With the aging U.S. population, increasing healthcare costs and ongoing diet deficiencies, there is growing interest in nutraceutical approaches to eye health.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about eye health. Here, in Part One, Gary Heiting, OD, reviews vitamins and minerals essential to prevent disease and maintain healthy vision. In January, NutraSolutions will present Part Two, which focuses on antioxidant carotenoids such as lutein, zeaxanthin and b-carotene.
According to a recent survey conducted by the Ocular Nutrition Society (a nonprofit organization of eye care providers, nutrition scientists and other professionals dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of nutrition to eye health), 78% of adults age 45-65 rank vision as the most important of their five senses.