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Change Your Diet, Change Your Eye Color?<\/strong><\/p>\n

FullyRaw blogger Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram claims that eating a raw food diet turned her eyes from \u201ca very dark caf\u00e9 brown color\u201d to a \u201chazel color with almost a honey lining around my iris and they\u2019re actually starting to turn blue.\u201d
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Posted a little over a year ago, the video has had time to gain traction\u20141.3 million views at this point\u2014as well as comments, most of which are in disbelief of Carrillo-Bucaram\u2019s claim. <\/p>\n

She\u2019s not the only one to make it, though. Steve Factor, \u201cThe Pure Energy Chef,\u201d has also experienced changes in eye color, according to a blog called Conscious Nourishment. Rawsomehealthy.com\u2019s Yulia Tarbath says that both the puffiness around her eyes has gone away and her eyes now appear brighter thanks to the raw food diet she\u2019s been on since 2009. That we can believe: clarity is one thing, color is quite another. <\/p>\n

The term to know here is iridology, an alternative form of medicine that determines health through eye color. If a patient\u2019s iris exhibits unusual patterns or colors, that might indicate disease, its practitioners believe. <\/p>\n

Carrillo-Bucaram, who was hyperglycemic as a child, \u201cgrew up eating a very poor Latin American and Lebanese diet\u2014I ate a lot of fat, and was constipated my whole life,\u201d she says in the video. Eating a low-fat raw, vegan diet consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables with few nuts and seeds, she rid herself of her hyperglycemia by the age of 18. But she also lost pigment in her irises. After consulting an iridologist, she says she learned that when \u201cwe have toxicity in our bodies, when we\u2019re constipated and things are not moving through our systems, we become \u2018stuffed up\u2019\u201d and we can see that toxicity in our eyes. \u201cThe cleaner you become, the cleaner your eyes become. I ate fully raw and I allowed my body to cleanse itself naturally.\u201d Gradually, throughout her eight years of eating raw, she says her eyes have changed color.<\/p>\n

No scientific evidence to date can back up this latter claim, though. Carrillo-Bucaram did not respond to emails.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood\u2019s not going to affect the pigments in your iris,\u201d said Dr. Deeba Chaudri of Cosmopolitan Eye Care in New York City. \u201cI update my continuing education courses all the time and I have never seen a study that food could affect eye color.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly talk about nutrition\u2014that\u2019s very important to eye health,\u201d Chaudri continued. \u201cYou want to have a good amount of antioxidants and leafy greens, which nourish the back of eye where receptors are, but neither good nor bad food will affect the pigment of the iris.\u201d <\/p>\n

Chaudri added that it would be nice to know more about Carrillo-Bucaram. What kind of supplements or medications does she take? What\u2019s her medical condition? Does she use eye drops? Topical eyelash enhancements such as Latisse? Does she wear UV protection? What is her family health history? \u201cYou have to factor in a bunch of things when you talk about eye pigment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Juan Horta-Santini of Union Square Eye Care, also in New York City, agreed, suggesting that anyone who thinks diet has changed his or her eye color should see a specialist to rule out systemic diseases. After speaking with Yahoo Food, he consulted with a cornea specialist in Washington, D.C. and a retina specialist in Pennsylvania, neither of whom had heard of diet changing eye color, either. \u201cThe iris can change if you get a big trauma to the eye,\u201d said Horta-Santini, \u201cbut they start looking whitish, not blue or green.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a rare green eye color and people are always stopping me and asking me if I wear contacts=I don’t! They change color depending upon what I am wearing or the lighting of my environment. Right now Green Eyes are the most desirable according to Fashion Magazines. Learn to love the eyes that you have. Yes, green eyes are the most rare eye color and second to that is blue. However, brown eyes are sexy too! Brown eyes are much more trustworthy and will get you far in life. From an aesthetic point of view, study Cat’s blog StylebyCat to learn how to make your eyes look their most beautiful! Most importantly, eyes are the windows to the soul. If you have a beautiful soul, you will have beautiful eyes regardless of their color! \ud83d\ude42 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nhttps:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/food\/in-the-video-above-fullyraw-blogger-kristina-101278745571.html<\/p>\n

In Your Eyes<\/strong>
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