Christmas dinner isn’t just a time for tucking into some of your favourite food, telling (bad) cracker jokes and, dare we way it, over-eating. It’s also a time for feasting on eye-friendly foods, in fact, you’ll likely be doing it without knowing it.
• Turkey’s rich in zinc, which is good for the retina. Oysters are high in zinc too.
• The omega-3 fats in salmon might be good for dry eyes.
• Carrots are bursting with healthy vitamin A and broccoli is high in the minerals lutein and zeaxanthin, all of which help nourish our eyes.You can get lutein from cranberries, too.
• Nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts and peanuts, are good sources of eye-health-friendly vitamin E.
• Chocolate, dark chocolate to be precise, may give vision a boost.
PS If there’s an orange in your Christmas stocking, enjoy! Oranges are packed with vitamin C, which helps keep our eyes healthy.