What You Must Know About Food and Supplements for Optimal Vision Care - 9780757004100

As children, we were told to eat our carrots if we wanted good eyesight. In
fact, science has known for decades that vitamin A and beta-carotene can
prevent a host of eye problems, including certain forms of blindness. But for
most of us, that’s where our knowledge of vitamins and eye health stops.
Over the last twenty years, more and more studies have demonstrated that a
wide variety of foods and natural supplements can play a major role in
preventing eye disorders before they occur and supporting conventional
treatment of those problems that do occur. From the best-selling author of
Smart Medicine for Your Eyes comes a new concise guide to these powerful
foods and supplements.
What You Must Know About Food & Supplements for Optimal Vision Care is
divided into three parts. Part One is an overview of nutritional principles.
This section explores the function of nutrients that benefit not only the visual
system, but the entire body. Part Two provides listings of common eye
disorders, including a brief discussion of each condition and a handy chart
detailing the various nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic treatments that can
be used to alleviate the disorder. Part Three offers further guidance by
providing diets for healthy eyes, information on the interaction of foods and
medications, and much more.
There is so much you can do to support eye health through good food and
wisely chosen supplements. In this helpful and easy-to-use resource, Dr.
Anshel provides you with a wealth of information on using the most effective
natural products and foods available.