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Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T01:21:02Z

My eyes are hazel, or at least it says so on my driver's license. But I've noticed over the last few months, a few people have commented on my 'blue eyes.' When I told them no, they are hazel, those people have given me a weird look (like I was stupid or something). Today I was looking in the rear view mirror when I finally realized, my eyes really are looking rather blue now! THe formerly green edges are now grey blue edges and the amber brown parts in the centers have shrunk down and appear brighter. So my eyes have somewhat changed color now, and I'm not sure what color to even call them. Grey blue brown? Bluish hazel? Anyone else notice their eyes shifting color after going paleo?

Edited to add: And in case anyone might be tempted to assume I'm imagining things, such a result may not really be all that surprising considering scientists actually do not well understand what determines eye color but think it is likely in part related to the density of proteins in the stroma part of the eye: http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=232

Answer by mari for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T01:32:44Z

nope. Still blue grey.

Answer by Dexter for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T01:51:14Z

My color hasn't changed but the optomistrist says over the last two years, my eyes have gotten much better...meaning my perscription for eyeglasses is less strong than a year ago.

Answer by Cheryl White for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T03:04:12Z

My eyes are blue and I haven't noticed a change in them since going Paleo (but then I've only been Paleo for ten weeks), but I do know that when I have a sinus infection they take on this bizarre tint of green, almost like there's an overlay on them. I'm not talking about goo or anything coming out of them, but the actual color of my eyes. Maybe there's something to that protein idea and perhaps when I am ill there's a difference in the protein ratio(?) This doesn't happen when I'm sick any other way - just sinus infections - so there may be a relation since the infection is in proximity to my eyes. Of course, this is all just guesswork but you've got me wondering now too.

Answer by Ed for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T03:28:51Z

It is common for eye color to change (especially lighten) with age.

However, an eye color change (especially if sudden, dramatic, or only in one eye) can be a sign of an eye disease, so consider getting an eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist.

Answer by Elfreda for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T07:01:37Z

Nope, no change, still blue. (but you know I had to go look, just in case...)

Answer by Gazelle for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T11:04:55Z

Denise Minger claims her eye color changed after switching to raw foods (she's not a vegan): http://rawfoodsos.com/about/

Answer by Louisa for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T11:27:23Z

My eyes changed from hazel to deep green. I went from vegetarian to paleo over the course of ten years, and noticed the changes very gradually. I was told by an iridologist that I now have a very smooth and unblemished iris texture, which I was told indicates good health generally.

I think that instead of actually changing colour, the reality is that the 'texture' changed, giving the appearance of colour change. Rather than having large central 'striations' of hazel now, my irises are hardly patterned at all and very smooth, as if the highlights of hazel have disappeared giving the appearance of darker eyes.

So this sounds very similar to your situation, yet in reverse: your 'patches' of darker hazel disappearing to give the impression of lighter blue eyes.

So, assuming that areas of the eye equate to parts of the body as iridologists claim, your eye changes could possibly indicate that any health problems you may have been experiencing in the areas where you had the patches have now been resolved.

Answer by Ambimorph for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T14:20:12Z

This is talked about a lot at the Raw Paleo Diet Forum. I think they attribute it to the "raw" part, but maybe it's just the "paleo" part.

I think mine may be somewhat lighter. I haven't studied them in a long time, so I'm not sure. I'll have to get a second opinion.

Answer by Joshua for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-09T17:31:26Z

My eyes have bounced back and forth from Green to Hazel to Blue and every shade in-between... my whole life, not just my whole "paleo" life.

Because of the color my eyes are, it really depends on what I am around/wearing as to what color my eyes will "appear" to be. Green shirt = green eyes, blue shirt = blue eyes.

So really, my eyes are "all of the above". Since I wear lots of blue, my license says "Blue Eyes" anyway.

Answer by Heather for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-10T18:25:52Z

My eyes used to be green with brown patches near the pupils, and a few brown striations. I just looked at them, and the brown has largely faded to green, though not totally. I saw on the iridology chart that that would correlate with clearing up stomach issues - and the beginning of my paleo journey 8 months ago coincided with finding out that half my relatives have celiac's, and that I'm at least intolerant of gluten, if not full-blown CD. Not that I put a lot of stock in iridology since it appears to be totally unproven, but it's just interesting. I'll have to looke closely at my husband's eyes, his are green with some blue and yellow striations. Maybe he's lost the blue-yellow part.

Answer by Egk for Have your eyes changed color?

