Not Only Carrots, This Is A Series Of Foods That Are Good For Eye Health

Illustration of high-fat foods for vitamin C and antioxidants for eye health (Freepic)

JAKARTA - Maintaining eye health is not enough just by regularly eating carrots. Eye health expert, Mata Health Edukator and lecturer from President University, Andrea Surya Anugrah said, there are a number of other foods that are also good for eye health.

"What really needs to be known is for parents, healthy food or vegetables for the eyes, not just carrots," said Andrea Surya Anugrah as quoted by Antara.

According to him, green vegetables also have good benefits for maintaining eye health, both for children and also for adults, such as kale, spinach, kale, and collard vegetables.

Green vegetables are believed to prevent visual impairment because they contain vitamins and antioxidants.

In addition, he continued, fruits can also improve health in the eyes, even though they have high vitamin C content such as oranges, lemons, and also Balinese oranges.

The fruits are believed to help form and maintain connective tissue, including collagen in the human eye corona.

"Then the fruits should not be left behind, vitamin C also has benefits for the eyes," he said.

In addition to carrots that are known to have a good function to maintain eye health. Other foods that can provide positive benefits to the health of the eyes include nuts, red meat, and fish.

Then Omega 3 which is in eggs and fish. Make salmon, bloating, it's also okay that Omega 3 is pretty good. Meat too, such as red meat then components such as nuts can also be useful for eye health," he said.

So, he said, people don't need to focus on carrots vegetables to maintain eye health in their children. Consumption of vegetables and fruit according to him, can maintain eye health in children according to their daily needs.