Archive for the ‘vitamins for eyesight’ Category


Back To School – Kids and Vision: What You Need to Know

Pencils, notebooks, crayons, chalk. It’s that time again: summer has packed its bags, and you’re filling your children’s backpacks with all the supplies they’ll need to succeed. But have you left out the most important school tool? According to All About Vision, more than 80 percent of what a child learns in school is presented [...]

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Can Vigorous Exercise Actually Reduce Vision Loss?

photo credit: ex_magician A study performed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tracked 41,000 runners for more than 7 years, and found that running reduced the risk of both cataracts and age reviews related macular degeneration. “These studies suggest that people can perhaps lessen their risk for these diseases by taking part in a fitness regimen [...]

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Eye Nutrition Fact: 3 Nutrients May Cut Cataract Risk

A recent study performed by Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in the January edition of the Archives of Ophthalmology reported that women who get more lutein, zeaxanthin, and vitamin E may be less likely to develop cataracts than women who skimp on those nutrients. Cataracts were 18% rarer in women who got the [...]

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6 Nutrients That Can Reduce Age Related Vision Loss

Findings reported in the May Journal of Ophthalmology reported that vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids were linked to a lower risk of macular degeneration – the leading cause of vision loss in people over 50. The data was collected by the ongoing Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) that is [...]

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