Yes, that’s right anti-aging for the eyes. It is about as simple as it gets. As we age our eyes see less, and less clearer then before. And while it seems common and natural enough, there are ways to help preserve your eyes for the future. You don’t have to struggle with straining them, or even losing your quality of vision. There are vitamin supplements that can help you.

Below are the Top 4 Vitamin Supplements:

Optimal Health Basics:

Multi-Vitamin

This product supports your general health and is great for long-term use.

Optimal Eye:

Anti-Oxidants for the eye.

Combat the advancements of free radicals while supporting the eye’s critical functions and resisting disease.

Optimal Flax:

Flaxseed Oil

This supplement is great for dry eyes, and dry skin. This supplement can provide essential fatty Acids that are required for proper body function. EFA’s are often over looked in the diet and can cause several complications throughout the body including dry eyes, and dry skin.

Optimal Omega:

Fish Oil

This is another great essential fatty acid or (EFA) that is necessary for proper body function. Over 80% of the population is deficient in EFA’s causing several complications including eye health, immune deficiency, and cardiovascular problems. Recent research shows this may help slow macular degeneration and help with overall retina health.

While these are simply supplements, and take time to build up in your body they can do wonders for your future. Check with your primary care physician or your eye care professional for more information on these supplements and more.

Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, MD is a renowned eye surgeon specializing in eye care treatments, and other procedures. For more information regarding these supplements and more visit www.IOptimalHealth.com or visit www.BoxerWachler.com

Risk: sunlight is very intense and the ultraviolet light can cause permanent, chronic yellowing (pinguecula) and redness (pterygium) in the whites of the eyes. Unprotected sun exposure increases risk of cataract development and macular degeneration. People with darker pigmented skin (Blacks, Hispanics, Asian) have high risk of sun causing permanent brown spots in whites of eyes.

I-Brite can treat the yellowing, bloodshot, and pigmented eyes that are caused by years of being in the sun; sun damage begins starting as a child playing outside without sunglasses.

Recommendations to decrease sun damage to eyes:

•Wear sunglasses

•Wear hat

•Best protection is wear both sunglasses and hat since hat blocks light coming in from above rim of sunglasses

•Be sure sunglasses have good wrap around design to block light from sides

•Wear sports sunglasses or goggles in swimming pool or ocean since water gives reflection of sunlight so double UV exposure

•Never look directly at the sun since it can cause retina damage

•Apply an artificial tear drop prior to pro-longer period of time in sun, think of this as sunblock for your eye

•Have your children start weaing sunglasses (we started our 4 y.o. twin girls in sunglasses when they were just one year old).

•Don’t apply sunscreen too close to the eyes as it can get in and burn – if you are exercising while wearing sunscreen don’t apply to eyelids as sweat will cause it to get into the eyes which can burn

•Avoid opening your eyes in a swimming pool with chemical chlorine as it cause caused blurred vision for the rest of the day

•Swim with swimming goggles with tinted UV protection – they also allow you to open your eyes under water

•If you’ve been out in the sun all day and wake up the next day with painful eyes, put artificial tears in. If still painful, see eye doctor right away.

•If you’re playing Summer contact sports like basketball, be sure to wear protective sports goggles or shields. Ditto for Summer hobbyists who work with tools (like grinding) to protect eyes from flying foreign objects that act like tiny missiles and can damage eyes.