When asked the question, 'which sense would you least like to lose?', most of us answer, 'our sight', but we still do things that could be jeopardizing this most precious of senses. In particular many of us ignore the importance of key dietary habits. These will help us maintain good eyesight.

A healthy diet, combined with a healthy lifestyle, can vastly reduce your risk of blindness. Read on for the top 10 tips to eat your way to good vision.

1. Balance your diet
Eating a balanced diet not only keeps you healthy, but it also helps to avoid developing type-2 diabetes. This is important because diabetes is the most common cause of blindness in adults. Diabetic retinopathy, or retinal damage related to diabetes, is... [read full entry]

Here are some guidelines to help you choose which organic foods you should be buying, when possible. The USDA, Consumer Reports and The Environmental Working Group have compiled a list they call, "The Dirty Dozen," which shows the 12 fruits and vegetables with the highest amount of pesticides, or the ones you should try to get as organic. [read full entry]

Contributed by: Jeffery Averill L.Ac.
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