Keep BLINDNESS at bay with this Aztec ceremonial flower
With every page you flip on your calendar, you wonder what’ll be the next thing “to go.”
Maybe you’ve already started losing your hair… muscle tone… and even your “va va voom.”
You might be turning up the TV volume a little louder than you used to…
And you’re reaching for your readers whenever you sit down with the newspaper or at a computer.
Don’t make the mistake of IGNORING that last one.
Sure, age-related vision decline may be considered “normal”…
But if it’s the early stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), you’ve got to do something about it NOW…
Before it STEALS your vision for good.
Fortunately, there’s a way to head off vision loss at the pass… and even SHARPEN aging vision.
Vision-boosting blooms
I’ve shared with you before the benefits of “pot marigold,” a.k.a. calendula (Calendula officinalis)… which is native to Egypt and the Mediterranean.
But the marigolds I’m talking about today… the ones that could SAVE your vision… are an entirely different plant!
Also in the daisy family, these eye-boosting marigolds (Tagetes erecta) aren’t purely ornamental and symbolic.
You see, these golden-hued flowers got their name “marigold” in honor of the Virgin Mary… a.k.a. “Mary’s gold.”
Many Latin American cultures consider them sacred – including the Mexican Catholics who use them to honor their ancestors.
But they’ve been TREASURED at least since the time of the Aztec Empire!
In the last two or three decades, we’ve discovered even MORE about the vision-preserving power that these petals pack.
Key in this flower’s ability to save your precious eyesight is its content of plant pigments called carotenoids – namely lutein and zeaxanthin.
Both of these antioxidant pigments are found naturally in the back of your eye, where they offer protection from UV light radiation and other oxidative damage.
Your body then converts lutein into a third protective pigment, called meso-zeaxanthin.
Most experts consider MZ to be the dominant eye pigment – the most important one to help your vision stay SHARP and CLEAR.
But as you age, your levels of all three of these DROP.
And your body can’t make ANY of them on its own. You’ve got to get them from an outside source.
You could can load up on spinach or other leafy greens to restore balance of lutein and zeaxanthin… but you’d have to eat a lot of seafood (or certain marine plants, like algae) to get the meso-zeaxanthin you need.
Or, you could supplement with marigold extract, which DELIVERS all three pigments…
And RIGHT where you need them… at the macula (a.k.a. the center of your retinas)!
That’s why many vision-supporting formulas contain marigold extract as their star ingredient.
There is, however, a hitch.
Supplementing with these marigold pigments isn’t a “quick fix.” The BEST results come after sustained supplementation over the course of 2 or 3 years.
But if you catch AMD early enough… and you stick with the plan… you could RETAIN your visual function and even OPTIMIZE your visual clarity!
And you could START noticing a difference in as little as 6 months.
Better yet, you can reduce your risk of disease progression. And in the case of AMD, that means you can SLAM THE BRAKES on going blind!
Marigold-derived pigments are safe to take… but check with your doc before starting any new supplement routine.
To petal power,
Melissa Young
