How to improve eye health: Forget carrots — eating two handfuls of pistachios a day could boost your vision
Forget carrots — eating just two handfuls of pistachios a day could boost your vision in old age, a study has found.
Scientists say adding two ounces (57g) of the nut to your diet can “significantly” improve eye health as it raises our lutein levels.
The antioxidant — also found in lower doses in carrots, kale and spinach — protects the retina against harmful blue light, acting “like sunglasses for your eyes”, the study in the Journal of Nutrition found.
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They showed big gains in macular pigment density, which protects eyes from UV rays, compared with the non-nut-eaters.
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