Eating well to see well!

Many campaigns emphasize the importance of eating five fruits and vegetables a day to stay healthy.

A healthy diet also has an impact on the health of your eyes!

This is at least what several studies tend to show, highlighting the effects of vitamins A, B, C and E, zinc, and lutein on the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

This disease, which affects the macula (the area at the center of the retina), affects nearly one million people in France and can lead to blindness.

So make the switch to fruits and vegetables to benefit from these effects as early as possible.

For vitamin A, turn to carrots, spinach, broccoli, green cabbage, mangoes, and apricots.

For vitamin B, opt for beef liver, fish, milk, yeast, peas, and dried fruits.

Vitamin C is found in fresh fruits and vegetables (don't forget parsley, bell pepper, cauliflower…). 

Finally, think of vegetable oils and oil-rich nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts), which contain vitamin E. For zinc, favor shellfish, oysters, liver, and cooked dried legumes.

Lutein, for its part, is a pigment present in the macula whose function is to ­prevent retinal degeneration.

As such, it plays a role in the prevention of cataracts and in slowing AMD.

It is not produced by the body and is found in dark green vegetables and egg yolk.