How to keep your eyes healthy

These are basic steps to keep in mind to maintain the health of your eyes and preserve your eyesight. You can't change your genetics or hereditary conditions. However you can control your lifestyle.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Protect your eyes from ultraviolet rays from the sun. Wear 100% UV sunglasses, prescription glasses with UV coating outdoors as much as possible. Too much exposure to UV rays can cause inflammation on the white of your eyes, inflame the cornea, cause cataracts and increase risk of age-related macular degeneration.
2. If you smoke, work on quitting. Smoking increases your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, optic nerve disease, retina hemorrhage and retina swelling. These conditions could cause permanent loss of vision. If you don't smoke, avoid second hand smoke.
3. Exercise on a regular basis. Proper circulation is important in your system to all of your organs including the eyeballs.
4. Healthy diet. Eat a VARIETY of fruits and vegetables. Anti-oxidants help maintain the health of the retina tissue.
5. Get annual eye examinations, even if you "see fine" and "feel fine". Everyone should have their vision checked and eye health checked yearly. Many eye conditions are asymptomatic. Many eye conditions that are asymptomatic have systemic implications. Many eye conditions reveal an undiagnosed systemic condition.