Many vegetables and fruits contain a lot of vitamins, anthocyanins and other nutrients that are very good for vision. The nutrition of fruits and vegetables should be orange, blue and green.
In summer, there are many colorful fruits and vegetables. Remember, orange, blue and green will help you get the nutrition vision care needs! Orange, persimmon and mango are rich in vitamin A, which is a component of retinal photosensitive pigment. It is an indispensable nutrient for eye protection and eyesight improvement, and can also prevent and treat dry eye. Papaya contains vitamin C, which is one of the components of eyeball lens and can prevent cataracts caused by lens opacity.
Blue-purple anthocyanins prevent eye diseases
Blueberries, cranberries, black cherries, purple grapes, California plums, etc. Both contain anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are blue-purple pigments and polyphenols, which can avoid the damage of reactive oxygen species to microvessels, promote the regeneration of important pigment bodies in the retina, promote the blood circulation of the retina, and help to improve eye fatigue, vision loss, presbyopia, cataract and other ophthalmic diseases.
Cranberries contain anthocyanins, which can promote the regeneration of important pigment bodies in the retina. (Photography/Huang Zhiwen) Dark green vegetables prevent aging.
Among dark green vegetables, amaranth, spinach, leek and green pepper are rich in vitamin A, while spinach, cabbage, kale, mustard and celery are rich in lutein, zeaxanthin and other nutrients. Lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoids, which can help eyes resist ultraviolet rays and have health care and preventive effects on vision loss, aging, cataract and macular diseases.
Vision care must eat orange, blue and green fruits and vegetables.
1. Orange fruits (rich in vitamin A and vitamin C): oranges, persimmons, mangoes and papaya.
2. Blue-purple fruits (rich in anthocyanins): blueberries, cranberries, black cherries, purple grapes and California plums.
3. Dark green vegetables (rich in vitamin A and carotenoids): amaranth, spinach, leek, green pepper, cabbage, kale, mustard and celery.