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CAROTENOIDS Beta-carotenes, the best-known carotenoids, give color to carrots and other orange, red and yellow produce and are converted to vitamin A in our bodies. Lutein and zeaxanthin (from green vegetables) and lycopene (from tomatoes) may protect against coronary-artery disease, cataracts, macular degeneration and cancer. All the more reason to eat colorful meals...
...them--often with no hint that money or merchandise has changed hands. The New York Times revealed that drug companies are making payments to celebrities or their favorite charities in return for their touting pharmaceutical products on talk shows: Lauren Bacall praised Visudyne as a treatment for macular degeneration, Rob Lowe plugged Neulasta to combat a side effect of chemotherapy, and Kathleen Turner directed viewers to a website for a drug for rheumatoid arthritis. Sometimes, as with Bacall's controversial appearance on NBC's Today, the celebrities fail to mention that they are being paid. Just last week CNN (which...
...retired together. Within months of one another, they moved 16 strong to the Windrows in Princeton, N.J., an assisted-living community. There, as before, they regularly lunch and play tennis. The going is getting a little tougher. Two members have been widowed; one has Alzheimer's; two suffer from macular degeneration. Those who can't drive must depend on the others. Still, single or married, ill or well, everyone is included...
...routinely added to flour. Folate not only prevents neural-tube defects in babies but also lowers blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that irritates blood vessels and is linked to heart disease. Just as impressive, spinach contains two phytochemicals, lutein and zeaxanthin, that seem to ward off macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. One cup of spinach contains just 41 calories and no fat, so you needn't worry about any unsightly bulges in your forearms or anywhere else. Don't like spinach? Try kale, Swiss chard or collard greens...
FOOD FOR SIGHT Seniors tend to have trouble with panoramic views. About 20% of Americans over 60 suffer from macular degeneration, above, which gradually cloaks their sight in shadow. In a surprise finding, researchers report that simply taking vitamins may slow the progression of the disease. High doses (far above those recommended by the Food and Drug Administration) of antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta carotene, combined with zinc, offer measurable protection against vision loss...