{"id":2653,"date":"2016-12-14T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/es.prepreblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2016-11-17T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:39:40","slug":"food-that-helps-your-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/2016\/12\/14\/food-that-helps-your-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Food that helps your vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Food rich in antioxidants and vitamins will help protect your eyes<\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">On more than one occasion you will have heard that an inadequate diet, deficient in certain nutrients, can be very harmful for your health and make you more prone to certain diseases. On the other hand, following a complete and varied diet helps prevent certain health problems.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">Today we would like to highlight <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>food items that help care for your vision<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">, which suffers so much in your daily living.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">8 products to protect your eyes: <\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Green leafy vegetables: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">Green vegetables like spinach, Swiss chards, curly cabbage, broccoli or turnip greens are rich in vitamin A, which helps protect the cornea. They also contain lutein which works as a natural solar filter, zeaxanthin, which prevents macular degeneration, and folic acid, necessary for embryonic development and for preventing cataracts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Carrots: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">this vegetable has always been associated with good sight, and it is contains beta-carotene or provitamin A, which prevents night blindness and keeps the cornea transparent, as well as carotenoid, which increases macular pigment (the yellow part of the retina) and protects it from ultraviolet rays.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Peppers: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">just like other intense red-, orange- or yellow-coloured vegetables, peppers contain vitamin A and C and help reduce the risk of suffering from cataracts. In addition, their vitamin B6 or pyridoxine content helps soothe dry eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Oily fish<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">: salmon, like mackerel, trout, sardines, sword fish or mussels, contain high quantities of omega 3 fatty acids, a great way to protect the nerve cells of the retina.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Eggs: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">they contain lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as sulphur which helps prevent cataracts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Soya: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">it helps keep the retina healthy as well as the arteries that vascularise the eyes, because it contains essential fatty acids, phytoestrogens and vitamin E.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Blueberries and grapes: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">they are effective antioxidants rich in anthocyanidins, which protect night vision.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\"><b>Cereal and nuts: <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">wheat germ, beer yeast or almonds contain riboflavin or vitamin B2, which prevents dry eyes and the onset of glaucoma.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre lang=\"en-US\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">Apart from a varied diet, which, as you can see, can be found in familiar and easy to find foods, remember it is important to work in good light, not to spend over two hours looking continuously at a screen, and to rest your eyes now and again by closing them and applying cold wet packs to your eyelids.<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food rich in antioxidants and vitamins will help protect your eyes On more than one occasion you will have heard that an inadequate diet, deficient in certain nutrients, can be very harmful for your health and make you more prone to certain diseases. On the other hand, following a complete and varied diet helps prevent certain health problems. Today we would like to highlight food items that help care for your vision, which suffers so much in your daily living. 8 products to protect your eyes: Green leafy vegetables: Green vegetables like spinach, Swiss chards, curly cabbage, broccoli or turnip greens are rich in vitamin A, which helps protect the cornea. They also contain lutein which works as a natural solar filter, zeaxanthin, which prevents macular degeneration, and folic acid, necessary for embryonic development and for preventing cataracts. 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