Zeaxanthin is similar to lutein, which is most well known to have health benefits for eye health and support of vision. You can also naturally found it in the body, more specifically in the tissues of the eyes.
What Is Zeaxanthin?
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Zeaxanthin is a component(part of the xanthophyll family of carotenoids) of the macular pigment in the retina. It is one of the two carotenoids found in the lens and macula of the human eye.
It is a natural, yellowish pigment found in some plants, photosynthetic bacteria and algae.
What Are The Health Benefits Of Zeaxanthin?
Zeaxanthin prevent macular degeneration where there is gradual loss or impairment of eyesight. In particular, Zeaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant, which helps fight off free radicals that can cause damage to the lens and the retina.
Macular degeneration refers to any disease where there is gradual loss or impairment of eyesight brought about by degeneration of cells and tissues in the yellow macular region found in the center of the retina.
Another of the health benefits of zeaxanthin is helping filter high energy blue light. Blue light can be phototoxic to the retinal cells in the macula.
In addition, zeaxanthin is also known to help in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, and stroke. It can also help in skin conditions where excessive exposure to ultraviolet light is the main cause.
Where Can You Get Zeaxanthin?
I reccomend to eat carrots, yellow foods like squash, egg yolks, sweet potato, zucchini, and pumpkin which contain enough amounts of zeaxanthin.
However, Zeaxanthin can also be got through supplements. To help your body to stay healthy, choose those supplement wich contains both zeaxanthin with natural ingredients like vitamins, minerals, herbs, immunity boosters, antioxidants and amino acids. Don’t choose those with fillers and binders.
In this way you not only will have your eyes are healthy, but the rest of your body as well.
