An Eye-Friendly Foods Shopping List

Food guide · 5 min read

Before you buy any capsule, look at what is in your basket. The pigments and vitamins named on eye labels all come from ordinary food.

For lutein and zeaxanthin, buy spinach, kale, corn and eggs. Orange peppers are a good pick too. Cook the greens with a little oil. These pigments dissolve in fat, so your body takes them up better.

For vitamin C, pick oranges, strawberries and red peppers. You do not need a pill to reach 90 mg. One piece of fruit can do it.

For lycopene, buy tomatoes. Cooked ones, such as sauce or soup, are a fine choice.

For zinc and copper, look at nuts, seeds, whole grains and shellfish. For vitamin E, try almonds and sunflower seeds.

Fish such as salmon supplies astaxanthin, the pink pigment, and taurine. Food will not treat an eye disease. But a varied plate costs little and helps your whole body.

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