computer screen below eye level |
| are not guaranteed for life. According to Prevent | | | | Adjust your computer screen so that it is below your |
| Blindness America, a non-profit dedicated to raising | | | | eyes, as this will keep your eyes half closed when |
| awareness about vision problems in the U.S., an | | | | looking at it. This prevents fluid evaporation and dry |
| estimated 50,000 people needlessly lose their eyesight | | | | eyes. |
| every year. Most common eye diseases, like | | | | 6. Multivitamins work |
| cataracts and glaucoma, are preventable. Here are | | | | Take a multivitamin pill every day and make it a strict |
| just a few simple things you can do to keep your | | | | habit. Studies showed that women who took vitamin C |
| eyesight in top health. | | | | supplements for 10 or more years were 77% less |
| 1. Eat more blueberries | | | | likely to develop cataracts than women who didn't. |
| Blueberries are the fruit richest in antioxidants. A study | | | | Make sure the supplement you take contains at least |
| by The Archives of Ophthalmology found that people | | | | 150 mg of vitamin C. |
| who ate the most fruit were less likely to suffer from | | | | 7. Have fish twice a week |
| age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), one of the | | | | Oily fish contain omega-3 fatty acids, which help |
| foremost causes of blindness in the elderly. | | | | prevent dry eye syndrome. If you can't do fish for |
| 2. Spinach Twice a Week | | | | some reason, take fish-oil supplements, which also |
| Spinach contains an abundance of lutein, a nutrient that | | | | contain omega-3. |
| helps prevent ARMD and cataracts. For best | | | | 8. Avoid grease and sweets |
| absorption, take your lutein with some kind of fat. Olive | | | | Greasy foods (like potato chips and hamburgers) as |
| oil is recommended. | | | | well as foods that are high in sugar content contain |
| 3. Red onions | | | | omega-6 fatty acids, which, unlike omega-3 fatty acids, |
| Instead of cooking with yellow onions, cook with red | | | | are more likely to cause ARMD. |
| onions. They have more quercetin, an antioxidant that | | | | 9. Eat more sweet potatoes |
| helps prevent cataracts. | | | | Sweet potatoes are high in vitamin A, which helps |
| 4. Aim the A/C away from your eyes | | | | improve your night vision. |
| When you turn on your car's air conditioner, turn the | | | | 10. Don't smoke |
| vents so that the air does not hit your eyes directly. | | | | If you smoke, quit. If you don't smoke, keep it that way. |
| Over long consistent periods, dry eyes can lead to | | | | Smoking increases your chance of getting cataracts, |
| corneal abrasions and other eye problems. | | | | dry eye syndrome, ARMD and glaucoma. |