The same healthy diet that’s good for your heart and arteries can help preserve your eyes and vision.As part of an overall healthy diet, several key nutrients appear to be particularly important to preserving sight as we get older.A decade ago, the Age-Related Eye Disease Study reported that people given vitamin E, vitamin C, beta carotene, and zinc in supplements were less likely to develop advanced age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. The combination was most effective at slowing the progression from intermediate to advanced AMD, which is one of the leading causes of age-related blindness. Because of those findings, many people diagnosed with early signs of AMD today are routinely prescribed a pill that combines these nutrients.Two other nutrients -- lutein and zeaxanthin are also linked to lower risk of macular degeneration and cataracts.
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