03-29-2016, 05:29 AM
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.
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.