New Vitamin a

By Dominic Bowen


HEALTHY eyes depend on a good range of food and minerals. Here are the vitamins you need to maintain a good vision

Vitamin A. It may protect surfaces in the eye against oxidative damage and is thought to have a role in the fixing of cells that have been hurt. Foods with Vitamin An are liver, dairy products and eggs.

Vitamin C. It is in high concentrations in the tissues of the eye. Inadequacies can result in numerous eye Problems.

Foods high in Vitamin C are kalamansi, blackcurrants, strawberries and citrus fruits.

*Zinc. It is in a number of tissues within the eye, where it is said to play a protective role against age-implicated wear and tear.

Eggs, seafood, meats, nuts and legumes all are high in zinc. Potatoes in the United Kingdom, every person eats 207lb of this versatile vegetable every year and surveys suggest two thirds of us believe - in the case of the jacket spud at least - that it qualifies as one of our suggested 'five portions of fruit and vegetables a day '. However surprisingly, it does not, according to the govt at least.

Vitamin a Despite the proven fact that the potato is one hundred percent natural, fat and cholesterol-free and brimming with vitamins and minerals, the Dept of Health ( DoH ) has never included it in the 'five a day ' factors since it launched its healthy-eating campaign in March 2003. In fact , it doesn't even class the potato as a vegetable in any way.

'Potatoes are botanically classified as a plant, but they're classified nutritionally as a starchy food, ' says a DoH spokesman. 'This is really because when eaten as part of a meal, they are most often used in the place of other starchy carbs,eg bread, pasta or rice.




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