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Decrease in vision with age is often lamented by many people. Even if they still young, many people have begun to decreased vision.

Most people began to find that, when experiencing it reaches the age of 40 years, vision loss, even more visibility. Decreased visual function is an inevitable consequence of aging with chronic illness or degenerative disease associated.

Some changes or decreases in relation to a sense of vision with age, as quoted from BBCHealth, Tuesday (01/11/2011), including:

1. Usually it is harder to read, especially if the lighting is less.
This is called presbyopia and occurs as a result of changes in eye tissue. Especially in the lens is larger and less flexible. Thus drives the ability to focus the lens. This can be corrected by glasses with the correct size.

2. Dazzled
Glare can also be a problem when a change in the lens of his eye. So that these changes lead to the light in the eye is distributed so that the focus is not good.

3. Difficulty to distinguish colors
Some people also decreased color vision. So it is difficult to distinguish the different colors.

4.  The eyes are more dry
Significant changes in the eye are associated with age, the eyes more dry. This is caused by tears produced is less and changing the viscosity, so the tears are less efficient in forming a protective layer, which lubricates the eyes.

May start at the same time a variety of eye diseases and other conditions occur, so that worsen the decline in visual function. Some eye diseases and other conditions, including:

1. Glaucoma
Liquid remains in and out of the eye. But the treatment of glaucoma, the fluid flow from the brakes. Thus, the increased pressure within the eyeball permits. It can damage the optic nerve and nerve fibers in the retina and can eventually lead to blindness.

2. Cataract
Cataract is a clouding of the lens that prevents light reaching the back of the eye, making it difficult to see clearly. Cataracts usually develops in older people, but prompt treatment can restore vision.

Cataract is growing as women age. So it is with age-related horror star. Smoking and exposure to UV radiation is a risk factor for Qatar’s file.

Other causes of cataract are diseases such as diabetes, certain medications, as well as inflammation and damage to the eye is too long. The symptoms often occur with cataract, such as blurred vision, and blurred vision.

3.  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
AMD is a disease of the macula, the area in the center of the retina. The macula contains a high density of light receptors, particularly the cone receptors. Cone receptor is a receptor that can recognize colors. So that the macula is very important for fine detail on an object directly in front of him.

Macular plays an important role in reading, writing, driving, and other detailed tasks. It is also possible to see faces and colors to recognize. AMD can lead to loss of central vision. There are two types of AMD, including:

4.  Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the causes of cataracts. Many older people with a history of diabetes, the decline in vision to get worse.

5.  High blood pressure (hypertension)
High blood pressure can work your heart harder than normal. Have under consideration of the heart and arteries at greater risk of damage.

High blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, eye damage, heart failure and atherosclerosis.

To the deterioration of vision associated with aging can be extended:

1. Perform eye tests at least every two years and always make sure glasses are in good condition.

2. Consult a doctor for problems such as hypertension or diabetes and taking medication as recommended to prevent eye damage.

3. With the help of reading glasses or bifocal / Vario.

4.  If you want to read, to ensure that the lighting is very good.

5.  Use eye drops or artificial tears to the eyes lubricated and comfortable stay.

6.  If you are on electronic media such as computer or cell phone screen can be read many times to increase the text to the font larger.

In combination with fruit, eating vegetables every day regularly to get the body healthy. Remember, no single food containing all the nutrients that contain at once. Therefore rutinlah both types consume these foods. These are the nine vegetable penghalau disease.

• Bits
This fruit contains betaine, which is useful for inflammation and pain. Furthermore, the bits are also rich in folic acid.

• broccoli
Indoles dam sulforaphane, two phytochemicals in broccoli significantly, as anti-cancer.

• Carrot
The orange fruit is a source of antioxidants carotene and vitamin A. Both are good for eyesight and preventing certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases.

• Celery
Although small leaves, celery is rich in vitamin C and other drugs for lowering cholesterol and preventing cancer.

• eggplant
Besides rich in vitamins and minerals, eggplant also contains nasunin lie beneath the skin. This is one of the nutrients to the brain.

• Col
Secondary plant substances in kale help prevent cancer, especially ovarian cancer, and carotenoids, which is a lower risk of cataracts help.

• Olive
This little fruit is a source of monounsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E is perfect. The first substance, which is useful for preventing heart disease, while the second agent to prevent damage to the body by free radicals substances.

• Spinach
Spinach contains vitamin A, C, B??, E, folic acid, magnesium, manganese, iron and kasium. These nutrients help prevent many diseases such as arthritis, cancer, liver disease and osteoporosis.

• Tomato
Tomatoes contain lycopene, a powerful antioxidant to help with advanced prostate cancer prevention and to reduce high cholesterol levels.

Coffee shops are in different points of the capital mushroomed. If coffee drinking has become a hobby and trend in other circuits, is the concern that arises, porous bones.

In addition to the support body, bones also store minerals for the functioning of the body. Foods high in calcium is needed to increase bone density, but there are some foods and drinks can rapidly because of bone fragility should be avoided by releasing minerals. “Reduce the coffee for the prevention of osteoporosis. But now we see the more trendy cafes, coffee people 1 day more than once could,” said Minister of Health Affairs Endanger Rahayu Sedyaningsih on the show “Stepping Indonesia bone love to prevent osteoporosis,” of Anlene in tMII, East Jakarta, recently.

