Eating more fish may slow down the progression of macular degeneration. A new study based on the original AREDS (Age Related Eye Disease Study) data finds that eating cold water, fatty fish 1-2 times per week may reduce the advancement of macular degeneration. Fatty fish include salmon, tuna, sardines, certain shellfish and herring. Two specific compounds, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and … [Read more...]
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Something Fishy About Macular Degeneration
Filed Under: Macular Degeneration, Nutrition Tagged With: age related eye disease, AREDS, ARMD, diet, fish, Retina
What About Vitamins?
What vitamins help macular degeneration? I am asked this daily. What should I take? What should I eat? What can I do? The answer is simply...........I don't really know. The information about supplements, be they vitamins or foods, is really scarce. I usually tell patients that my job is to report the hard data to you and not to promote remedies or pills which are unfounded. I feel … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Macular Degeneration, Nutrition Tagged With: age related eye disease, AREDS, AREDS2, ARMD, carotenoid, lutein, omega 3, wet macular degeneration, zeaxanthin





