| You may have heard about a lot of the things | | | | Age related macular degeneration causes you to |
| that supplementing with fish oil can do for you, | | | | lose the central vision necessary for activities |
| but you might not know about the connection | | | | such as reading, and driving a car. In a lot of |
| between omega 3 and retina health. It has long | | | | cases the loss of vision happens so gradually that |
| been known that these essential nutrients play a | | | | a person doesn't really notice the change, but in |
| role in the development and maintenance of visual | | | | others the disease can progress rapidly and may |
| acuity, and what we are going to do here is break | | | | even suffer a loss of vision in both of their eyes. |
| it down to you exactly what they can do. | | | | The link between omega 3 and retina health can |
| The retina is the light sensitive layer of tissue that | | | | help you avoid this horrible situation. |
| lines the back of the eye, and it sends visual | | | | By increasing the levels of n-3 fatty acids in your |
| messages to the brain through the optic nerve. | | | | system you can actually decrease your risk of |
| What you want to be able to do is prevent the | | | | suffering from degenerative vision loss by almost |
| development of degenerative diseases such as | | | | 40%. What happens with these nutrients is that |
| retinitis pigmentosa, and age related macular | | | | the retinal pigment epithelium cells in the retina |
| degeneration. The latter of these diseases is the | | | | absorbs, and stores the fatty acids. Once a high |
| leading cause of vision loss in people over 65. | | | | enough level of n-3 fatty acids has been attained |
| The connection between omega 3 and retina | | | | then the development of these degenerative |
| health is that these fatty acids help in the | | | | diseases is discouraged. |
| prevention of photoreceptor death. These cells | | | | Some experts will tell you that the key to omega |
| primarily break down and die due to exposure to | | | | 3 and retina health is to eat fatty fish two or |
| potentially dangerous sunlight, and high oxygen | | | | more times per week, but a better piece of |
| tension. The loss of these cells can affect your | | | | advice would be to begin using an omega 3 DHA |
| vision in a couple of ways, which I will describe for | | | | fish oil supplement. Fatty fish tend to accumulate |
| you here. | | | | high levels of toxins over time, so it is better to |
| In the case of retinitis pigmentosa you can either | | | | raise your n-3 levels using a purified, concentrated |
| be affected by night blindness, or you can suffer | | | | form of fish oil. It is a more effective and safer |
| the loss of your peripheral vision. This is an | | | | way to go. |
| inherited disease that also affects hearing. In | | | | Now that you understand the important |
| some cases the person will have hearing loss at | | | | connection between omega 3 and retina health I |
| an early age and develop retinitis pigmentosa later | | | | hope you will begin taking a high quality |
| in life, but often a person will develop retinitis | | | | supplement right away. Your eyes will thank you |
| pigmentosa first and then suffer progressive | | | | for it. |
| hearing loss. | | | | |