Vitamins : Foods that help improve vision

According to American ophthalmologist Rebecca Taylor, to improve vision, you should eat orange fruits and vegetables.

“The diet should contain orange fruits and vegetables: carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots and watermelon,” she says. “Vitamin A gives the retina everything it needs to convert light rays into images, and helps keep the eyes hydrated.”

The doctor advises eating products rich in vitamin C - oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, peaches, tomatoes, strawberries, and sweet peppers. Because this vitamin works to repair cells damaged by free radicals and prevents or delays the development of age-related macular degeneration and cataracts.

In addition, to maintain eye health, the doctor recommends eating cold-water fish (salmon, tuna, sardines, halibut, and trout) that contain omega-3 fatty acids. As well as leafy vegetables and eggs, which are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin. These substances reduce the likelihood of developing eye diseases in old age, normalize tear function and protect the macula - the part of the eye responsible for central vision.

She advises diversifying the diet and eating avocados, almonds and sunflower seeds because these products contain vitamin E, which supports the health of eye cells.

“You should eat products containing zinc, which protects the eyes from the harmful effects of light, and copper to form red blood cells. Both can be found in legumes, oysters, lean red meat and poultry,” she says.

Exposing infants to manganese improves future brain function

Boston University scientists have discovered that exposing infants to manganese before birth and during childhood improves brain functions in the future, including memory and language learning.

The journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology indicates that the researchers studied data on 140 adolescents aged 10-14 years, collected over a period of seven years (2007-2014). The researchers focused on analyzing baby teeth from the second trimester of pregnancy until the age of about six years. The researchers also evaluated neurological disorders.

They discovered a relationship between the presence of manganese in the teeth during pregnancy and memory and learning, as it was shown that its presence reduces memory and learning errors in adolescents. Its presence at a sufficient level in childhood improves memory. While the presence of manganese after birth (from birth to one year of age) was not associated with an improvement in memory in adolescents.

What does back pain indicate?

According to Dr. Andrei Kondrakhin, an internal medicine specialist, back pain may indicate diseases of the organs located in the pelvis.

The doctor indicates that if back pain continues throughout the day (24 hours), a doctor should be consulted, who will refer the patient to the laboratory to conduct the necessary tests to determine the cause of the pain.

He says: “Back pain in women often indicates diseases of the pelvic organs and reproductive system. In men, it can be a symptom of bladder disease.”

According to him, kidney, stomach and heart diseases can also cause back pain.

He says: "The pain may be unusual, for example, due to a stomach ulcer, cholecystitis, or pancreatitis. These diseases sometimes cause unbearable back pain, to the point that some people lose consciousness because of it."