Thanks for this article - am passing it along to my email list.
I was telling my 88 year old dad about it today. He does take a low dose of Vit D - but I am asking him to increase the dose - ask his doctor if he needs to.
HIs main complaint is that his vision is getting worse - his reading vision especially. (Has has been borderline diabetic for years and was told this year he has full blown diabetes and is on oral medication for it - not having to do the injections.
He also has glaucoma but was recently checked on this condition and was told it is in “good” condition at this time.
Am wondering if there are any miracle vitamins that help vision?
(yes will research it but if any here know of anything that has helped them, just asking for personal experiences).
Vitamin C, E, and carrots..lol. That’s all I remember my Dad sayin’ many years ago. Didn’t help me but then I suppose not everyone can be helped by some things.
Flax oil is good for the eyes. Good for dry eyes at least, and my vision always seems sharper if I am taking it.
The only thing that comes to mind is Beta Carotine /sp. But definately research it...its the same as you get in carrots and does help with night blindness.
Billberry supplement as a preventative:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16075680
Sadly, my Mom suffers from terrible macular
degeneration, with “interesting” visual
hallucinations... Thank God she’s got a good
sense of humor, ‘cause I just have to bust out
laughing at what she tells me she sees sometimes.
But it’s totally distorted vision, and at
92, there’s not much that can be done. Makes
for some interesting discussions about life in
her nursing home sometimes ... ;)
So, my sis and I now ask her: did anyone else
see what you saw ? ‘Cause there’ve been some
wild stories, I’ll tell ya.
Here’s some further info and newer meds:
http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/reports/vision/3116-1.html