How do nutrients effect the eye and low vision?
NUTRITIONAL DESK REFERENCE FOR VISION The follow is a list of nutrients along with nutritional information concerning those nutrients and how they work. Lutein and Zeaxanthin were identified in 1995 as the only two carotenoid antioxidants specific to lens and macular health. – Selectively accumulated from plasma and deposited in the lens, macula, and lungs, – Lutein and Zeaxanthin filter light and serve as potent free radical scavengers for the retina – The macular pigment, composed of Lutein and Zeaxanthin, functions as a color filter to protect the light- sensitive photoreceptor cells (responsible for visual acuity) from light-originated free radical damage. Vinpocetine, an extract from periwinkle seeds, has been well researched and widely used in Europe for over twenty years. – Has been shown to facilitate cerebral metabolism which affects the retina, the front part of the brain. – It increases blood flow, steps up the concentration of A IF (the energy carrying molecules of the cell
