Vitamin Supplement For Eye Health

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DanniRae

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I think you’re delusional.

I think you're RUDE!

So do I! This person frequently comes out with abrupt and unnecessary put-downs. Glad I’m not the only one who noticed it!

Hatty05darling

Part of the problem is that people Don’t have balanced diets and many foods are deficient anyway and many don’t stay in the body!! Try looking at deficiencies in Vit D! I have never known any GP who had any knowledge of supplements and deficiencies!! Also a great many pharmaceutical drugs deplete the body of natural vitamins, minerals and fats, proteins and sugars etc!! Our bodies are far more complicated than we realise!!

I worked for several GP’s and there were a couple that embraced things like supplements and alternative therapies. But, in general, most of them would only recommend things that had been scientifically proved to work. Imo, if something isn’t going to cause any problems and might just help, it’s worth giving it a go, even if it’s just a placebo effect.

Also Sea Buckthorn capsules improve a dry eye condition! Inexpensive!

Part of the problem is that people Don’t have balanced diets and many foods are deficient anyway and many don’t stay in the body!! Try looking at deficiencies in Vit D! I have never known any GP who had any knowledge of supplements and deficiencies!! Also a great many pharmaceutical drugs deplete the body of natural vitamins, minerals and fats, proteins and sugars etc!! Our bodies are far more complicated than we realise!!

DanniRae

Have you tried taking Flaxseed Oil capsules?
Also I use Hycosan Extra (red box)
My eyes are so much better that they were.....I can go days without thinking about them. But if they do trouble me I always keep some of the Hycosan near me.
Good Luck x

I also recommend Hycosan Extra . I had terrible dry eyes that were running all the time.
After a few days use they are a lot better.

Kate1949

My husband has macular degeneration. His optician advised him to take Macushield. On his last visit the optician said his condition had improved slightly.

My DH also has the beginning of macular degeneration and his optician recommended he take the Macushield supplement. Time will tell if it is effective.

Have you tried taking Flaxseed Oil capsules?
Also I use Hycosan Extra (red box)
My eyes are so much better that they were.....I can go days without thinking about them. But if they do trouble me I always keep some of the Hycosan near me.
Good Luck x

Have any of these products helped with dry eyes. I've tried EVERYTHING ELSE to no avail.

pinkwallpaper

I asked my optician on Friday about taking supplements to improve my night vision. She categorically said it would do no good.

Did she advise you about different coatings on your glasses that can help, though? I’ve just had some new driving glasses that help with glare from headlamps.

I asked my optician on Friday about taking supplements to improve my night vision. She categorically said it would do no good.

Oh sorry no advice from me. I’m just recovering from two cataract removals. The first one went horribly wrong but after a year in recovery I no longer need reading glasses. The second one was very frightening due to the first but it was straight forward and I now have 20/20 vision so anyone hesitating just get on with it.

There are different types of Vit k . . The one you need along side Vit D is K2

Eye specialist told me to take Luteinvision or Macusvision. I'm sure he knows more about eyes and diet than a GP that only has minimal training in nutrition.

I have had bad eyesight all my life -short sight and developed cataracts in my fifties who’ve been operated on. Started taking Visionace about twelve years ago. I notice the difference in my eyes anytime I have briefly stopped taking it. I think it’s usually cheaper than macushield

There have been studies on AREDS 2 which can help against Macular Degeneration
I have been taking these supplements on suggestion by my optician for some time.
I suggest you look at the evidence on The Macular Society and make your own mind up.
Good luck.

Sometimes having a supplement is the best way to help with a condition. In days gone by the supplement for pernicious anaemia was raw liver, but nowadays most people prefer the B12 injection even though raw liver smoothies can be taken instead.
Sometimes it's not easy to get as much as one needs from food if the foods that are rich in vit xxx are not palatable.to the person, or are to be avoided for other reasons, have side effects, are expensive or not easy to access ( berries are so good for you but expensive to eat in the right quantities all year round for example) and a supplement can make ingesting the substances that help much easier. And yes trying to avoid things that make things worse, poor diet, smoking, alcohol etc and replacing with a healthier diet
Even if a supplement can't reverse a condition, it can help things from deteriorating as rapidly as they would otherwise might do.

My husband has macular degeneration. His optician advised him to take Macushield. On his last visit the optician said his condition had improved slightly.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I think you’re delusional.

My sister was advised by her optician to take Macushield as apparently have several others on this site. I think the opticians probably know what they're doing.

Summary of Michael Mosley’s TV program:-

Health claims for the benefits of food and food supplements containing macular carotenoids were put to the test in the BBC programme ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’.

In the show, presenter Dr Michael Mosley took a daily supplement containing lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin for 12-weeks.

Eye examinations taken before and after the supplement trial found the macular pigment levels in Dr Mosley’s eye were ‘significantly increased’.

Contrast sensitivity levels, acuity in detail and colour perception of yellow and blues were also enhanced in his vision.

The show also included a trial where a group of volunteers consumed a daily smoothie made from food types rich in lutein for five weeks. No noticeable difference in vision was reported by the participants of the smoothie trial but lutein levels in the blood were higher in the volunteers group by the end of the five weeks.

I buy 4 boxes of Macusave (90 in a box) so almost a year’s supply for £80 on Amazon. My Dad had wet macular degeneration in one eye and dry in the other. I too saw Michael Mosley’s program and so printed a summary of it and took it my local pharmacy. The helpful pharmacist asked me to leave it with him a few days and when I returned he had investigated and found lots of genuine medical studies which found this supplement to be beneficial. I did a lot a reading online where people had been advised by NHS consultants to take Macusave. I have been taking these capsules for a number of years as a preventative measure

M0nica

Supplements that will improve your eyesight in what way?

Sort out cataracts and/or short/long sight? protect from glaucoma or macular degeneration? Stop eye problems with temporal arteritis?

What is the evidence that they are effective?

The Macular Society has done a lot of work on this and recommend Macushield as a supplement. There is real evidence that this supports the slowing down of macular disease in its early stages.

The optician I see tells me to eat plenty of green vegetables, I always have. I'm 83 my eyesight has not deteriorated since my last eye test, so I must be doing something right.

I take an ARED2 supplement as recommended by my consultant. My dry macular degeneration has not progressed in the 4 years I have been taking them as my annual eye- test has demonstrated. Yes they are fairly expensive, but worth every penny!

Sufferers from dry macular degeneration might like to know that there is a new laser treatment which is successful in halting the development of this problem. It will not improve your sight. Unfortunately it is only currently available privately and not on the NHS. Optegra Eye Hospital is offering this at around £5k a year and you have to keep on with the treatment every year..