Driving, reading, watching your favorite sports event or movies, gazing into the eyes of your loved ones, even walking across the street and shopping -- these and countless other daily activities and pleasures depend upon vision, our dominant sense. As we age, free-radical damage takes its toll on our eyes. While a certain level of free-radical damage to your eyes is unavoidable, appropriate diet and nutritional supplementation can reduce this damage and help support healthy eyes.

Diet

Eat foods that boost vision. Start by emphasizing foods that contain carotenoids, which are highly nutritious chemical compounds found in many fruits and vegetables. Your best choices are spinach and other green leafy vegetables, tomatoes and other brightly colored fruits, grapes (seeds and all), red and yellow onions, and the beverage green tea.

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Exercise

One of the best ways to reduce stress and strain on the eyes, improve the flexibility and strength of the eye muscles, and, in some cases, actually improve visual acuity is to do eye specific exercises. Below are just a few of my top recommended eye exercises.

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Nutrients

Advanced nourishment and protection for the lifelong health of your eyes is available in Dr. Whitaker's top vision recommendation, Vision Essentials.

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