cup of corn and a half cup of spinach a day—most individuals saw a dramatic boost in protective macular pigmentation within the first month.6555 Three months after the subjects stopped eating the corn and spinach, the levels of these pigments remained relatively high, indicating that once we build up our macular pigment with a healthy diet, our eyeballs really try to hold on to it. So, even if we go on vacation and end up eating more iceberg lettuce than spinach, our eyes will try to hold out until we get back. Yellow corn has about seventy times more lutein than white corn,6556 but spinach
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