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Eye Cyt 3215

Eye Cyt is a high potency antioxidant formula containing a comprehensive range of nutrients which are particularly beneficial and restorative to all eye tissue. The formula contains a powerful mix of carotenoids and flavonoids. It is becoming widely recognized in medical research and scientific communities that antioxidants are the body39s first line of protection against almost all degenerative disease. The eye has a greater requirement for nutrients in particular antioxidants, compared to any other organ in the body and even a slight lack of these essential nutrients andor blood flow can cause immediate deterioration as shown in times of tension headaches and stress in eye function. The formula contains the following carotenoids Lutein 5mg Zeaxanthin 250mcg Lycopene 5mg Beta carotene 5mg Plus proanthocyanidins Bilberry Extract 50mg Grape Seed Extract 80mg LUTEIN One of the newest discoveries in nutritional research is the role of the carotenoid lutein. Carotenoids have an affinity for specific organs in the body in the case of lutein that organ is the eye. Nature in her wisdom has concentrated lutein in the macular region of the retina and lens, where it is most needed to protect against photo oxidation free radical damage. This is because the process of vision involves light being focused through the lens on to the retina. The macula, or centre of the retina receives the most light. Its millions of cells, which provide the sharp vision needed to see clearly, are bombarded with light on a daily basis. Lutein is a carotenoid found in green leafy vegetables, like spinach. An important antioxidant and filter of damaging blue light, lutein protects sensitive molecules in plant cells from sunlight. When consumed by humans, lutein from food or supplements is deposited in the macula lutea, or quotyellow spotquot in the retina and protects sensitive cells in the retina with its antioxidant and blue light filtering activity. Studies show lutein can reduce the risks and effects of . Age related macular degeneration AMD . Cataracts . Free radical damage to skin and the immune system A recent, year long clinical study1 found that 10mg of lutein per day can increase macular pigment density by up to 50% in AMD patients and improve visual function, including . Distance and near visual acuity . Contrast sensitivity . Glare recovery adjusting from bright to dark conditions 1S.p. Richer, WStiles, L. Statkute, KYPei, J Frankowski, J. Nyland, J. Pulido and D. Rudy, quotThe Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial LAST ARVO 2002 Research at the Havard School of Medicine found that a diet high in carotenoids can reduce the risk of developing ARMD by 43%. Lutein and zeaxanthin were identified as the two most effective antioxidants and they are usually found together in foods. Lutein has also been found to be protective to breast tissue, lung tissue, the cervix, and the colon. ZEAXANTHIN Another carotenoid from dark green leafy vegetables that, along with lutein covers the macula and protects it from oxidative damage initiated by the absorption of short wavelength light. The centre of the macula is made up almost entirely of lutein and zeaxanthin, suggesting that these nutrients are critical to good eye health. In his book quotHealth Defencequot leading medical scientist Paul Clayton says quotSupplements of lutein and zeaxanthin build up the protective layer in the retina. They protect the retina by absorbing damaging high frequency light and neutralizing free radicals. They are in addition precursors for the visual pigments the rhodopsins.quot Lutein can be converted to zeaxanthin in the body. How Lutein and Zeaxanthin Work In the eye, light passes through the lens and hits the retina located at the back of the eye. The retina transforms these light images into electrical impulses, which are transmitted to the brain by the optic nerve. In the centre of the retina is a small, oval shaped area called the macula that governs detail in our vision. In the macula, is the macula pigment which filters out quotharmfulquot blue light that generates damaging free radicals in the eye. Essentially lutein and zeaxanthin contribute to the density of macular pigment. The denser the pigment, the more protected it is. BETA CAROTENE Beta carotene is a carotenoid which has widespread use within the body. It is a powerful antioxidant and is the safe precursor of vitamin A which among other things permits the formation of visual pigments within the eye. Severe deficiency can cause visual problems including double vision, impaired vision and over time, blindness. LYCOPENE An average western diet provides 1 4mg of Iycopene daily. Scientists and Medical Doctors versed with the role of Iycopene in health are advising that we should have 6 10mg daily for health. Lycopene is another carotenoid that works with lutein and zeaxanthin as an antioxidant in eye tissue. It also has many other protective roles in the body, none the least in protecting prostate tissue, the tissue of the adrenal glands and heart muscle. The 5mg in this supplement is designed to top up the average western diet to give optimal daily amounts of this valuable nutrient. Although this product is called EYE CYT it will offer support to all tissue which needs impute from the carotenoids for optimum health. Whenever you are taking a product containing carotenoids it is advisable to make sure your body is also receiving good levels of dietary or supplemental vitamin C. Antioxidants work in a chain reaction like free radicals and vitamin C is essential for neutralizing carotenoids once they have completed their work as antioxidants. PROPERTIES OF PROANTHOCY ANIDINS Grape Seed Extract amp Bilberry Extract Grape seed extract and Bilberry are flavonoids which contain 95% O.P.C.39s Oligomeric proanthocyanidins. a set of bioflavonoid complexes that perform as powerful free radical scavengers in the human body. To put O.P.C.39s in perspective among other antioxidants, they are roughly 20 time as powerful as vitamin C, and 50 times as powerful as vitamin E, but work in synergy with them. All proanthocya nidins are naturally bioavailable. They can be rapidly absorbed and transported throughout the body. Within an hour of ingestion O.P.C.39s can be detected in human saliva. GRAPE SEED EXTRACT Grape seed extract is a very powerful antioxidant with particular affinity for blood vessels, where it helps to prevent thickening and narrowing and retain the integrity of the blood cells walls. It also has the ability to prevent the growth of new blood vessels which occurs in the retina as one ages or in people with diabetes. This growth of new small diffuse blood vessels can severely impair vision. BILBERRY EXTRACT Bilberry extract is rich in anthocyanocides that help to maintain the integrity of capillaries, stabilize collagen, and stimulate the production of rhodopsin, a compound essential for night vision.

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