OPTICAL PRISM | VISION & VOICE
How do diet and physical activity influence eye health ?
“ A healthy lifestyle consisting of “ Physical activity is not just a balanced diet and regular good for your heart ; it ’ s also exercise is essential to strong important for overall vision physical health . Eye health reflects a person ' s physical health health . Maintaining an active lifestyle can help people with diabetes maintain their blood and many clinical signs can be sugar control and prevent detected during a comprehensive annual eye exam .” complications from diabetes-related retinopathy .”
DR . BRIDGITTE SHEN LEE , DR . MANVEEN BEDI ,
Optometrist and medical advisor to
Yonge Eyes Optometry . The Vision Council .
“ Many people don ' t realize just how much nutrition and energy is needed for vision . In fact , to support its metabolism , the retina requires a three times higher rate of blood flow through its fine blood vessels than any other tissue of the body . Both good nutrition and good circulation are necessary to support and maintain eye health .”
DR . DAPHNE MCCULLOCH , University of Waterloo , School of Optometry and Vision Science .
“ A healthy and nutrient-rich diet can lower our risk of certain eye diseases . This includes foods rich in antioxidants , particularly vitamins C and E , vegetables rich in lutein and zeaxanthin and foods containing the omega 3 fatty acids EPA and DHA , just to name a few .”
DR . LOUIS BAHOSHY , Stoney Creek Eye Care .
8 OPTICAL PRISM | March 2021