July: Healthy Vision Month

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Jul 9, 2021 | Maria Pimentel, Public Health Intern | @pimentelmaria

An article from 2019 by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), discusses the importance of an adequate diet and a healthy lifestyle on the ocular health. The article Nutrition and Eye Health, analyzes 12 articles that talk about the important role of nutrition to prevent ocular disease, "Diet is a key lifestyle factor that can have long-term effects on ocular health...The eye is particularly susceptible to oxidative stress as a result of its high oxygen consumption, high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids and cumulative exposure to high-energy visible light. This combination of factors leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species that can trigger oxidative damage to ocular tissues."

Click here to read more about Nutrition and Eye Health on the National Institutes of Health Library of Medicine.

Reference

Lawrenson, J. G., & Downie, L. E. (2019). Nutrition and Eye Health. Nutrients, 11(9), 2123. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11092123