Dietary Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2013-12-30

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DESCRIPTION: Yellow plant pigments such as lutein and zeaxanthin build up in the back of our eyes to protect our retinas against age-related macular degeneration. Levels of these eyesight--saving nutrients in organic free-range eggs, vegetables, and goji berries are compared.

I've previously touched on this important topic in Preventing Macular Degeneration with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-macular-degeneration-with-diet/). I've also covered other leading causes of blindness such as cataracts (Preventing Cataracts with Diet, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-cataracts-with-diet/) and glaucoma (see my last video, Greens vs. Glaucoma, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/greens-vs-glaucoma, and my next video, Dietary Treatment of Glaucoma, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-treatment-of-glaucoma).

In Egg Industry Blind Spot (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/egg-industry-blind-spot/) I compare the levels in eggs to greens.

Though they didn't appear to boost a measure of immune function (Boosting Natural Killer Cell Activity, http://nutritionfacts.org/video/boosting-natural-killer-cell-activity), goji berries one of the most antioxidant-packed snacks out there. A tip on getting them inexpensively can be found in my video Are Goji Berries Good for You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-goji-berries-good-for-you/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-prevention-of-age-related-macular-degeneration/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit:  Kattebelletje and Kirinqueen via flickr, and Sun Ladder, Aney, Theornamentalist, Ashlyak, Dinkum, OsvaldoGago, and Kotoviski via Wikimedia.

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