| ays we know of many different discount vitamins | | | | effective and potent of the antioxidants important |
| for healthy eyesight though in the past our | | | | for the health of your eyes. Vitamin E helps |
| mother and grandmothers told us to eat carrots | | | | vitamin C to work at its greatest effect, and |
| and we would see in the dark. Somewhat | | | | without the presence of vitamin E, vitamin C |
| overstated, but it was true that carrots were | | | | would be less potent as a free radical scavenger. |
| good for our eyesight. Our parents knew what | | | | Vitamin E also works synergistically with the |
| they were talking about, if not the reason for it. | | | | mineral selenium that helps the body to create |
| Carrots are rich in beta carotene and vitamin A. In | | | | other antioxidants. Without vitamin E, selenium too |
| fact, one average sized carrot contains twice the | | | | would be less effective, so E is a very important |
| recommended daily allowance of vitamin A, and it | | | | vitamin for healthy eyesight. |
| is true what they say: that if you eat too many | | | | Another mineral that is present in the eyes in a |
| carrots your skin will turn yellow. Not great for | | | | greater concentration than anywhere else in the |
| your tan then, but great for your eyesight. And | | | | body is zinc. The importance of zinc lies in its |
| the great thing about vitamin A being good for | | | | effect on enzyme production, many of which |
| your eyesight is that there is nothing special about | | | | have antioxidant properties. This mineral keeps |
| it. | | | | the photoreceptors in your retina working as they |
| Vitamin A is not an expensive supplement, and is | | | | should, and also protects the lens from developing |
| available online at discount prices. It is perhaps not | | | | cataracts. Zinc is another example of a substance |
| a coincidence that most of the vitamins and | | | | that requires the presence of a second substance |
| supplements that are good for your eyesight are | | | | for it to work properly, since it needs copper to |
| well known, and available at low prices. It is likely | | | | enable it to be safely secreted from the body. |
| that the vitamins necessary for optimum health | | | | That is why it is important that you get balanced |
| are those that are most readily available, by | | | | nutrition, since zinc alone would be less effective |
| virtue of the fact that the most essential will be | | | | that a supplement containing both zinc and copper. |
| the most popular and hence the most commonly | | | | It is these synergisms of vitamins with other |
| produced. The most commonly produced will, by | | | | vitamins, vitamins with minerals and minerals with |
| definition, be those that are offered at a | | | | other minerals that most people are unaware of, |
| discounted price due to the competition between | | | | and if they purchased the separate nutrients they |
| the outlets that market them. | | | | would not be effective. However, if purchased as |
| It should not surprise you; therefore, to find that | | | | discount multivitamin and mineral supplements |
| the ubiquitous vitamin C also promotes healthy | | | | they are effective and you will also pay less! |
| eyesight. Vitamin C is a strong antioxidant that | | | | Mention was previously made of antioxidant |
| provides protection to various cells and tissues in | | | | enzymes produced by the body. Here is another |
| your body, including those of the brain and the | | | | example of the necessity for a multivitamin and |
| eye. That is particularly important in this day and | | | | mineral supplement. In order for these enzymes |
| age when your eyes are subject to the ravages | | | | to be activated as antioxidants, and enable them |
| of free radicals. | | | | to mop up free radicals, they need manganese. |
| Free radicals are chemicals produced naturally by | | | | Without manganese they are powerless. |
| the body when fighting disease or converting food | | | | Another supplement that is good for healthy |
| into energy, and can damage other cells if not | | | | eyesight is ginkgo biloba, known for its effect on |
| destroyed quickly. That is the job of the | | | | memory. It actually aids memory by acting as an |
| antioxidants such as vitamins A and C. However, | | | | antioxidant for the free radicals that can ravage |
| in this modern era, free radical formation is | | | | the brain especially in the elderly, and also by |
| becoming more prevalent since they are created | | | | improving the blood flow in the brain. It is also |
| by the body through the action of sunlight passing | | | | effective in maintaining the health of your eyes. It |
| through a depleted ozone layer, chemical pollution, | | | | helps to improve the blood flow to the eye in the |
| insecticides and smoking. | | | | same way as it does to the brain, and can help to |
| The antioxidants are therefore working overtime, | | | | slow down the deterioration of your retina. |
| and if you suffer from a deficiency, then you | | | | Suma extract is an adaptogen, which is a |
| could be in trouble. Free radicals can cause heart | | | | powerful antioxidant in its own right without |
| problems, promote the formation of cancer cells | | | | needing the presence of any synergistic |
| and ruin your eyesight. Antioxidants protect our | | | | substances. Suma is used in many commercially |
| eyes from cataracts, macular degeneration that | | | | available eyesight supplements, and a further |
| affects the central vision from the middle part of | | | | benefit of this plant, if you can call it that, is that |
| the eye, and glaucoma, which is a build-up of | | | | it is believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac! You |
| pressure within your eyeball that can damage | | | | should therefore be careful how you use it. |
| your optic nerve and eventually lead to blindness. | | | | Perhaps bilberry, another antioxidant would be |
| Vitamin C is found at up to 50 times the level in | | | | better for you. |
| the aqueous humor of your eyeball that in your | | | | Apart, perhaps, from suma, all of these |
| blood, and is at its highest within the lens. It | | | | antioxidants and minerals are commonly available, |
| prevents cataracts and also lowers the pressure | | | | and can normally be found at discount prices and |
| within your eye, preventing glaucoma. Luckily, | | | | so reducing the cost to you of protecting your |
| vitamin C is one of those vitamins that are readily | | | | eyesight. The antioxidants will also protect from |
| available, both in your normal diet and as a | | | | some forms of heart disease and cell disruption |
| supplement, and can easily be obtained at | | | | that can lead to cancer. |
| discounted prices and so are not a drain on your | | | | The benefits of discount vitamins for healthy |
| finances. | | | | eyesight, therefore, also provide wider ranging |
| Although both vitamin A and vitamin C are good | | | | benefits for your body in general, and are not |
| antioxidants, it is vitamin E that is the most | | | | only restricted to your eyesight. |