1, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana nui o ka retina. ʻO ka lutein ka pigment nui o ka macula area o ka maka kanaka, inā nele kēia mea, hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ka ʻike maka, a hiki ke makapō.
2, no ka pale ʻana i nā maka mai ka pōʻino o ka mālamalama, he ʻano koʻikoʻi loa nā maka kanaka i ka mālamalama, hiki i ka mālamalama ʻike ʻia i loko o ke kukui polū a me ke kukui ultraviolet ke hōʻino pololei i ka lens a me ka retina o ka fundus, a e "oxidize" i nā ʻiʻo pūnaewele, e hana i nā radical manuahi, e hoʻolalelale i ka ʻelemakule o ka maka kanaka. I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā lutein ka hopena anti-free radical, antioxidant, e omo ana i ka mālamalama ʻino, e pale i kā mākou mau ʻike pūnaewele mai ka pōʻino.
3, kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hanana ʻana o nā maʻi maka hiki ke pale i ka hanana ʻana o ka macular degeneration e pili ana i ka makahiki, retinitis pigmentosa a me nā ʻeha ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, hiki i ka lutein ke pale i ka ʻike, hoʻopaneʻe i ka hohonu o ka myopia, no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i ka luhi ʻike, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike blurred, nā maka maloʻo, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka, ka ʻeha maka, photophobia, a pēlā aku, he kuleana ko lākou.
I kēia mau lā, ua lilo ko kākou ola i mea e hiki ʻole ai ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā huahana uila, a he mea maʻalahi ke haka pono i ka pale no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ʻia nā maka i ka mālamalama ʻino no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana me ka lutein e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou mau maka mai ka hōʻino ʻana o ka mālamalama ~