You\u2019ve probably heard someone say, \u201cEat your carrots, they\u2019re good for your eyes.\u201d You may have also seen advertisements for nutritional supplements for eye health.-<\/p>\n
What minerals and vitamins benefit your eyes most?<\/p>\n
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A few nutrients can help maintain eye function, protect against harmful light and reduce the development of age-related degenerative diseases of the eye.<\/p>\n
But more research is needed to help eye care professionals advise patients on whether they should regularly take a supplement, take a look at the latest cbg breakdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn most cases, these studies are of short duration and are too variable for us to make any solid conclusions,\u201d says Adrienne West, M.D., a comprehensive ophthalmologist at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.<\/p>\n Paula Anne Newman-Casey, M.D., a Kellogg glaucoma specialist, says studies also need to be thorough and include comparisons between those who take eye supplements and those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n While few studies support positive claims about supplements, the age-related eye disease study (AREDS) is an exception. The research showed a group getting a specialized blend of vitamin and mineral supplements had a 25 percent lower risk of worsening of age-related macular degeneration.<\/p>\n An eye doctor can determine if AREDS supplements, a combination of vitamins C and E, lutein, zeaxanthin, copper and zinc, will be effective, given the status of your eye health.<\/p>\n But the promising study, conducted in the 1990s, sparked interest in the use of supplements for protecting eyesight.<\/p>\n Kellogg ophthalmologists discuss which vitamins and supplements could help keep your eyes in check.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019ve probably heard someone say, \u201cEat your carrots, they\u2019re good for your eyes.\u201d You may have also seen advertisements for nutritional supplements for eye health.- What minerals and vitamins benefit your eyes most? LISTEN UP: Add the new Michigan Medicine News Break to your Alexa-enabled device, or subscribe to our daily updates on iTunes, Google … L\u00e4s mer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9652,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[242,243,244,245,239,241,240,236,238,247,246,237],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halsa-och-sjukdomar","tag-cancer","tag-demens-och-alzheimer","tag-depression-och-angest","tag-dyslexi-och-adhd","tag-fiskleverolja","tag-hjart-och-karlsjukdom","tag-olja","tag-omega-3","tag-piller","tag-reumatism","tag-schizofreni","tag-tablett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4092,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/4092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.improveme.se\/lolla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}