Robert Whitfield MD explains how retinal cells burn through energy and need lutein, zeaxanthin, and astaxanthin to protect against blue light and UV damage. Years of skipping dark leafy greens and orange vegetables raises your risk of macular degeneration.
So we have, you know we have cells in our retina, the mitochondria in our retinal cells use more energy than any other cell in the body. So having, you know giving them the pure energy that they need and giving them nutrients, lutein, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, all those nutrients that are in eye vitamins come from fruits and vegetables like from dark leafy greens from the orange vegetables. Right. So when we don't get that into our diet when we are younger that doesn't really like in our 20s or 30s that usually doesn't usually, you know it's not like immediate like immediately there's things happening but then you get a little older and the ability to absorb blue light and the, you know because our eyes are amazing, amazing structures and actually an extension of the brain and our eyes are able to tolerate light, UV light and blue light. First of all we don't have blue light all day long but when we get that pure nutrition that's when age related macular degeneration happens or when other eye diseases happen because.
