Sight, like smell, taste, touch and hearing, is one of the most important senses. When vision loss begins, your whole life is affected. Although vision loss begins with age, you can delay this situation or accelerate it without realizing it. In short, you can prevent vision loss by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
VITAMIN A DAMAGES
Vitamin A deficiency can directly cause vision loss. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) warns that vitamin A deficiency is the “leading cause of preventable blindness” in children worldwide.
Vitamin A plays an important role in your vision. As the AAO explains, in order to see the full spectrum of light, your eye needs to produce certain pigments for your retina to function properly. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness by stopping the production of these pigments. Your eye also needs vitamin A to nourish other parts of the eye, including the cornea. Without enough vitamin A, your eyes cannot produce enough moisture.
VITAMIN A RICH FOODS
- Cheese
- Egg
- oily fish
- Milk and yogurt
- Liver
- Colorful vegetables such as tomatoes, carrots, green and red peppers.
- Spinach, broccoli and green leafy vegetables.
- Fruits such as melon, mango.
- Carrot