MACULAR DEGENERATION SUPPLEMENTS | Eye Vitamins If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with AGE related MACULAR DEGENERATION or AMD, chances are you have been advised to take an eye vitamin to slow the progression of the disease.
So, what is the difference between an eye vitamin and a regular multivitamin?
And with so many different eye vitamins on the market exactly what should you be looking for so you can choose the best one?
Today we will be answering those questions.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Who gets AMD?
1:01 What can AMD do?
1:25 What does AREDS stand for?
2:03 AREDS vs AREDS2
2:36 Smokers and Vitamin A
2:53 Problems with too much zinc
4:07 Current recommendations
4:50 Are eye vitamins covered by insurance?
5:30 How to choose a good eye vitamin
5:55 Health Savings Account
6:25 Prevention
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Evans JR, Lawrenson JG. Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jul 31;7(7):CD000254. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000254.pub4. PMID: 28756618; PMCID: PMC6483465.
Vitamins for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Do You Have the Correct Formula?
Joshua Dunaief, MD, PhD Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Khoo HE, Ng HS, Yap WS, Goh HJH, Yim HS. Nutrients for Prevention of Macular Degeneration and Eye-Related Diseases. Antioxidants (Basel). 2019;8(4):85. Published 2019 Apr 2. doi:10.3390/antiox8040085
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