It's time for Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionist Darlene Cavist.

Each week, Darlene explains a connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned to hear practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through good nutrition.

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Well, welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

I'm Darlene Kavis, licensed nutritionist, and I do appreciate you listening to our show today.

You know, over the past several months, we've received several emails suggesting that we address the most common cause of vision loss in older people called age-related macular degeneration.

So you might ask, so what is macular degeneration?

You may have not ever heard that, but maybe you have.

So what is it?

What are the causes of macular degeneration and how does nutrition fit into a prevention plan?

And that's what we're going to talk about.

And I have two great helpers today.

First joining me as our co-host is Anna Durhawk.

And everybody knows Anna, I think, that lives in the

Twin City area, maybe. She's a licensed nutritionist with her master's degree in nutrition,

and she knows a lot about nutrition. And so, Anna, what is macular degeneration? And now, just pretend that you're explaining it to someone that

really doesn't understand this I mean you know I promise to break it down real easy okay

okay so it's it's what it is it's the actual breakdown or deterioration of the

retina resulting in a loss of central vision.

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