Even Health Can Be Dangerous: Woman Nearly Blinded by a 'Healthy' Green Smoothie
Can too much health be harmful? It's possible, and it's essential to recognize and prevent it: A woman in her 60s nearly lost her vision due to her daily consumption of a spinach, broccoli, and kale smoothie containing high levels of metals and harmful substances.
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The U.S. media recently reported on a woman in her 60s who nearly lost her sight because of a 'healthy' habit she adopted without consulting her doctors: for eight years, she drank a smoothie composed of spinach, broccoli, and kale.<\/strong><\/a> daily.<\/p> Usually, there is no problem with healthy smoothies as long as they stay within the proper dosage, and those who consume them do so in consultation with their healthcare provider. The issue in this case was that alongside her consumption of the healthy smoothie – which is rich in a substance called lutein – the woman also took a lutein supplement<\/a> on her own accord.<\/p> Lutein is a yellow-orange pigment from the carotenoid family, considered one of the main antioxidants in the eye, with a crucial role in maintaining eye health<\/a> and vision. However, it can be extremely dangerous when its level in the body is excessively high.<\/p> This is also why the woman nearly lost her vision entirely. The excessive consumption of this component led to the accumulation of crystalline material in her eyes, which disrupted her sight. Fortunately, doctors managed to trace the cause in time - before she became completely blind.<\/p> Although the woman remained determined not to give up her healthy smoothie, which she described as giving her 'superpower' unlike anything else, with the help of doctors, she learned to consume it wisely and not at three times the recommended amount, as she had done until then.<\/p>
