Eating more omega-3 polyunsaturated fat, such as that found in fish, may prevent the development of macular degeneration. I have posted on this before. No need to click back, but the highlights were; eating one serving a week of fish, thereby increasing omega-3's and decreasing foods containing linoleic acid (an unsaturated omega-6 fatty acid) decreased the incidence of macular … [Read more...]
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From Fish to Nuts, Eating Right to Prevent Macular Degeneration
Filed Under: Macular Degeneration Tagged With: AREDS, fatty acids, linoleic acid, Macular Degeneration, nuts, omega 3, omega-6, unsaturated fatty acids
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
