Every human being is the author of his own health and disease. This line is so true that one needs to take care of their own health else they are the one’s responsible for their own deformity. Being healthy is not just confined to staying fit, following healthy diet or taking proper medication whenever there is a health issue. We come across many people who always complain about their vision problems, and still consider it as an unimportant task to take care at that moment. But in the due course, it will turn out to be one of the major health issues of your overall body.
Ocular nutrition is essential to maintain eye health and vision. It deals with almost each and every individual parts of your eye like the cornea, macula, pupil, retina, iris, lens, optic nerve and the vitreous humor.
Aging, dust, genetics, exposure to automobile/ chlorine fumes, continuously straining your eyes by trying to observe the distant objects or by facing the computer screen for long hours can be some of the reasons affecting your eyesight. Sometimes ultra violet rays reaching your eyes can harm the retina, lens and especially macula part of your eye as it is sensitive to the light. Well, there are many ways that helps you in improving your vision/ eyesight.
Some foods are very rich in offering you the right proteins and vitamins which helps you to reap benefits from natural diets. Also there are some exercises that make your eyes stress free and to maintain a healthy look. Here I suggest you some simple warm up exercises that helps you in reducing the eye strain and the necessary dietary plans to improve your eye sight.
In our every daily life, we exercise our regular body parts, and ignore the sensitive parts like eyes. There are some eye exercises that helps you in minimizing the eye strain and help you see better as well. Try out these following warm ups right from your home or work place.
Palming exercise not only relaxes your eyes but also helps you to regain the lost energy to your eyes.
Tromboning exercise improves the control over the extra- ocular muscles and stimulates the flow of nutrients inside the eyes.
Scanning exercise helps you to increase the flexibility of your eyes and to encourage the faster progress of your eyes.
This exercise helps in improving the blood circulation through your optic nerves that transmits the visual information from retina to brain.
This helps in relieving the stress and strain from your eyes and cools them. Practicing these simple exercises helps you to keep your eyes healthy and reduces vision stresses one commonly faces in daily routines.
Let us now concentrate on the diet plans that help you to reduce the risk of vision loss and strengthen eyesight.
Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, beta carotene, selenium are the essential nutrients to reduce cataract risks and degeneration of macula. Adding to these include even the following to your diet.
Essential fatty acids are necessary for the proper functioning of your body. Our body don’t produce these fats, so it is necessary to increase the intake of rich diet containing these fats. They help with cellular development and in the formation of cellular membranes. The following are the two types of essential fatty acids that helps you to prevent eyesight issues.
Omega 3 fatty acids are essential to improve the nerve conduction in retina. Helps in reducing the macular degeneration of the eye and glaucoma conditions.
These acids protects one’s eyes and other cells in the body from deterioration. These are not generated by body, so one has to take them through diet or supplements.
The ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acids should range from 1:1 to not more than 4:1. These fatty acids do help in reducing macular degeneration and glaucoma conditions.
Carotenoids are the organic pigments founds in plants and in some photosynthetic organisms. In humans, four carotenoids namely beta carotene, alpha carotene, gamma carotene and beta cryptoxanthin have vitamin A activity. Vitamin A plays a key role in humans to improve eyesight and thus helps in having a clearer vision of sight.
It is prominently known as the vision herb and it shows wonderful helps in reducing all vision problems.
It is an antioxidant that protects the eyes from free radical changes caused by UV radiations. In general it is a yellow pigment found in macula and lens part of the eyes.
It is fat soluble carotenoid and in its value as an antioxidant is 10 times more powerful than beta carotene and 500 times stronger than vitamin E. It helps in reducing cataract risks, retinal detachments, and macular degeneration.
Zeaxanthin is a powerful natural antioxidant that protects the eye by absorbing the blue light of UV rays that damages the lens and reducing glare. It is found in centre of the macula part of the eye. It helps in reducing macula disorders and macular degeneration.
Cysteine, taurine, quercitin and rutin are the essential amino acids which help in preventing several harmful effects that cause various eye disorders. These antioxidants protect the eyes from free radical changes and assist blood circulation to and within the retina.
Vitamins are the organic compounds that alone play a major role in providing you a healthy vision. Vitamins allow the eyes to function at optimum levels. They increase blood circulation, nourish the eyes, strengthen capillaries, improve night vision, enhance visual acuity and lot more. So, here are some of the basic vitamins that help in reducing stress and strain for your eyes.
Vitamin A deals with cataract conditions, night blindness, dry eyes, glaucoma and macular degeneration. It works more effectively as a supplement in combination with beta carotene.
Vitamin C combats free radicals, supports healthy blood vessels, and acts as a ultra violet fighter within the eye. Vitamin C is essential to support healthy vision.
Vitamin E regulates enzyme activity, helps in neurological functions and lowers eye pressure in glaucoma.
Taking necessary measures in your diet plan helps you in overcoming eye disorders and reduces vision problems that affect your eye. Some of these essential nutrients are not suggested for diabetic patients, so it is good if you plan your diet accordingly under the advice of your diet physician. Hope this information helped you in understanding the concerned vision issues and how to overcome them naturally. You can reply to this post via comments section in case of any unanswered clarifications.
Manoja Kalakanti