This study will have you looking at dark green leafy vegetables in a whole new way. And yes, there is more than one meaning in there. Approximately 100-thousand Americans suffer from retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition that causes gradual loss of night vision and peripheral vision.
Severe cases can result in blindness.
Researchers have pursued many different treatments but one of the most effective may be sitting on the dinner plate. Participants in a Johns Hopkins study reported that lutein, an antioxidant found in dark green leafy vegetables and egg yolks, greatly improved their condition. Hopkins assistant professor of ophthalmology Dr. Gislin Dagnelie led the study. The people who took lutein for six months improved their vision on a letter chart by about two lines. They also had a slight improvement in the size of their central visual field.