Nutritious Foods for Your Optimum Visual Health and Comfort

Keeping your eyes healthy starts with eating the right kinds of foods. In today’s post, your trusted eye care clinic, Six One Six Vision Center, shares some tasty and nutritious foods you should incorporate into your diet to bolster your visual health.

Orange-Colored Foods

Carrots and sweet potatoes get their orange hue from beta-carotene, which is a vitamin A precursor. Eating these foods regularly can help keep your retinal rod photoreceptors in good condition, allowing your eyes to adjust more easily in dimly lit places.

Dark Leafy Greens

Kale, spinach, and lettuce are abundant sources of two powerful antioxidants, lutein and zeaxanthin. Your expert optometrist recommends them because they fight off free radicals, preventing premature damage to the different parts of your eyes.

Citrus Fruits

Oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits are powerhouses of vitamin C, which is known for its immunity strengthening properties. Including them in your daily intake can significantly reduce your risk of developing eye infections and other ocular diseases.

Deep-Water, Fatty Fish

Salmon, mackerel, and tuna are great sources of omega-3 fatty acids. They help maintain moisture in your eyes, making you less likely to develop dry eyes. According to your reliable eye doctor, eating these foods also helps protect your ocular blood vessels, preventing them from rupturing. Studies show omega-3 fatty acids halt the progression of macular degeneration, cataracts, and other age-related eye conditions.

Chia Seeds

Did you know that chia seeds contain more essential acids than fatty fish? They also contain high levels of antioxidants. Try adding them to your oatmeal, yogurt, or smoothies for an extra boost of eye-friendly nutrients.

For more tips on great food for your eyes, call us at (208) 514-1858 or complete our form. We serve Boise and Eagle, ID.

COVID-19

To our Six One Six Vision Center Families,

Our office is fully open to serve your eye care needs. We cannot wait to see you in our office again! With the health and safety of our team and patients at the forefront of our minds, the following changes have taken place while we all do our part to fight this pandemic:

We ask that if you are experiencing a fever, shortness of breathe, or a cough that you reschedule your visit at this time.

We are asking our patients to complete as much of the typical intake paperwork and collecting of insurance information electronically to reduce the amount of team members they need to be exposed to at the office.

We have very strict cleanliness procedures for anyone who comes in to our office at every point of their visit to lower risk of potential infection.

Now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves, our families, and our communities as best we can, while practicing safe social distancing recommendations. We will get through these difficult times together, and I promise you our office and our team will be here to support you as best we can during these changes, and will be even stronger once we can return to normal care.

Be well, stay strong, take care of each other.

– Six One Six Vision Center Team

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