Supplementing

It’s not just your skin that needs regular treatments – your delicate eyes also need pampering. Staring at a digital screen for a long time will lead to eye fatigue. It is important to supplement nutrients to help maintain your eyes’ health.

Research has found that different nutrients have unique functions on specific part of the eyes, helping to maintain vision health.

Retina – Beta Carotene

Beta carotene accumulates in a visual pigment in the back of the eye called rhodopsin, which is important for night vision and visual adaptation to sudden changes in light

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Sweet potato, pumpkin, carrot

  • A precursor to vitamin A
  • Necessary for healthy day and night vision
  • Commonly found in orange or yellow vegetables such as sweet potato, pumpkin and carrot, and orange-red algae
  • A pro-vitamin A that can be converted to vitamin A in the body as needed
  • Maintains normal vision
  • Supports visual adaptations to sudden changes in light

Lens – Lycopene

Lycopene helps provide antioxidant support to the light sensitive photoreceptors of the retina

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Tomato, grapefruit, watermelon

  • A dietary carotenoid found in tomato
  • Provides antioxidant protection
  • Concentrates in the ciliary body and the retinal pigment epithelium o Supports the health of the light-sensitive photoreceptor, helping to maintain healthy vision and visual acuity
  • Supports the health of the light-sensitive photoreceptor, helping to maintain healthy vision and visual acuity
  • Provides antioxidant support for the lens, helping to focus on images

Lutein / Zeaxanthin

Together these make up 80% to 90% of carotenoids in the eye, helping to filter blue light and UV light

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Broccoli, spinach, corn, egg yolk

  • Dietary carotenoid
  • Found in leafy dark green, yellow or orange vegetables
  • Natural antioxidants
  • Cannot be produced by the human body
  • Daily lutein intake of 15mg and 3mg zeaxanthin (5:1 ratio) supports visual function and acuity by increasing the macula pigment optical density of the retina
  • Helps filter and absorb high-energy UV and blue light energy waves
  • Supports visual functions and acuity

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