Food for your Eyes

NATURAL Eye Care FOOD Take a look at the various conditions for Your affecting different parts of the eye and see which foods contain the vitamins and nutrients necessary to keep your EYES eyes healthy and your vision, sharp. RETINA Conditions Needed Vitamins & Nutrients · Macular degeneration Antioxidants · Diabetic retinopathy Bioflavonoids · Carotenoids: Astaxanthin, Lutein, Zeaxanthin Vitamins & other supplements · Acetyl-L-carnitine · COQ10 . Vitamin D . Vitamin A Essential fatty acids Amino acids Good Food Sources Spinach Carrots Sweet potatoes Seafood Eggs Kale Asparagus MACULA Conditions Needed Vitamins & Nutrients Vitamins & other supplements · Acetyl-L-carnitine · COQ10 · Vitamin D Macular degeneration Antioxidants Macular edema Bioflavonoids · Carotenoids Amino acids Essential fatty acids Good Food Sources Orange peppers Broccoli Grape seed extract Spinach Eggs Walnuts Milk LENS Condition Needed Vitamins & Nutrients Vitamins & other supplements · N-acetyl-carnosine Vitamin C · Vitamin E · Cataracts Antioxidants · Bioflavonoids · Carotenoids · Glutathione Good Food Sources Broccoli Spinach Sweet potatoes Bilberry Carrots PHOTORECEPTORS Conditions Needed Vitamins & Nutrients Cone-rod dystrophy · Retinitis pigmentosa · Night blindness Antioxidants Vitamins & other supplements · Bioflavonoids · Carotenoids Vitamin A Vitamin E Essential fatty acids · Vitamin C · Alpha lipoic acid Good Food Sources Carrots Sweet potatoes Salmon Spinach Eggs Walnuts VITREOUS Condition Needed Vitamins & Nutrients · Vitreous detachment · Eye floaters Essential fatty acids Amino acids Vitamins & other supplements · Hyaluronic acid . Glucosamine sulfate . Vitamin C · Silica Antioxidants · Bioflavonoids Good Food Sources Broccoli Spinach Walnuts Tempe Soy Eggs Salmon Cucumber CONNECTIVE TISSUE Conditions Needed Vitamins & Nutrients Vitamins & other supplements · Glycosaminoglycans Hyaluronic acid MSM Retinal detachment Antioxidants Bioflavonoids Macular hole Essential fatty acids Vitamin C · Silica · Glucosamine sulfate Good Food Sources Broccoli Spinach Salmon Walnuts Cucumber CORNEA Condition Needed Vitamins & Nutrients · Fuch's dystrophy · Corneal dystrophy • Keratoconus Essential fatty acids Sunlight Antioxidants · Bioflavonoids · Carotenoids Good Food Sources Fish Broccoli Walnuts Sweet potatoes Eggs Salmon Carrots OPTIC NERVE Conditions Needed Vitamins & Nutrients · Glaucoma · Optic neuritis · Optic nerve atrophy Vitamins & other supplements · Vitamin E Amino acids Taurine Vitamin C Antioxidants · Bioflavonoids Bilberry · N-acetyl-carnosine Essential fatty acids · Vitamin B12 Magnesium N-acetyl-cysteine · Gingko biloba Good Food Sources Bilberry Anthocyanidin (found in vegetables such as eggplant) Grape seed extract Broccoli Salmon Walnuts Source: http://www.naturaleyecare.com/eye-disease-prevention/food-sources-for-nutrients.asp http://www.naturaleyecare.com/researchlist.asp