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Living an overall healthy life is good for your eyes. Healthy vision starts with healthy eating and exercise habits.
There's more to complete eye health than just carrots. Are you eating food that promotes the best vision possible? Learn what foods boost your eye well-being and help protect against diseases. Here are important nutrients to look for when selecting your foods.
- Beta carotene or Vitamin A (helps the retina function smoothly): carrots and apricots
- Vitamin C (reduce risk of macular degeneration and cataracts): citrus and blueberries
- Vitamin E (hinders progression of cataracts and AMD): almonds and sunflower seeds
- Riboflavin (helps your eyes adapt in changes in light): broccoli and bell peppers
- Lutein (antioxidant to maintain health while aging): spinach and avacado
- Zinc (transfers vitamin A to the retina for eye-protective melanin productions and helps with night vision): beans and soy beans
- DHA (helps prevent Dry Eye): Fatty fish like salmon and...
Motherhood.., the sheer sound of it brings enduring memories. A mother’s touch, her voice, her cooking, and the smile of approval in her eyes. Science has recently proven that there is a transference of emotion and programming from birth and infancy between a mother and her child... a type of communication, if you will, that occurs when the infant looks into its mother’s eyes. So what is this programming? How does it work and what effect does it have on the life of the child? What happens if it never happened to the infant? What happens if the mother is blind? These questions and more can be answered through a term called “triadic exchanges” in which infants learn social skills.
The gaze into a mother’s eyes brings security and well being to the child. When she gazes at another person, it makes the infant look at what she is gazing at, and introduces the infant to others in the world. This is known as a triadic exchange. So now their world is no longer just one person, their...