Healthy eyes

Vision is important to quality of life. Here are some resources to help you make eyesight a priority, take care of your eyes, and retain visual health.

National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health has these tips to protect your vision.

• Eat lots of leafy green vegetables and fish
• Exercise
• Control blood pressure
• Wear sunglasses and a hat with a brim
• Don't smoke
• Use protective eyewear as necessary

Books we have for you to check out include:

• Reader's digest guide to eye care: common vision problems, from dry eye to macular degeneration by Jennifer S. Weizer and Joshua D. Stein
• Fact and fiction of healthy vision: eye care for adults and children by Clyde K. Kitchen
• The big book of family eye care by Joe Di Girolamo
• Eye care sourcebook edited by Sandra J. Judd
• Taking care of your eyes: a collection of the patient education handouts used by America's leading eye doctors by Melvin L. Rubin & Lawrence A. Winograd

Click over to the SLPL catalog to search for more books on eye health, or use your SLPL card to access Consumer Health Complete, a database full of reliable information you can access from anywhere.