Specialists from the Wisconsin Institute of Vision, together with a group of scientists studying the effects of carotenoids on the vision of people in old age, examined the positive ability of yellow and green  food to prevent senile eye pathologists. The study showed that the fair sex up to seventy-five years of age, using products of yellow and green color, are several times less likely to get sick with macular degeneration, which is the main cause of vision loss in old age. According to the results of the study, yellow and green foods contain the most lutein and zeaxanthin, which are part of the carotenoid group. The prevention of the development of macular degeneration is given a special role, since all methods of treatment of this disease can only reduce the rate of its development.

The authors of the study claim that their experiments were not the first to prove the positive effect of carotenoids on vision, in particular on the prevention of age-related macular degeneration. However, there is a need for further studies proving that it is carotenoids that save the eyesight in the elderly, and not special diet food.

Scientists have identified a number of foods whose eating habits have a positive effect on vision – chicken eggs and cabbage, turnips and lettuce, pumpkins and zucchini, cereals and peas, apples and carrots.

Specialists from the Wisconsin Institute of Vision, together with a group of scientists studying the effects of carotenoids on the vision of people in old age, examined the positive ability of yellow and green  food to prevent senile eye pathologists. The study showed that the fair sex up to seventy-five years of age, using products of yellow and green color, are several times less likely to get sick with macular degeneration, which is the main cause of vision loss in old age. According to the results of the study, yellow and green foods contain the most lutein and zeaxanthin, which are part of the carotenoid group. The prevention of the development of macular degeneration is given a special role, since all methods of treatment of this disease can only reduce the rate of its development.

The authors of the study claim that their experiments were not the first to prove the positive effect of carotenoids on vision, in particular on the prevention of age-related macular degeneration. However, there is a need for further studies proving that it is carotenoids that save the eyesight in the elderly, and not special diet food.

Scientists have identified a number of foods whose eating habits have a positive effect on vision – chicken eggs and cabbage, turnips and lettuce, pumpkins and zucchini, cereals and peas, apples and carrots.