The American Optometric
Association (AOA) and registered dietician Elizabeth Somer have provided a list
of heart-and eye-healthy recipes on the AOA website that will provide key nutrients for improving
eye health.
The list of recipes
include some delicious meals including seared tuna with orange, avocado and
cilantro salsa, grilled chicken and mangos on baby greens, and whole wheat
penne pasta with spinach and gorgonzola. These eye-healthy recipes are rich in fiber,
iron, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin E, folate, and zinc.
A Vision Service Provider (VSP) network doctor, Leland Carr,
OD says on the VSP website, “Eating carrots won’t make you see better than you already do, but
there is a lot of truth in the idea that they can help protect vision. Carrots
contain a lot of vitamin A, and there have been several studies recently
showing that this vitamin – along with vitamins C and E – helps to reduce the
impact of both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).”
So our Moms didn't lie to us when we were kids, carrots do help protect our vision.
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