Category Archives: nutrition

Vitamin A Deficiency Causes Blindness; Prevent Night Blindness With Nutrition

Vitamin A deficiency is uncommon in the U.S., but it affects many people in the developing world.  One of first symptoms of a vitamin A deficiency is night blindness, which, if untreated can develop into full scale blindness.  According to … Continue reading

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Eggs Prevent Macular Degeneration in Seniors – Antioxidants Are Essential

An egg a day can protect people over age 60 from developing macular degeneration.  A study published in the Journal of Nutrition the levels of powerful antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin in participants’ blood increased between 26 and 38% if they … Continue reading

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Sustainable and Highly Nutritious Seaweed

Researchers in Ireland have shown that it is possible to grow three highly nutritious kinds of seaweed through sustainable industrial-scale cultivation.  They have grown Laminaria digitata (a brown seaweed “kelp”)  grown “very successfully” on longlines in Roaring Water Bay, in … Continue reading

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Low-Glycemic Diet Can Prevent Macular Degeneration

The regular consumption of specific “protective nutrients” in conjunction with a low-glycemic-index, or “slow carb,” diet protected study participants from age-related macular degeneration Continue reading

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The Right Diet Can Lower Cataracts Risk

A recent study n the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology shows that eating right can reduce the chance of developing cataracts in women aged 50 to 79 Continue reading

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What is Recurrent Erosion Syndrome?

Recurrent erosion syndrome (RES) refers to repeated episodes of superficial spontaneous abrasions that cause eye pain. Continue reading

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Dry Eye is a Whole Body Condition

Those who suffer from dry eyes should consider making changes to their diet and introducing nutritional supplements Continue reading

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Candidiasis can cause eye floaters

Floaters are often the result of vitreous tears or detachments often experienced by seniors, but for some these clumps of protein can be the result of candidiasis, an overgrowth of the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans. Continue reading

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Trial Evaluating Mesozeaxathin for Macular Degeneration

A new study, known as Meso-zeaxanthin ocular supplementation trial (MOST), begins in late March 2010 and the clinical research team are currently recruiting suitable candidates. The specialists involved in the trial are research experts in this area of eye disease. Continue reading

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More good fat, less bad, reduces age-related macular degeneration risk

In the first study, Jennifer S.L. Tan, MBBS, BE at the University of Sydney, Australia and her colleagues evaluated data from 2,454 participants in the Blue Mountains Eye Study of men and women aged 49 and older. Those who consumed … Continue reading

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