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The influence of the macular carotenoids on women's eye and brain health

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NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 26, 期 8, 页码 720-726

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2022.2084125

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Sex differences; lutein; zeaxanthin; mortality-morbidity paradox; carotenoids; macular degeneration; macular pigment; Alzheimer's

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The mortality-morbidity paradox refers to the inconsistency in survival and disease between males and females. Dietary intake of pigmented carotenoids, such as lutein and zeaxanthin, appears to be particularly important for issues such as visual and cognitive loss.
Introduction: The mortality-morbidity paradox refers to the inconsistency in survival and disease between males and females: females live longer but tend to suffer greater age-related disease and disability. Many aspects of the latter can be targeted by lifestyle interventions, such as changes in dietary behavior. Methods: The relevant literature is reviewed. Conclusion: Dietary intake of the pigmented carotenoids appears to be particularly important for issues such as visual and cognitive loss. This may be due to the highly selective presence of a fraction of carotenoids, namely lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z), in specific tissues of the eye and brain. At those sites, L and Z have been shown to directly improve function and prevent central nervous system degeneration. On the palliative side, retinal LZ reduce glare disability, discomfort and photostress, improve chromatic contrast and visual range (e.g., the ability to see through blue atmospheric haze). These effects on input reflect changes in neural output such as improved visual processing speed, problem solving, memory and executive function (presumably due, also, to local effects in areas such as the hippocampus and frontal cortex). These effects on function throughout the central nervous system are mirrored by effects on disease progression. As potent antioxidants/anti-inflammatory agents, and blue-blockers within the retina, the pigments prevent loss that precedes neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and some forms of dementia.

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