Caffeine has the effect of higher spending on bone calcium. Besides coffee, lots of food and beverages that contain caffeine high, such as energy drinks (about 80 mg of caffeine per can). Problem worse, because the caffeine addiction effects make it difficult to switch to a healthier beverage choice.

Besides caffeine, there are several other risk factors increase an individual case of porous bone. Endanger Health Minister added, no single factor that most increases the risk of osteoporosis because of all the factors to accumulate.

“Lifestyle has changed. When in Jakarta, we are too lazy street because the sidewalks are filled with street vendors. Then, a lot of fast food and smoking. This disease can be prevented, along with the prevention of disease risk factors, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and chronic lung disease.

“Prevention includes not drinking alcohol, smoking, reduce coffee, eat nutritious foods, especially fruits and vegetables, adequate and regular physical activity.

During this time the public knew that the antioxidant substance that is very useful for eliminating free radicals from the body. But there are five myths that one of these antioxidants.

“Antioxidants are the benefits that good health and able to fight something bad in the body. So many people try to eat in large portions,” says Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, an expert on nutrition and health experts, New York University quotes from Men’s Health, Friday (08/06/2010).

This of course makes a person do not hesitate to eat them. But in order to achieve maximum results, know the community myths about these anti-oxidants, that are:

1.  The myth of free radicals must be destroyed
Although free radicals has always been marketed as a cause of various serious diseases related, but not necessarily free radicals is as bad as people think. This molecule is a product of the basic metabolic process called oxidation.

Free radicals can be useful, for example, immune cells are the free radicals to shoot in order to attack and kill bacteria that infect the body. But when the crowd is a lot of new free radicals can be dangerous, so you have to know whether an antioxidant, which is sufficient or not.

The thing to do is to try to get in the habit of smoking and a healthy lifestyle by eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables to resist in the day.

2.  Myth antioxidants all in the same way
Not all antioxidants in the same way, because some antioxidants can excel in the fight against free radicals, and certain other antioxidants effectively for different free radicals. Why do we need antioxidants from various sources, to provide an effective immune system and protect the body.

The thing to do is to perform a variety of foods, especially those that contain antioxidants are known and certain vitamins.

3. The myth of all antioxidants from fruits and vegetables
Some nuts, grains and other vegetables is known that antioxidants, which have much, because the plants produce antioxidants to fight against predators and UV radiation. But the real meat, dairy products and eggs also contain antioxidants, although not as much as some plants.

What you can do is to regularly eat whole grains, nuts and seeds and is equipped with animal products. Because the animals that eat plants also showed that anti-oxidants.

4.  Myth fortified foods with more healthy antioxidants
Fortified foods contain antioxidants, but the numbers are small and probably only one or two types of antioxidants alone. Because the foods that are natural antioxidants sure to be healthy, but it takes a variety or a variety of foods.

What you can do is try to eat plant foods rich in antioxidants known. Note the fine materials in all food packaging.

5.  Myth in the exercise and the intake of food supplements, it will be a man Superfit
The exercise causes more oxidation process that can increase the amount of free radicals. But if you have large amounts of antioxidants after training meal, then the menggangggu natural reaction, which is done through the body. In addition, dietary supplements consumed when the body can consume and make energy seseoang loss of muscle strength.

This can happen, that you should antioxidants from the diet as nutritional supplements and antioxidants from food supplements to take to work is not always better.

Actually work as antioxidants in the body?
1.  When a molecule loses an electron, it is a reactive free radical with one unpaired electron.
2. These free radicals will try to steal electrons from molecules closest to rebalance.
3.  This resulted in a chain reaction that can damage the cell components, including DNA can cause. It can also affect a person’s immune system weakens.
4. But if someone an antioxidant, the antioxidant molecule, so that an electron to free radicals.
5. But this is different antioxidants with free radicals, because he is able to maintain their stability even after electron donation.

One study showed that people who are helping with the reasons to focus on other live longer than people who do not want to help. However, if the work has to get done with a focus on oneself for help, “bonus” are not life.
Research Sara Konrath and colleagues at the University of Michigan has a random sample of 10 317 persons from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The participants are high school in 1957, in 2008 there were about 69 years old, and about half of them are women.
In 2004, the participants how often they volunteered in the past 10 years. She also wondered why a volunteer, or be it a new and never intended to become a volunteer, what the reasons, that their plan is motivated.

The result expressed, some participants the reasons why they are more directed towards others, how, or “I, it is important to help others think”, “Volunteering is an essential activity for people who I know well.” But there are respondents who answered more egocentric, as “Volunteer work is a great escape for a problem that I have experienced is”, or “Volunteering makes me feel better.”
The researchers compared the reasons for respondents with physical health information collected in 1992. In addition, the socio-economic status, mental health, social support, marital status and health risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index.
The results showed that in 2008 people with a focus on the state of other people, a lower mortality rate than participants who did not willingly volunteer. Of the 2384 non-voluntary participants, 4.3 percent of them died four years later, while volunteering for only 1.6 percent of the respondents, died the same year.
In the meantime, the participants, said that a volunteer with a focus on themselves, a similar mortality rate to 4 percent, compared with those who did not do so voluntarily.
“It makes sense if you are a volunteer for ourselves, but our results show that the irony, if the benefits are motivated, they are not good,” said a researcher Andrea Fuhrel-Forbis.