When you’re looking for ways to keep your senior as healthy as possible, you might start looking at small details, like specific vegetables your senior might want to eat more of on a regular basis. Carrots have long been rumored to improve eyesight, but if she eats a lot of them, will they help her vision? There are lots of ways that improving your senior’s diet, especially with helpful assistance from elder care providers, can boost vision and other health concerns.

Carrots and Antioxidants

Carrots are extremely rich in antioxidants, like lots of other vegetables are. Vitamins A, C, and E are all powerful antioxidants that are important for overall health as well as eye health. Beta carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin are other antioxidants in carrots that are fantastic for eye health. But it’s important to note that these nutrients are in lots of other fruits and vegetables, too, not just carrots.

Other Nutrients in Carrots

Carrots have lots of other benefits and nutrients than just antioxidants. Carrots are high in fiber, which is excellent in terms of gut health and heart health. They’re also low in calories, making them an excellent and nutritious snack option. Because carrots are low on the glycemic index, they can also help your senior to avoid spikes in her blood sugar levels.

Eye Health Tips

Just relying on carrots to protect your senior’s eyes isn’t going to be enough. It’s also important that your elderly family member uses sunglasses when she’s out in the sun, especially if the sunglasses have lenses that block both UVA and UVB rays. Avoiding cigarette smoke, exercising regularly, and limiting too much screen time are other tips that can help your senior to protect her eyes. Elder care professionals can help your senior to remember to follow these and other eye health tips.

Boost Your Senior’s Nutrients Overall

Eating a variety of nutrients and healthy foods is vital for your elderly family member’s overall health and well-being. The biggest problem for older adults is that it can often become difficult to stay on top of cooking, especially with whole ingredients like fruits and vegetables. This is where elder care professionals can really shine for your senior. They can make meals much easier for your elderly family member to eat and enjoy, without having to deal with the hassle of cooking.

Keep up with Eye Exams

If your elderly family member has been fairly lackadaisical about eye exams, it’s time to rethink that approach. Getting regular eye exams helps your elderly family member’s eye doctor to stay on top of changes in her vision and eye health. The more quickly problems are recognized and addressed, the more your senior can protect and preserve her vision for many years to come.

Protecting your senior’s vision is serious business. Leaving that up to eating carrots alone is not the most thorough response, although upping your senior’s carrot intake certainly won’t hurt. Balance it all out with a variety of healthy fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins.

If you are considering elder care in Galleria, TX, for an aging loved one, please call the caring staff at At Your Side Home Care. We will answer all of your senior care questions. Call today: (832) 271-1600.

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Donna Wrabel, LMSW

Co-Owner at At Your Side Home Care

For most of us, the word "home" evokes warm feelings of comfort, security and well-being. For older adults, home also means holding tight to cherished memories and maintaining self-esteem and independence. When illness, injury or age make life a little more challenging, remaining at home in a comfortable, familiar environment encourages recovery and enhances the quality of life. Home can be defined as a private residence, an independent or assisted living facility or even a short term stay in the hospital, we recognize the additional benefits provided by a personal, professional assistant.

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