Protect your sight with palm wine, vegetables( page 2)

As we age, our eyes also age and are prone to some ailments and diseases and the older lens would no longer have the ability to adjust as accurately as we would wish at different distances. Not only that, older eye pupils would no longer dilates as much as possible to let light reach the retina. For instance, an 80-year-old retina cannot perform as a 20year old retina in a well-illuminated room. This is because an 80-year-old retina receives one-sixth of the light of a 20-year-old retina in a well-illuminated room and one-sixteenth as much light in a darker room.

Also, as we advance in age, the eye is also become more vulnerable to cataract(clouded lens) and macular degeneration (which means the deterioration of the centre of the retina, or macula). Cataract is more often seen in older people, but may also occur at any time of life. For those who do not know what cataract means, it is a cloudy, opaque area in the lens of the eye, arising form thickening of the protein substances within the lens itself. Cataract that interferes with normal vision can be removed surgically depending on doctor’s advice.


However, to prevent us from developing cataract in old age and guard against other eye diseases such as macular degeneration and astigmatism as well as inconveniences of using eye glasses, it is advisable we start to make certain green leafy vegetables necessary part of our diet. It has been confirmed by scientists and natural medicine doctors that regular eating of green leaf vegetables like ugwu, amaranthus, spinach and lettuce is good for the eye. They are jam-packed with vitamins A, C, and K, folate, magnesium, potassium, iron, lutein, and phytochemicals that prevent macular degeneration and cataract, the leading causes of blindness in people over the age of 60 worldwide.

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