Summary
In no time in history has eye health become so
important in daily life. Vision plays a greater role than ever before in the
active, mobile, society of today. Work concentrates on the use of
telecommunication technology, while information is prepared or received by
computers, all of which demand excellent sight.
Eye health is the prerequisite for most daily activities, and the
maintenance of good vision the dominant sense of man has become an integral
part of life quality in the 21st century. For these reasons, eye health is now
a major concern of many people throughout the world. In Western countries, the
two most prevalent chronic eye diseases are
age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and age-related cataracts. The
direct and indirect costs caused by these debilitating eye diseases are
enormously high.
Increasing scientific evidence is now available demonstrating that
lutein and zeaxanthin
may be important for maintaining healthy eye.
