macular degeneration
Aged to Perfection
Management of women’s hormonal health issues should involve a holistic, layered approach. As perimenopause and menopause approach, many women experience hormonal-related changes to their bodies. Traditionally, this has been a time that women dread but there are many hopeful reasons to be positive about this time of life, from natural treatments and supplements to continued ...
Exploring Integrative Approaches to Age-related Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in individuals over the age of 50. An estimated 200 million people are affected worldwide; this number is expected to grow to 288 million by the year 2040.1 Because the eye is a direct extension of the brain and thus part of the central ...
Keeping an Eye on Gut Health
Most health practitioners are familiar with the gut’s connection to many other organ systems in the body—the immune system, the brain, the skin and the cardiovascular system. Recent research has elucidated another surprising, yet important connection that extends from the digestive system to the windows of the soul—the eyes. This connection is known as the ...
Capsanthin, Zeaxanthin & Cryptoxanthin: The “Other” Carotenoids for Eye Health
If I asked you to name an important carotenoid for eye health, you’d likely say “lutein,” and you’d be right—but only partially. While lutein is certainly the most well-know of the ocular carotenoids, there are others that play vital roles as well. These include capsanthin, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin. This article will focus on the value ...
Exercise Can Slow Or Prevent Vision Loss, Study Finds
Exercise can slow or prevent the development of macular degeneration and may benefit other common causes of vision loss, such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, new research suggests. The new study from the University of Virginia School (UVA) of Medicine found that exercise reduced the harmful overgrowth of blood vessels in the eyes of lab mice ...
Eye Spy
More people are dealing with irritating eye issues, such as dry eye. Lifestyle modifications and appropriate supplementation can help clarif-eye. Of all the five senses, sight is the one that most people are truly fearful of losing. Sight is so … visceral. When we see something we like or love or are attracted to, our ...
An Orange a Day Keeps Macular Degeneration Away
A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than people who do not eat oranges. Researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research interviewed more than 2,000 Australian adults aged over 50 and followed them over a 15-year period. The research showed that people who ...
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