2010-12-12T04:16:39Z

Track your plaque (fee based forum) has threads on eye color change and vitamin d. Lots of discussion, no concensus

Answer by Emily for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-23T05:12:20Z

my eyes do that. Their usally a bright green, but they change to blue or gray. And On top of that my left eye will be half green and half blue. it really weird(:

Answer by Ali for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-23T14:27:54Z

My eyes were all brown when I was younger (I described them as poop-brown). Over time they have slowly gotten more and more green. About 4 years ago, I noticed they were more green than brown. Right before I noticed this I had LASIK eye surgery. I don't know if the two are related, but I always assumed they were.

Currently my eyes are mostly green.

I don't attribute this to paleo as I've only been eating this way for about 7 months. If my eyes start turning blue, I might start blaming the food I eat. 8)

Answer by Glither for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-23T14:43:33Z

I went into the bathroom to wash my hands a few months ago and suddenly wow! I noticed that my green eyes were a stronger green. I would forget about the and next time I caught myself in the mirror it would shock me again, until I got used to it. Nice perk!

Answer by Marjorie for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-23T23:15:05Z

I read somewhere that the "green" in green eyes was merely fatty deposits. Perhaps the increased fat content in a paleo diet...or the switch to a different type of fat (more saturated animal fat vs vegetable oil etc.)...changes the nature of fatty, green eyes.

Answer by animalcule for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-24T11:18:43Z

Nope. Still blueberry blue with a gray ring around the pupil, just like my dad's.

I feel like my skin color and tone has changed, though. I've always had warm coloring, pale but yellowish. In the past year my skin seems much more golden and a darker shade.. It's not residual tan because I'm the same color all over and last summer I only tanned where my tank-top and shorts didn't cover (no time spent in a bathing suit). Looking at pictures of me next to my white friends this winter, I look tan as hell. Weird.

I don't get much beta carotene - but I practically OD on retinol (all from real food of course), and I've been supplementing D since I stopped getting sun...

Answer by Fearsclave for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-02-24T12:20:07Z

My wife mentioned several times in the months after I started doing Paleo that my eyes were getting bluer.

Answer by Wenchypoo for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-03-30T14:46:56Z

If you're like me, your eyes change with whatever you happen to be wearing. I was born with blue eyes, and can go from blue-hazel to blue-green, and everywhere in between. It all depends on what color I wear on top.

Answer by Simibee for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-03-30T18:10:09Z

Like a lot of people on this thread with brown/hazel eyes, I've also noticed that mine have been looking greener since starting Paleo, and there is actually a pretty specific reason for the change.

The Paleo diet is not only naturally high in the xanthopylls lutein and zeaxanthin (plant pigments found in leafy green vegetables like spinach, eggs, animal fats e.t.c.), but also promotes very good absorption of these fat soluble nutrients. The yellow shade of the human macula lutea in the retina of the eye is dependent on the lutein and zeaxanthin that it contains, and the concentration of these substances has been shown to affect eye colour (http://www.iovs.org/content/46/2/692.full). A high concentration is believed to be beneficial to eye health, as it protects against blue light/oxidative stress, and thus prevents common sight problems like Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Answer by Oranges13 for Have your eyes changed color?

2011-03-30T18:32:21Z

I have hazel eyes and I know that mine (my entire life) have trended towards green depending on what I'm wearing. It's a trick of the light. Don't worry :)

Answer by Sammiez for Have your eyes changed color?

2012-08-07T07:37:16Z

hey,

i actually have a question about the raw food diet and eye color change. If a raw food diet really changes eye color, would it be a temporary change or a permanent change. If it's temporary then around how long would it take to change back to it's old color. Speaking for myself, i would like to try the raw food diet but i know i wouldn't be able to do it forever.

Answer by HuntingBears for Have your eyes changed color?

2012-08-07T09:29:07Z

Genuinely the only real physical change I've noticed on paleo, apart from an improvement in body composition becuase of more protein, is that the colour of my eyes seems richer, kind of a marbly greeny blue with a rusty yellow swirl around the pupil where before I'd swear they were grayer

Answer by Korion for Have your eyes changed color?

2012-08-07T10:01:14Z

I don't know about their color now, but I remember 2 of my photographs made at school, they were exactly the same kind of photograph, same lighting, same background. One made in 2003, the other one a year later. And my eyes changed from greyish blue to greenish. My face really changed back then though, the color of my hair changed too, and my skin had a tan (I have tremendous difficulties getting a tan on my face, the rest of my body turns brown but my face won't). It was a very, very, very hot summer back then (lots of old people died from the heat).