A Dietary Strategy for Optimizing the Visual Range of Athletes

Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2023 Jul 1;51(3):103-108. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000318. Epub 2023 Apr 21.

Abstract

Visual range is quantified by assessing how far one can see clearly (an ability crucial to many athletes). This ability tends to vary significantly across individuals despite similar personal characteristics. We hypothesize that the primary driver of these differences is the individual response to scattered short-wave light in the environment moderated by the dietarily derived retinal pigments lutein and zeaxanthin.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Athletes
  • Diet
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Humans
  • Lutein*
  • Xanthophylls*
  • Zeaxanthins

Substances

  • Xanthophylls
  • Lutein
  • Zeaxanthins