Honoring Healthy Vision Month
B ehold, the month that truly starts showing e V getabl es: Carrots, spi nach, squashes, the feroc i ty of summer heat: July. For most, sweet potatoes, broccoli, romaine lettuce this month includes a plethora of family and Fruits: f r iend gatherings, as well as many trips to Cantaloupe, tomatoes, apricots, the b eac h or the closest pool. If you haven’tgrapefruit, oranges, peaches, mangoes made b est f r iends with your neighbors who have a p o ol, now is definitely the time! Know uYr Fa mily Histor y
Published monthly by Lifestyles After 50 Volume 33, Issue 7
Publisher Adam Hansen adam.hansen@lifestylesfter50.com Editor Rebecca Fending Editor@lifestylesafter50.com Website Editor Allie Shaw Allie.Shaw@lifestylesafter50.com
Aside f rom the oppressive humidity andUnlike the above preventative ca re options, Distribution it’ s imp o rtant to k n ow what to ex p e c t f r om distribution@lifestylesafter50.com sc reaming sun, July also means that summer 813-336-8247 your lineage. For some peopl e, 20/ vision is well underway. That may mean that Questions/Customer Service some of us are simply trying to surviveruns and in the family, but cataracts tend to 813-336-8247 e k ep our daily shower count to two, and develop later in life. For others, glasses are Press Releases fo r others, you may be planning your fallneeded starting at tiny tot age without aEditor@lifestylesafter50.com history of degenerative ocular conditions. garden. I t also means that we may have Advertising Sales Many health conditions tend to be genetic, f i gured out our updated aftercare routine Sales: so it’ s b e st if you k n ow what to look out (813) 336-8247 Ext. 2 fo r a day in the sun. Who knew how well an Sales@lifestylesafter50.com for by reviewing the family history, starting aloe vera leaf could fix up a pair of burned Aspen Hansen: (813) 336-8247 Ext. 2 with your parents and grandparents. shoulders? aspen.hansen@lifestylesafter50.com Joe Gess: 813-817-9855 Arguab l y, one of the best things about JulyThrow n Some Sha de s Joe.Gess@lifestylesafter50.com is the Fo urth. Fireworks , family, fr iends and Mervyn Hollander T p, don’t choose a pair of Ch eap Mervyn.Hollander@lifestylesafter50.com great fo od— w hat more could you want Un forlike Z o Jim Commiskey: a summer c elebration? Staying on top of Sunglasses. Be sure to invest in a pair that jim.commiskey@lifestylesafter50.com f i ts you b e st and b l oc k s 9 to 1 0 p e rc e nt your eye health is cr ucial to enjoying the V and UVB radiation. Sunglasses merriment and awe of Independence Dayof both UA Event Sales abl e to bl ock that much of the harmful rays Events@lifestylesafter50.com f i reworks fo r years to come. Below are from the sun help preserve the delicate j u st a few ways that you can celebrate and proteins in your eyes, warding off cataractsTo Learn More, call 813-336-8247 honor the National Eye Institute’s Healthy or email and degeneration of your eyesight. V i sion M o nth: info@lifestylesafter50.com
No matter how you pl an on celebrating this month, be sure to do so with your eye e W all k n ow that certain foods can act as health in mind and a cold drink in hand. Maybe, too, near a body of water. p reventative maintenance when it comes E a t F o r u Y Ey e s
to c ertain medical conditions and health. T e k care, and we’l l see you in August! However, b elow is a list of foods great fora eye health, many of them being fruits and veggies high in beta-carotene and vitamin A, b o th c r uc i al fo r your eyes: Rebecca Fending, Editor
Rebecca
e a great month and H av
st! we'll see you in Augu
Lifestyles After 50 P.O. Box 638 Seffner, Florida 33583 (Fax) 813-331-2634
www.lifestylesafter50.com
Attention Readers: The articles printed in Lifestyles After 50 do not necessarily re ect the opinion of the Editor or the staff. Lifestyles After 50 endeavors to accept reliable advertising; however, we cannot be held responsible by the public for advertising claims. Lifestyles After 50 reserves the right to refuse or discontinue any advertisement. Our advertising deadline for each issue is the 15th of the previous month. Magazines are out by the 10th of each month. All rights reserved. As a reader of Lifestyles After 50, you are creating an established relationship with our advertisers. You may be contacted by email, telephone or mail as allowed by law.
Lifestyles After 50 • July 2022 • 3
