Preventing Macular Degeneration

Making healthy lifestyle choices is key to protecting your vision as you age, and when it comes to macular degeneration, prevention is especially important because there is no known cure for the often-debilitating eye disease, which can cause mild to severe vision loss. Fortunately, many of the same methods that can be used to help prevent the disease can also be used to help lessen its impact. Lifestyle choices that can help prevent or treat macular degeneration include not smoking, eating a healthy diet filled with nutrients known to boost eye health, and taking vitamin and mineral supplements like fish oil. Maintaining a healthy weight, exercising, limiting your intake of simple carbs, controlling your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, wearing sunglasses that block damaging UV rays, and getting regular eye exams may also help. Some experts even suggest that hormone health may play a role in protecting your vision as you age. Read more…