The team at Allied Health wants your vision to be as sharp as possible for years and years to come. Fortunately, there are ways that you can help improve and protect your vision for the long haul.

Seeing Into a Healthier Future

While corrective lenses or surgery can sometimes be the answer to helping people improve their vision, there are also lifestyle habits that can benefit your eyes, including:

A Healthy, Eye-friendly Diet

You need to eat anyway, so why not choose foods that satisfy your tummy and your vision? The next time you eat at a restaurant or go to the grocery store, try choosing some of these items:

• Bananas
• Beans
• Carrots
• Collards
• Grapefruit
• Kale
• Lemons
• Limes
• Nuts
• Oranges
• Salmon
• Spinach
• Tuna

Smoking Cessation

Now would also be a great time to stop smoking, especially since smoking can lead to macular degeneration and cataracts. Plus, tobacco use is bad for your overall health. Therefore, by quitting smoking, you could be saving your eyesight, as well as improving other aspects of your health.

Sunglasses

Just like your skin needs protection during the warmer months, so does your eyesight. In fact, just like smoking, the sun’s strong UV rays can also lead to macular degeneration and cataracts. Visit our Allied Optical Shop to take a look at our sunglasses that help to block UVA and UVB rays, as well as some that can help block the sides of your eyes for added protection from the sun. And one other tip: The sun’s rays are powerful all year long. Eighty percent of the harmful rays come through even on cloudy days.

Make an appointment with Allied Eye today if you have questions about how you can improve and protect your eye health. We’re here to help you see things more clearly.