Vitamins and Minerals Essential for Eye Health

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What vitamins and minerals are essential for eye health? Here is a list of vitamins essential for eye health: Eyebright Quercetin Bilberry Lycopene Lutein Zeaxanthin Rutin Grape Seed Magnesium Thiamine Riboflavin Omega-3 Fatty Acids Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Zinc


What uses do these vitamins and minerals have for the eyes?

Here is a list of vitamins essential for eye health: Eyebright - Helps with treating eye inflammation, red eyes, pink eye and improving vision. Quercetin - Helps fight against free radicals that cause cell damage in the eyes. Bilberry - Helps with eye fatigue and retinal inflammation. Lycopene - Helps prevent nerve inflammation caused by oxidative stress in the eyes. Lutein - Helps prevent age related macular disease in the eyes and protects against harmful light waves.


What uses do these vitamins and minerals have for the eyes?

Zeaxanthin - Helps against oxidation and absorbs blue light waves that cause eye damage. Rutin - Helps prevent blood vessel diseases in the eyes. Grape Seed - Helps against macular degenration, cataracts and eye strain. Magnesium - Helps with muscle relaxation in the eyes. Thiamine - Helps against deficiency in the optic nerve of the eyes. Riboflavin - Helps prevent vascularization of the cornea. Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Help protect the eye from degenerative damage and works as an anti-inflammatory.


What uses do these vitamins and minerals have for the eyes?

Vitamin C - Helps protect the eye tissue from oxidative changes. Vitamin D - Helps improve eyesight by protecting against age related eye diseases. Vitamin E - Helps reduce oxidative stress in the eyes. Zinc - Helps promote healthy cell metabolism in the eye to keep vision in optimal condition.


What can I consume to obtain these vitamins and minerals for my eye health?

Some foods such as fruits and vegetables contain these vitamins but they do not contain all of them. Hence why you need to dial down on your eye care with an eye supplement. Eye supplements contain all the essential vitamins for your eyes that fruits and vegetables do alone. Combining a healthy diet and taking eye supplements will assure you have taken well care for your eyes.


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