| Healthy vision or good eyesight requires certain | | | | ingredients. These elements are essential in |
| nutrients from a healthy diet or eye supplements. | | | | preventing the deterioration of degenerative eye |
| The Dietary Guidelines for Americans | | | | diseases. Vitamins A helps maintain night vision |
| recommends that a healthy diet should emphasize | | | | and heal wounds. Vitamin B complex including B1, |
| fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or | | | | B2, B3, B5, B6, and B12 helps decrease chronic |
| low-fat milk and milk products. It should also | | | | inflammation and prevent macular degeneration as |
| include lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs and | | | | well as treat uveitis. Vitamin C and E are also |
| nuts. In fact, many Americans take a diet that is | | | | included by the AREDS formula. Lutein and |
| high in calorie but low in nutrient. A healthy diet | | | | zeaxanthin may also play a role in reducing |
| should still low in saturated fats, trans fats, | | | | macular degeneration and cataracts. While |
| cholesterol, salt and added sugars. If your diet is | | | | phytochemical antioxidants protect eyes from |
| not healthy enough, multivitamins and mineral | | | | oxidative stress, omega-3 essential fatty acids |
| supplements can offer enough nutrients that your | | | | have been proved to lower the incidence of |
| eyes needs. | | | | developing dry eye. |
| These supplements protect you from | | | | Among various multivitamins solutions, popular |
| degenerative eye diseases such as macular | | | | brands such as ICaps, Ocuvite PreserVision, |
| degeneration and cataracts. The Age-Related Eye | | | | Oculaire and MacuTrition are more convincing. |
| Disease Study (AREDS) investigated the natural | | | | Some tips are important when you choose |
| history and risk factors of macular degeneration | | | | multivitamins. You should check the expiration |
| and cataracts and evaluated the effect of high | | | | date and the bottle seal. Doses are also critical |
| doses of antioxidants zinc on the two diseases' | | | | that you must strictly follow the dosage |
| progression in the 1990s. AREDS recommended a | | | | instructions on the bottle. Supplements that |
| formula that can significantly reduce the risk of | | | | contain filters such as dairy products, corn and |
| advanced macular degeneration. The formula | | | | wheat are not suitable for people with allergies. |
| contains Vitamin C, E and A, Zinc and copper. | | | | High bioavailability enables your body to absorb |
| AREDS also found that antioxidant eye vitamins | | | | nutrients more easily. And capsules are also easier |
| can decrease the risk of developing cataracts. A | | | | for absorption than hard tablets. |
| follow-up study named AREDS2 aim at evaluating | | | | You should also be aware of safety issues while |
| the effects of other nutrients such as lutein, | | | | taking eye supplements. Pregnant and nursing |
| zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids. | | | | individuals need additional care. |
| In detail, vision multivitamins should contain certain | | | | |