Lutein

Do you still catch yourself? If you do not want to accept these wrinkles yet, there are some ways to keep aging longer. Whether your brain is sharper or your body and bones stronger, your canteen's food can make all the difference. Taking antioxidant foods, anti-inflammatory ingredients and nutritious fruits and vegetables and making heart healthy meals can make you fit, and yes, younger indoors and outdoors! Ad Be realistic and yet intelligent aging Eating is undoubtedly a pretty important…

As we all cashews snacks, appetizer, various sweets, the vegetables in gravy and even chocolate to ENJOY it. So friends, today I'm sharing with you the health benefits of cashew goodness (Cashew benefits and nutrition for health). Nuts (Cashew nut) sweet, soft and dry fruits kidney shape which is very tasty. Natural vitamin pills are also known as cashews which our body energy, protein, Antioxidants, Minerals and vitamins as well as offers the same health of the papers is also useful in many…

Macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease that causes sight loss. Questions about macular degeneration are; what it is man-i-cur-lar de-gen-er-ate-ion, what cause this, what can be a treatment, what will happen in my everyday life, who else is affected by this, how can I see the sign that will open up my eyes. Macular Degeneration according to “Health Reference Center” Macular degeneration and AMD or age-related macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease that causes loss of central…

When trying to achieve glowing skin sometimes its easy to forget that what is happening on the inside is much more important that what you are rubbing on the outside. The Integumentary system, consisting of your skin, hair and nails is an organ; in fact, it’s your body’s largest organ and it’s main function is to act as a physical, chemical and antimicrobial barrier. The condition of your skin can say a lot about your health and common skin conditions can actually be a sign that your gut isn’t…

vitamins with different flavors. Each flavor of this drink offers a different kind of nutritional value to your body. “Kiwi-Strawberry flavored Vitaminwater, for example, promises “focus” and “healthy support for eyes and skin” with Vitamin A and lutein, described as a natural antioxidant that protects against eye disease.” (Sorkin and Martin). Glaceau, which is the company that produces and manufactures Vitaminwater, was bought by the company of Coca-Cola in 2007 for 4.2 billion dollars. Today…

E-number food additives, their chemistry and role in food Since the dawn of time, humans had using several simpler and yet natural food preservation techniques such as preserving meat using salt, or immersing onions and cucumber in a jar of vinegar to keep the food fresh and last longer. The method of preserving food had been evolved over a significant period of time. (Heldman, 2003) Food additives are either a natural or synthetic substances which was added intentionally to food to improve the…

Some are simply looking for nutritional insurance, a feeling of security that lapses in the everyday diet will not lead to inadequate amounts of this or that nutrient, such as inadequate B-12 as we get older, inadequate lutein to protect the eyes from sun damage, and so forth and so on (11). Others have more specific concerns, such as protecting against cardiovascular damage or speeding exercise benefits and recovery in the case of athletes (11). Whatever the reason for…

A famous Greek philosopher by the name of Hippocrates once said: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. Reading this statement at first, I would assume that this means that food should be taken in place of medicine. This food that you are consuming should be considered your medicine. I can relate this to my personal life because growing up as a child, my parents would often say things like eat more pumpkin to improve your vision or eat eggs so you’ll have a healthy brain. I did not…

you age. In this regard, blueberries are loaded with Vitamin C, which helps with your complexion as well as gum health. One important aspect of anti-aging is to keep your vision in good shape and leafy greens such as spinach have the plant pigments lutein and zeaxanthin, which protect your eyes. They also help prevent bone loss due to their vitamin K…

Wilmer ophthalmologists are leading experts in the study, diagnosis and treatment of AMD. Because AMD can be relentless in its assault on vision, early diagnosis is critical to begin monitoring for the wet form. Wilmer has led development of studies of automated analysis and detection of this earlier stage, as well as studies evaluating devices that may be used in the home to detect conversion of the drug to wet form before substantial vision loss has occurred, when treatment has the greatest…