Did you know that diet is an important factor in eye health? Here are some eye-healthy foods that help reduce the risk of eye disease.

• Orange coloured fruits and vegetables- your retina needs Vitamin A to help turn light into images, and moisten the eye. Foods like carrots, sweet potato, and apricots all contain Vitamin A, making them a great addition to your eye healthy diet.
• Vitamin C, (or vitamin see!) helps your body fight damage caused by unhealthy habits, bad food and envirmonmental factors that release free radicals. Vitamin C is a powehouse in fighting these off adn repair and regrow healthy cells. Oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, tomatoes, red capsicum and so much more are full of free radical fighting Vitamin C, helping reduce the risk of age related macula degeneration and cataracts.
• Leafy Green vegetables full of lutein and zeaxanthin, these are the antioxidants found in the pigments of these vegetables. These are key to protecting the macula. Kale, spinach, broccoli, peas and even eggs are a great source of lutein and zeaxanthin.
• Beans and zinc, which can help protect your eyes from the harmful effects of UV. Kidney beans, black eyed peas, lima beans, oysters, lean red meat all contain copper and zinc.