The best vitamins for your eyes.
If you with struggle with dry eyes, night blindness or cataracts then you may be suffering
with a severe vitamin deficiency.
Your body uses certain vitamins and nutrients to protect your eyes as they help in producing
healthy tears and nerves.
Sometimes the blood vessels and nerves connected to your eyes become damaged, which usually
leads to dry eyes.
In more severe cases you may develop cataracts, macular degeneration or white coloured foamy
spots on the eyes (Bitot's Spots.)
If you notice these problems, then you are likely deficient in the active form of Vitamin
A, called retinol.
In today's video we will be exploring the benefits of Vitamin A (retinol) to heal your
eyes naturally.
You will also learn about what caused the damage to your eyes, and the best food supplements
to heal the nerves.
Retinol, What is It?
There are many different nutrients which all play a role in protecting your eyes and vision.
Retinol is the active form of Vitamin A and is found in a variety of different foods.
It's absolutely essential for building retinal cells in your eyes, lubricating tears, healthy
skin cells, maintaining your glands and much more.
When you do not have enough active Vitamin A in your body, the tear ducts can become
malformed, leading to dry eyes, bloodshot eyes or blurred vision.
You may also become sensitive to light, have a gritty feeling, or struggle to see during
the night.
Retinol has been scientifically found to help you see in the dark, and help support the
mucus membranes that lubricate your tear ducts so that your eyes can become moist.
Why Am I Deficient In Retinol
A large percentage of people are deficient in retinol (Vitamin A) and other fat soluble
nutrients such as Vitamin E, D etc…
The most common cause of a deficiency is having digestive problems such as acid reflux, GERD,
gallbladder problems, fatty liver disease or leaky gut syndrome.
You need a strong and healthy gut to absorb the fat soluble version of Vitamin A called
retinol to support your eye health.
You may also be deficient because you are not eating enough foods which contain active
Vitamin A.
Low Stomach Acid
Another common cause of a Vitamin A deficiency is low stomach acid.
If you suffer with acid reflux, heart burn, gas or excessive burping then you may have
low stomach acid.
The stomach acids should be very acidic, at a Ph of between 1 and 3, in order to break
down your food and absorb important vitamins and minerals.
As we get older, our stomach acid tends to become weaker which prevents us from absorbing
enough Vitamin A from our food.
How To Absorb More Vitamin A
There are 3 key steps that you can take to get more Vitamin A into your body to help
reverse damage to the eyes, and start producing more healthy tears.
1.
Stop consuming antiacid medications, as these neutralise your important stomach acid.
Instead consume apple cider vinegar capsules and digestive enzymes before each meal.
These are natural and restore your digestion, heal acid reflux and GERD.
They also restore your Ph balance in the stomach so that you can absorb more Vitamin A.
2.
Consume foods rich in Pro-Vitamin A every single day.
Consume Virgin Cod liver oil daily as this is the best source of this nutrient.
Also, eat beef liver, mackerel, wild caught salmon, goats cheese, grass fed butter, and
pasture raised eggs.
These are loaded with Pro-Vitamin A which will help to fix the cells in the retina of
your eye, and also help to glands to make healthy tears.
3.
Take a bile supplement (Ox Bile) after every single meal.
This supports your stomach and helps you to absorb more Vitamin A and other fat soluble
nutrients.
This gives your liver and gallbladder a helping hand, especially if you have had your gallbladder
removed.
By following these 3 key steps, your body will soon begin to start digesting and absorbing
more active Pro-Vitamin A (Retinol) from foods that you eat.
Soon you may begin to notice your eyes becoming less dry and more lubricated because you are
supplying the tear glands with the nutrients they need.
Blurred vision, light sensitivity and vision problems at night will begin to improve.
You will also notice healthier skin, with less dryness because Pro-Vitamin A helps to
produce important skin cells.
Plant Based Vitamin A
There is a different type of Vitamin A found in vegetables called beta-carotene.
Unfortunately beta-carotene is poorly converted to retinol by the body, and will not be enough
to meet your requirements.
You need the active, fat soluble form of Vitamin A which is found in fatty foods like oily
fish, dairy, eggs and offal.
Supplements To Heal Your Eyes
Now, we will take a look at 3 key supplements that you can take to help heal your eyes at
a faster rate.
1.
Icelandic Virgin Cod Liver Oil To restore your tears and prevent further
damage to your eyes, consume 1 teaspoon of Icelandic, virgin cod liver oil daily.
The DHA, EPA and Vitamin A in this oil will penetrate deep into the nerves of your eye
and help to build new healthy cells in order to heal them from within.
2.
Zinc Chelate Take a daily supplement of 100mg of chelated
zinc.
All of the nerve cells in your eye contain zinc, because it helps to control nerve cell
communication.
This will help to reverse any damage caused by having dry eyes over a long period of time.
3.
Nutritional Yeast Take 2-3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
flakes every single day, to load up on the natural Vitamin B complex.
B vitamins help to build a protective layer around your nerves, and restore nerve damage
to the eyes.
B Vitamins also reduce pain, swelling and protect against complications from high blood
sugars or diabetes.
These supplements all work together to quickly stimulate regeneration of the nerve cells
within your eyes.
You must remember however, that taking supplements are not a magic pill.
It is vital to fix your diet and strengthen your stomach to support a healthy body.
Remove refined foods like sugar and floury foods from your diet.
These deplete your nutrients and cause oxidation of your eyes and nerves.
Also be sure to avoid synthetic Vitamin A supplements, as these can have toxic effects.
Get your Pro-Vitamin A from food based sources like cod liver oil, beef liver, eggs and fish
and others we have mentioned today.
Recommended Daily Intake
Here you can see the recommended daily intake for Pro-Vitamin A.
Some food labels such as vegetables may state they have high amounts of "Vitamin A".
Remember that this is only the water soluble version called beta carotene and is not the
same as the active form found in animal products.
It's best to do your own research and meet your daily nutrient requirements by eating
healthy whole foods rich in Pro-Vitamin A (retinol).
Summary
Retinol (Pro-Vitamin A) is absolutely essential to support the lubrication, protection and
health of the eyes and the retinal cells.
Getting more of this into your diet and absorbing it properly can help to reverse nerve damage
to the eyes caused by oxidation, high blood sugars, junk foods and diabetes.
Daily supplementation of Cod Liver Oil is the best method to relieve eye problems, along
with B Vitamins from nutritional yeast to fix the underlying causes.
To learn more about the specific vitamins in more depth and detail, please see a link
to our "important nutrients" playlist below the video.
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