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When Eyes Meet Vitamins
A quick Google search for “eye problems” gives you a long list of eye conditions with the most common causes being aging and overuse. Today I would like to highlight a third common and often-overlooked cause vitamin deficiency.
What do vitamins have to do with my eyes?
Vitamin A is called a “special vitamin for the eyes”. When you can't see clearly at night or your vision decreases, or if your eyes feel dry or you feel something seems to be in your eyes, then you may have a vitamin A deficiency.
Vitamin C can help to reduce oxidation of your eye lens, so it plays an important role of preventing cataracts.
Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, is an intimate part of coenzymes that help maintain a healthy metabolism of the retina and cornea. If you are short of vitamin B it may cause dry eyes, red eyes, tearing and itchy eyes.
What is the best way to improve my vitamin levels?
There are two main ways to improve your body's vitamin level changing your normal diet and taking vitamin supplements.
Good sources of vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin C are meats, eggs, milk, fruit, vegetable and seafood.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, so you will never find natural vitamin A from fat-free milk (one of the benefits of drinking whole milk).
It is worth noting that vitamin C is the most unstable vitamin. The right way to store vegetables and cook them is very important for avoiding the loss of this and other important vitamins.
Vitamin B2 can be found from a lot of food. Normally milk, eggs and meats are good sources.
Beyond food, people like taking vitamin supplements to improve their vitamin levels. However, you should be careful about how much you take. Vitamin C and vitamin B are the safest in that even an overdose of 100 times the suggested daily value won't cause any big problems (the extra vitamins exit the body in urine). Vitamin A and especially vitamin D are not as safe as vitamins B and C so they should be consumed carefully.
The best way to know how much you should take is to find out how much you need first.
Always learn the reasons for doing something before you do it when it comes to improving your health. Targeting what your body needs exactly will save you time, money and maybe your life as well.
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