What can I do to keep my eyes as healthy as possible?

What can I do to keep my eyes as healthy as possible?

There’s a lot you can do to protect your vision. Recommendations include:

• See your eye care professional at regularly scheduled intervals, even if you don’t have any noticeable changes in your vision. Some eye diseases don’t have early warning signs. Ask your eye care professional how often you should be seen.
• Know your risk factors for eye diseases. Some include age, family history of eye diseases, your ethnic background or having other health conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes.
• Make healthy lifestyle choices. Keeping your body as healthy as possible will lower your risk for eye diseases or vision problems. Maintain a healthy weight, eat healthy foods, exercise for at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week and stop smoking are some examples of healthy choices.
• Protect your eyes. Wear sunglasses even on cloudy days to protect your eyes from UVA and UVB light. Wear proper protective eyewear when playing sports or when working on home or industrial projects. Follow instructions for wearing and cleaning contacts. Avoid prolonged computer and phone eye strain. Rest your eyes and focus on distant objects for a minute every 20 minutes.