Nutrition News

VisiVite will release ProVision, a macular health formula based on the AREDS 2 study, this spring, according to a press release from the company.

Vitamin D and D3 are biomarkers for time spent outdoors, according to a study recently published in Investigational Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

I was recently browsing some of my nutrition newsletters and came across this lead story: “How to see without glasses, no matter how bad your vision is.” Now, how could I pass that one up? I got all excited that they were going to cover the nutritional approach to seeing well and maintaining ocular health.

DENVER – Eating like our hunter-gatherer ancestors can help optimize health and minimize disease, according to a speaker here at the Ocular Nutrition Society.

All five Primary Care Optometry News bloggers posted new entries within the past week. Topics cover age-related macular degeneration, health care reform, technology, social media and nutrition.

In my last post a few weeks ago I used the term “pre-AMD.” I love this term. I have been using it since Vision Expo West, when I first heard it from Jeff Gerson, OD, during a lecture he gave.

Lutein supplementation helped to maintain levels of macular pigment optical density in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy, according to a study recently published inInvestigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.

Adherence to dietary guidelines was associated with a lowered long-term risk of visual impairments in a study recently published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Researchers have found that supplementation with lutein and zeaxanthin improved visual processing speed and visual motor behavior.

In the past week, Primary Care Optometry News has welcomed two new bloggers to Healio: Gary L. Morgan, OD, and Agustin L. Gonzalez, OD.