| Types of Macular Degeneration | | | | recommended that you take a lutein supplement |
| There are two types of macular degeneration - | | | | that supplies 6 mg a day. |
| dry and wet. In this article I'm going to discuss | | | | There are some other very powerful natural |
| some natural treatments for wet macular | | | | supplements that you can consider when treating |
| degeneration which is a condition that only 10% of | | | | macular degeneration. Bilberry is an eye |
| people with eyesight problems have. | | | | strengthening herb that is thought to improve the |
| The Macula | | | | circulation to the retina and it is often |
| The cells in the centre of your retina, an area | | | | recommended to take this herb along with lutein. |
| called the macula, are responsible for your most | | | | You can get a lutein and bilberry combination |
| acute vision - your central vision. Sometimes | | | | supplement in the form of a spray that you put |
| these cells can slowly degenerate leaving the | | | | under your tongue. However, if you prefer to |
| centre of your eyesight blurry. If left untreated | | | | take a pill, then it is recommended that you take |
| the condition may worsen so that you have a | | | | a pill that contains 6 mg of lutein and 180 mg of |
| black hole in the centre of everything you see. In | | | | bilberry. |
| worst cases, almost all of your site can fall into | | | | You can also consider taking taurine which is an |
| that black hole. | | | | amino acid that helps to regenerate tissues in the |
| The large majority of optometrists will tell you | | | | retina. Ideally taurine should be taken in a liquid or |
| that there's nothing you can do to slow down the | | | | sublingual form for best absorption and assimilation |
| degeneration of the cells and nothing to prevent | | | | - 500 mg per day should be fine. |
| the possibility of blindness. Alternative | | | | Antioxidants are the final ingredient that basically |
| practitioners, however, will tell you that they are | | | | prevents retinal rust (oxidative damage). You can |
| wrong and that macular degeneration may be | | | | take a multivitamin that contains vitamins C, E, |
| stabilised or reversed with nutritional intervention | | | | selenium and zinc - this help stop the formation of |
| and suitable eye strengthening exercises. | | | | free radicals. |
| Supplements to Reverse WMD | | | | Eye Exercises to Counteract WMD |
| If you are suffering from WMD then you should | | | | Eye exercises can also be a useful weapon to |
| be supplementing with lutein which is a pigment | | | | have in your arsenal in your bid to reverse |
| found in green vegetables such as kale and | | | | macular degeneration. I always recommend the |
| spinach. In a large percentage of patients this | | | | work of William Bates - he spent his entire lifetime |
| substance also has the ability to reverse the | | | | working on natural eye exercises to improve |
| effects of macular degeneration and it is by far | | | | eyesight and reverse conditions such as macular |
| the number one nutritional treatment for the | | | | degeneration. These exercises strengthen the eye |
| disease. You can actually get all the lutein that you | | | | (most notably the muscles that are attached to |
| need by simply eating five servings of leafy green | | | | the lens) and alleviate eye strain - two hidden |
| vegetables per week. If you don't eat that | | | | problems that can worsen macular degeneration. |
| amount then you should supplement. It is | | | | |