The Importance of Antioxidants in the Brain

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The brain has a very high metabolic rate, but also the retina does. So similarly, both organs need certain nutrients to maintain that high metabolism. When they are so metabolically active, they're generating a lot of byproducts that can be toxins. The more time you spend exposed to oxygen, which you need to survive, like the more that oxygen is also oxidizing you. And accelerating processes of decay and entropy.

Rudrani "Rani" Banik is a board-certified Integrative ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained neuro-ophthalmologist. She combines traditional medical approaches to eye conditions and migraines with an integrative, holistic approach based on nutrition, lifestyle modification, and other natural therapies. Her latest book, Beyond Carrots: Best Foods For Eye Health A to Z, is out now.

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