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Nutrients for the Eyes - mandalaToronto - 03-29-2016
Nutrients for the Eyes
Much has been written about nutrients for the eyes in books. Here is a summary of what has and has not worked for me.
Vitamin C powder from Acerola cherries. I sprinkle the powder onto my yogourt and I do notice my myopia and cataracts have stabilized since I started doing this. Apparently these cherries have an extremely high content of C. You can get this powder from a health food store. Powder is better than capsules as it contains no magnesium stearate.
Vision Formulas:
There are many vision formula supplements out there . I take one from a naturopath from Vermont. It does not have mag stearate. It is very good . Most formulas contain lutein which you can get from tomatoes.
Astaxanthan
This is the name of the pigment that gives salmon its colour. I took the supplement for a few months and did not notice any difference in vision. Recently I ate smoked farmed salmon from Nova Scotia. These salmon are not fed antibiotics and other terrible stuff and the following day I noticed an improvement in vsion. This has happened 2x now so I am assuming that the astaxanthan has to be gotten from the whole food and not from supplements. Raw fish is probably a no no especially farmed because of the toxins, heavy metals etc. I get this salmon from a farmer's market but I do not eat it more than once a week. Would like to hear from anyone else who has had success with this.
Carrots
They have to be cooked to get the beta carotene to convert to carotene. I do notice a difference when I eat carrots, cooked. You have to add fat, like coconut oil to help with conversion of b carotene to carotene.
There are many more foods that would help vision but these are the ones that have helped me.