Supplements to Help Preserve Your Vision and Quality of Life

Supplements to Help Preserve Your Vision and Quality of Life

As we age, it becomes harder for our bodies to absorb essential nutrients. Often times, people are unaware that they have become nutrient deficient.

SignatureMD’s Dr. Kenneth Rybicki survived pancreatic cancer, and devised a blend of antioxidants and other beneficial ingredients to help him rebuild after grueling chemotherapy.

Dr. Rybicki was interviewed by Monsters and Critics.com and shared his journey.

SignatureMD doctors know that nutrients can stave off premature vision loss and eye disease that occurs as we age.

Despite the notion that carrots are a magical sight-booster, dark, green leafy vegetables may have a stronger impact on your vision preservation.

Over 150 million Americans use glasses or contacts to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness or farsightedness, according to a report from the eye health organization Prevent Blindness America.

The most common diseases include age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

SignatureMD doctors know that patients whose diets consist of lean meat and plenty of vegetables or vegetarian/vegan diets, high in specific antioxidants such as vitamin C, E, zinc, or carotenoid plant pigments like beta-carotene or lutein, will be less likely to develop common age-related eye diseases.

The best option is to ingest these nutrients in whole foods. Eating a wide range of healthy foods is optimal, however older and sicker patients may benefit from a comprehensive antioxidant rich supplement along with a varied diet, according to Dr. Rybicki.

Bottom line: A diet rich in colors from the garden can boost your health and wellness.

Vitamin D helps lower inflammation. The antioxidant vitamins C, E, beta-carotene and zinc reduced the risk of developing advanced AMD by about 25 percent, according to the National Eye Institute’s original Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS).

Lutein and zeaxanthin carotenoids can absorb blue light, and also absorb free radicals that occur due to light exposure. These may decrease the risk of developing macular degeneration.

Essential fatty acids could help treat dry-eye syndrome, a condition that occurs when the eye can’t produce enough tears for lubrication, according to a 2011 study from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

The American Optometric Association recommends eating fish or taking nutritional supplements from somewhere like Express Health Shop (https://expresshealthshop.com) that contain a polyunsaturated fatty acid to help with dry eye. The essential omega-3 fatty acid decosahexanoic acid (DHA), found in breast milk, is crucial for vision and brain development in infants. Breast milk is also enhanced with lutein relative to other types of carotenoids, especially in the first months of life.

Source(s)

I. Dr. Rybicki Creates NeoVitin Supplements After Cancer Recovery
II. http://www.ktla.com/health/sc-health-0530-eyesight-supplements-20120530,0,681856.story