Healthy Vision

Healthy Vision

by | Feb 20, 2024 | Aging Well Tips, Healthy Tips and Aging Nuggets

Healthy Vision requires deliberate actions to keep your eyes protected. Even if your eyes feel healthy, you could have a problem and not know it. That is because many eye diseases don’t have any symptoms or warning signs.

Do you know that age increases your risk of an eye disease especially when you;
a. Are overweight or obese
b. Have a family history of eye-related conditions.
c. Are of African American descent.
d. Have health conditions such as diabetes and poorly controlled blood pressure.

Making healthy choices with your health early enough is the most important way to maintain healthy vision even with ageing. Bearing in mind that what you eat reflex on your overall health and can lower your risk of diseases and eye or vision problem.

Follow these tips for healthy vision:

1. Eat healthy.
Let your food be your best medicine. Enjoy food in each season. Leverage on enjoying your indigenously grown dark, leafy greens like spinach, pumpkin leaf, Garden egg leaf, kale, and water leaf. Protein like fish that are high in omega-3 fatty acids is good for your eyes, too.

2 . Protect your eyes
Be conscious daily by taking simple steps to protect your eyes from harm. As simple as wearing sunglasses that protect your eyes from UVA and UVB radiation, Reduce screen time by applicating the 20 -20 -20 break to rest the eyes (20 minutes to look at something above 20 feet and look away for 20 seconds), regular hand washing ETC.

3. Visit your Eyes Doctor regularly.
A regular visit to an optometrist or ophthalmologist for an eye examination to detect and prevent the eyes problem. This is a culture to develop. The duty of the Ophthalmologists and optometrists recommend a comprehensive eye examination at least once every year.

Learn more about healthy vision by attending and participating in the February Town Hall sessions programs where Dr. Adure Ezeogu Edemeraro will be discussing VISION CARE FOR SENIORS.
 
Dates:  Saturday, 24th February,2024
Time: 9 AM
Venue: Google Meet
Register to attend for free 👉https://forms.gle/muCw2nXxCtQZfKg38

To your well-being

Morayo Eboh

5 ways to Support Yourself During HARMATTAN Season

5 ways to Support Yourself During HARMATTAN Season

by | Nov 1, 2022 | Healthy Tips and Aging Nuggets

As we head into the harmattan season. It’s a good time to touch base and see how you’re doing with your health. Keeping your body immune system robust and in top shape is the best way to help you avoid viral infections, cracked skin and lips, dehydration and other discomforting condition that comes with the harmattan season.
These are simple ways to support your body.

1. Boost your immune system

Our immune cells need the right ingredients to work effectively and to understand when they’re up against a real threat. It’s main duty is to notify the body and attack the incoming infection thus, this period of year, it will be nice to have a little extra help in that department by taking supplement that contains vitamin C, zinc, iron, magnesium, and B vitamins which are all essential for optimal immune function.

2. Drink plenty of water

Because of the extreme dryness of the air, It is very important to increase fluid intake so as to reduce dehydration. Ensure you have a bottle of water with you at all times to increase the motility of mucus. For those who don’t like to drink water, I will recommend infusion of water with a slice of cucumber, mint leaves or orange. whether you like your water plain or infused, the most important thing is to stay hydrated this harmattan season.

3 . Skin Care

The harmattan season leaves people with cracked lips and skin that can be very discomforting. As seniors, I encourage you to protect the integrity of your skin and prevent such dryness by using good body moisturizers and oils. That are easily absorbable and increase the moisture of the skin

4 . Wear the right clothes

Wearing the right clothes during the harmattan season helps to prevent common cold , keeps you warm and prevents unduly exposure to infections and heat.
Because with aging some forms of protective body fats are lost, it is important to keep warm with thick and heat absorbable clothes during this season. if you can hand gloves and well-covered shoes too are also helpful depending on your location.

5 . Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are good sources of vitamins and minerals which are essential to stay healthy and hydrated during the harmattan season. fruit and vegetable with high water content helps to reduce dehydration & dryness of skin. Fruits also helps fight infections and build immunity. This is a must have for everyone one during this season aleast ONE FRUIT PER DAY.

Lastly, Bathe with Lukewarm water:

The mornings are usually cold and having a shower with cold water isn’t advisable. rather, using a lukewarm water helps to open the skin pores and keep the skin hydrated and moist.

Also extremely hot long bathe is a NO NO during this period.

Practice this tips and let me know which ones you are most comfortable with.

Be safe and enjoy your week

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