The 4 Ps of Eye Care
Posted by EyePromise on Mar 6th 2025
When it comes to health, it’s hard to know where to start. Assil Gaur Eye Institute simplified supporting your eye health into four key pillars to remember (and help you get started).
Proactive
Like most areas of health, taking proactive measures to ward off eye health concerns is pillar number one. Living a healthy lifestyle is the best way to do this, as many eye health issues can stem from less optimal lifestyle choices. For example, eating a balanced diet is critical to maintaining a healthy body in general, but it’s incredibly important for supporting lasting eye health. Eating well means eating foods rich in:
- Vitamins like A, C, and E
- Minerals like zinc and potassium
- Antioxidants like zeaxanthin (zee-uh-zan-thin) and lutein (loo-teen)
- Fatty acids like Omega-3s
Other healthy lifestyle choices include not smoking, drinking less or no alcohol, and routine exercise.
Protect
After making changes to your lifestyle to promote eye health from within, you can make changes to better protect your eyes from external factors, too. Here are a few suggestions:
- Use protective eye wear. This can be as simple as wearing sunglasses with ultraviolet (UV) protection to safety goggles for your respective work to swim goggles in a pool.
- Clean out your cosmetics. Believe it or not, makeup and other cosmetic products do expire. Using old products can irritate the eye and/or cause reactions, so a general rule of thumb is to toss products older than a year. However, eye-specific products have a shorter recommendation and should be replaced every 3-6 months or when dry. Additionally, make sure you’re cleaning your brushes/applicators after every use to avoid bacterial buildup.
- Set up your workstation with intention. The increase in digital work has resulted in an increase in screen time, leading to symptoms like eye strain, fatigue, and dryness and/or headaches. However, these symptoms can be mitigated and avoided by simply ensuring your work setup is “body friendly” and you’re taking routine breaks.
Preserve
Preserving eye health may seem similar to being proactive, but this pillar is all about scheduling (and attending) routine eye exams. Regular comprehensive eye examinations give your eye care practitioner (and you) the clearest window into your potential risk for eye health issues. These issues range from a simple refractive error that needs corrective lenses to more serious issues like age-related eye health issues that can lead to vision loss.
Prioritize
This final “step” asks you to put your eyes first, utilizing the other “Ps” as the guiding light to do that. It also asks you to help educate your family, loved ones, and community on these pillars and how focusing on the four Ps of eye care can help them enjoy healthy vision for life.
How EyePromise® Can Help You with All Four Ps
Trusted by doctors and professional athletes, EyePromise eye vitamins are expertly designed with high-quality, natural ingredients selected to support lasting eye health. By choosing EyePromise, you’re choosing to live the four Ps of eye care. Here’s how:
- Proactive – EyePromise helps you fill any dietary gaps that may exist, including delivering critical amounts of dietary zeaxanthin, lutein, and Omega-3s.
- Protective – EyePromise builds the eye’s internal protection from dangerous oxidative stress. By delivering the optimal amounts of dietary zeaxanthin and lutein, your macular pigment, the protective layer that lies in front of the sensitive visual cells, becomes denser and better equipped to protect those cells from potential damage.
- Preserve – With expertly crafted formulations, EyePromise eye vitamins are designed to help preserve healthy vision for life. From supporting everyday health and wellness to providing support for those at risk of developing age-related eye health issues, there’s an EyePromise eye vitamin that can fit your needs.
- Prioritize – You’re prioritizing your eye health by simply taking an eye vitamin. However, by choosing EyePromise, you’re making the conscious effort to give your eyes the best fighting chance for healthy, long-term vision.
Are you ready to be proactive, protect, preserve, and prioritize your eyes? Find out which EyePromise product is right for you!