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Good foods for the eyes

Healthy food is defined as food that provides nourishment and enables people to thrive.

Good foods for the eyes are listed below;
Raw Red Peppers: Red peppers give you the most vitamin C per calorie, that's good for the blood vessels in your eyes, and science suggests it could lower your risk of getting cataracts.
Sunflower Seeds and Nuts: Studies has shown that vitamin E, together with other nutrients, can help slow age-related macular degeneration from getting worse. It may also help prevent cataracts.
Dark, Leafy Greens:  Kale, spinach, and collard greens, for example, are rich in both vitamins C and E.
Salmon
Sweet Potatoes: They are high in beta-carotene, a form of vitamin A that helps with night vision, your eyes' ability to adjust to darkness.
Lean Meat and Poultry: Zinc brings vitamin A from your liver to your retina, where it's used to make the protective pigment melanin. Beef, pork, and chicken are all good sources.
Beans and Legumes: Low-fat, high-fiber option to helps keep your vision sharp at night and slow age-related macular degeneration.
Eggs: The zinc in an egg will help your body use the lutein and zeaxanthin from its yolk. The yellow-orange color of these compounds blocks harmful blue light from damaging your retina. They help boost the amount of protective pigment in the macula.
Squash
Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts: They're all antioxidants that protect the cells in your eyes from free radicals, a type of unstable molecule that breaks down healthy tissue. 

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