What is a Carotenoid?
Carotenoids are pigments that give things color. Carrots have a lot of Beta-carotenes, but lutein and zeaxanthin are important Carotenoids for eyes because they are found in our retinas. They…
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Tag: eye color
What Determines Eye Color?
A substance called melanin determines eye color. If an eye has a lot of melanin and the melanin is near the surface of the iris, then that eye will be a…
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Eagle Eyes
As many people that have been glued to their computer, iPad and tablet screens waiting for the eaglets to hatch, I thought I would find out more about the “Eagle…
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October is Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
Roughly 6,000 Americans each year report eye injuries from basketball, the leading cause of sports-related eye injuries. The best recommendation for eye injury prevention is certified sports protection eyewear that…
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Eyes Gone Wrong: Flawed Vision, Color Blindness
A better term for Color Blindness would be Color Vision Deficiency. Rarely are people completely colorblind, unable to see any color at all. Color Vision Deficiency is the decreased ability…
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EYES GONE WRONG
20/20 vision is a term used to express normal vision. If you have 20/20 vision, you can see clearly at 20 feet what should be normally seen at that distance. If…
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Blue VS Brown Eyes
What determines the color of our eyes? Brown eyes are dominant, the blue eye gene is recessive, meaning, if two brown eyed people have a child there is a 75% chance…
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