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Lynne McTaggart and Bryan Hubbard
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Lynne McTaggart & For your eyes only
Bryan Hubbard
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JoannaEvans
Design udyDench,whoplayed“M,”headof theBritish Chief among them is eating your greens (and your
TTM&R:07923361303 SecretServiceinsevenJamesBondmovies,broke oranges, yellows and reds). All the carotenoids—but
andLukeShaddock Jheartsrecentlywhenshespokeopenlyabouther especially the super antioxidants zeaxanthin, lutein and
ProductionEditor failingeyesight. meso-zeaxanthin—have been shown to protect the eyes
EmilieCroisier DameJudy,age84,isavictimofage-relatedmacular from free-radical damage and damaging blue light.
Production degeneration(AMD),whichcausesslowandsteady Foods like spinach and kale are rich in lutein and
RickGreer deteriorationofcellsinthemacula,thepigmentedpartofthe zeaxanthin, and research shows that getting at least 5.8 mg
MasterTrainer eyeinthecenteroftheretinawherevisionismostfocused. of these special antioxidants a day can decrease your risk of
AndrewGriffin Theconditioncreatesalittlecloudrightinthefieldof AMD by a whopping 43 percent. 1
Contributors visionandcausesstraightlinestoappearwavy,makingit But it’s essential that you get adequate amounts of all
DrRobVerkerk difficulttoread,write,driveorevenwalk. three to maintain a healthy macula, particularly as levels of
DrRohiniSathish
CharlotteWatts DameJudyhasacceptedherconditionstoicallyassimply all three can tend to diminish as you age.
CateMontana apoorgeneticrollofthedice,sincehermothersuffered One study showed the three carotenoids can increase
CelesteMcGovern fromit,too. the density of pigment inside the macula, which helps to
JaneTurney Shesaysthatshenowrequiresscriptsin22-pointtype improve many aspects of eyesight, including the ability to
Internationallicensing andthatshefindsitdifficulttowatch discern bright color and fine detail, and
BruceSawford films,afavoritepastime,insteadrelyingon ❝ AnAMDdiagnosis deal with glare or brightness.
+44(0)1280860185 friendstodescribewhatishappening. Since it is difficult to get all of these
Advertising Shealsohadtoleanonfriendslike isnotapassportto nutrients from food, the best solution
NatalieDowns MaggieSmithtohelphergetaroundin blindness,butrather is supplements. British naturopath Dr
ndowns@nuclear.com.au
IndiawhentheywerefilmingTheBest awake-upcallto Harald Gaier recommends daily dosages of
Printsubscriptions ExoticMarigoldHotel. 15 mg lutein, 10 mg meso-zeaxanthin and
(Australiaonly) cleanupyourdiet
CRMAustralia AMDisalwaysreferredtoas“age- ❞ 2 mg zeaxanthin for optimal eye health.
(02)8227-6486 related”becauseitismorecommoninpeopleover50.It’s Another overlooked supplement is zinc. Our panel
subscriptions@nuclear.com.au thenumberonecauseofirreversibleblindness,affecting11 member Dr Melvyn Werbach has long recommended zinc
subscribe.wddty.com.au millionpeopleintheUSand600,000intheUK,andpredicted as the single most important supplement for AMD patients,
toriseto30millionsufferersintheUSaloneby2030. largely because the retina contains a higher concentration
LIABILITY STATEMENT But,asourcoverstory makesclear,AMDhasnothing of zinc than any other part of the body.
Whileeverycareistakeninprepar-
ingthismaterial,thepublishers todowithage,andeverythingtodowithenvironmental If you are low in zinc—and most people are, who aren’t
cannotacceptanyresponsibility factorsandnutrition. supplementing—you are likely to have a reduced activity
foranydamageorharmcausedby
anytreatment,adviceorinforma- Onemajorbutlittle-knownculpritisbluelight.Research of catalase, an enzyme in the tissues of the macula that
tioncontainedinthispublication.
Youshouldconsultaqualified fromHarvardhasshownthatbluelight—fromsunlight; is essential to sight. Below-par activity of this enzyme is
practitionerbeforeundertaking fluorescentbulbs;andmoderncomputers,smartphones associated with AMD.
anytreatment.
andtablets—isparticularlydangerousfortheretina In one study of some 150 patients, those given zinc for
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Nopartofthispublicationmaybe becauseitpenetratesmoredeeplyintotheeyesthan one or two years kept significantly more visual acuity than
reproducedwithoutpermission.
ordinaryultravioletlight,causingdamagetotherodand those given a placebo. 2
Thismagazineispublishedunder conecellsresponsibleforsight. As the various case studies in our cover story make clear,
licensefromWDDTYNewsLimited
acompanyincorporatedand Andincreasingly,evidencepointstonotoldageper a diagnosis of AMD is not a passport to blindness, but
registeredintheUK.Allrightsinthe
licensedmaterialbelongtoWDDTY se,buttoyearsofahighlyprocesseddietandnutritional rather a wake-up call to clean up your food, supplements
Newsandmaynotbereproduced deficiencies,whichoftenbecomemarkedasweage. and surroundings.
whetherinwholeorinpartwithout
itspriorwrittenconsent.Thename Smokingandevenchemical-ladenhouseholdcleansers Now if only someone would let Dame Judy in on this
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propertyofWDDTYNewsLimited. havealsobeenlinkedtoAMD. secret intelligence.
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REFERENCES
historyofit,youcanreverseorimprovetheconditionwitha 1 JAMA,1994;272;1413–20
numberoflifestylechanges. 2 ArchOphthalmol,1988;106:192–8

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