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ating a handful of dried goji berries five days a week may help protect your eyes against the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). A disease that’s responsible for half of all blindness and vision loss in Australia, one in seven Australians over the age of 50 has some evidence of AMD. What’s so good about goji berries for eye health? According to recent research, adding them to the diet increases the density of lutein and zeaxanthin in the eyes, which are protective pigments that filter out harmful blue light and provide antioxidant protection. To learn more about AMD and understand your risk factors for developing the disease, visit mdfoundation. to take a short, one-minute quiz.
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