What benefits do greens have for our eye health? Dark-green leafy vegetables, including kale, collards, and arugula, are packed with the antioxidant lutein. The retina, the back of our eyeball, is an extension of our central nervous system—an outpouching of the brain during development. There is a spot right in the middle, which is what the doctor sees when looking into your eye with that bright light. That spot, called the macula, is our HD camera, where we get the highest resolution vision, an