As the incidence of pathological eyes diseases increase, it’s good to learn about some of the ways that you can help to support your eye health with the food you eat.  With the long term effects of diseases such as macular degeneration becoming common in larger numbers of the population, especially as we age, we hope that preventive measures can become better known.

Macular degeneration is a disease affecting the light receiving retinal cells of the area behind the pupil called the macula lutea.  The retinal cells in this area die off, resulting in a loss of the central area of our vision that provides our coloured, detailed and sharp eyesight.  As you read you will see that to prevent this disease (and others) we must more…