| Disease prevention and cure is a crucial thing in | | | | vegetable plants and to some percentage in eggs. |
| human life. When it comes to the most sensitive | | | | It falls in the category of carotenoid family which |
| parts of the human body like the eyes, there | | | | is responsible for prevention of these diseases. |
| should be no compromise. Lutein happens to be | | | | Lutein protects the eye by filtering light entering |
| one amongst the many nutrients that protects | | | | into the eye. |
| the eyes from diseases. It is acquired from food | | | | The retina of the eye is the most sensitive part |
| we eat and it can also be administered as a | | | | of the eye that is responsible for vision. Lutein is |
| supplement. | | | | therefore highly concentrated in the retina and |
| The eye is the most sensitive part of the human | | | | especially the macula region. The macula is a tiny |
| body since it receives signals and sends it to the | | | | part in the retina that is responsible for focus. It is |
| brain. This therefore means then if the eye fails | | | | the part responsible for enhancing reading and |
| to function well the brain too is affected. Many | | | | mostly recognition of finer details. |
| people suffer eye diseases such as cataracts and | | | | There is no well defined mechanism of how lutein |
| macular degeneration with little knowledge of how | | | | works in the retina but there is enough evidence |
| to control them. Most of these disorders are | | | | to prove it's usefulness in eye protection. |
| caused by deficiency of lutein. | | | | However, As much as we need a long live we |
| Higher consumption of food rich in lutein places | | | | need our eyes too. Any attempt to protect them |
| one at a lower risk of contacting macular | | | | elongates our life and activity. With the cited |
| degeneration and cataracts. Fatty food offers a | | | | benefits of lutein there is no excuse for any one |
| good chance of absorption of lutein. Lutein is an | | | | to ignore its benefits. |
| antioxidant found in soluble pigments of green | | | | |