Want a diet that might help your eyes? Think green.
Chicago ophthalmologist Dr. Jonathan Rosin recommends a diet rich in green, leafy vegetables, plus adding in two servings of fish a week.
“It’s all the things that mom told you to do,” Rosin said.
The federal National Eye Institute’s Age-Related Eye Disease Study found that taking in high levels of antioxidants and zinc can reduce the risk of macular degeneration by about 25 percent.
So think spinach, kale, broccoli, lettuce.
“Those are diets that really tend to provoke less eye diseases than other diets,” he said.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology, too, suggests a few foods to keep eyes healthy. It recommends a diet of foods low in fat and rich in fruits, veggies and grains.