Showing posts with label eye health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eye health. Show all posts

Monday, October 12, 2009

Vision Can be Maintained and Corrected!

American WWII fighter pilots had sharp, crystal-clear vision.

Before taking to the air they ate handfuls of a certain type of berry to improve their long-distance and night vision.

Today you can use the same winning strategy to sharpen your vision.

In the 1940’s it was known as a “folk remedy.” But today we know there’s real science behind it. Powerful micronutrients called carotenoids nourish and protect the parts of your eye that create your experience of color, sharpness and contrast.

In a study by the American Journal of Public Health, 97% of patients experienced significant improvements in their eyesight – just from taking an extract of this simple berry.1

That kind of success rate is unheard of in medicine. No drug could ever hope to perform like that.

See Sharper Lines and Vivid Colors
Get the right dose of this simple nutrient and you’ll see brighter colors, sharper lines and drive with confidence – even at night.

But there’s more. Today we have new research that at least 12 other minerals and nutrients that make the boost to your eyesight even better.

I’ll show you how to get the best vision protectors. They’re safe, well-tested and help you:

Refresh tired eyes that don’t function well at the end of the day.
See better at night… Enough to make you feel safe behind the wheel.
Help you adjust to dim lighting and deal with the problem of glare.
Improve your experience of color and contrast – especially while you’re reading or watching TV.
Lessen your dependence on glasses or contacts.
You don’t to rely solely on prescription drugs or expensive surgery. And there’s no risk of side effects. Today, better vision is easy and painless.

Give Your Eyes the Good Nutrition They Need Everyday
The nutrients that helped our war heroes came from the humble bilberry. Not only does bilberry help your night vision, it increases healthy circulation in your eye’s tiny capillaries and gives you optimum support for your retina and surrounding eye tissues.

Your eyes are very delicate and need a steady stream of very specific nutrients to keep them healthy. I call them “targeted nutrients” because they are specially designed by nature to help your eyes function at full power. And once they’re in your bloodstream, they go right to their targets – right to the places in your eyes that need it the most.

The nutrients in bilberries play a key role in your eye health. But the latest research shows there are other minerals and nutrients that help you see. When your eyes don’t get these critical nutrients, your vision suffers.

Not only are your eyes very sensitive, they’re under constant attack and strain from outside forces:

Powerful UV rays from the sun pound your lens and cornea every day of your life.
Free radicals constantly erode your macula, the part of your retina responsible for clarity and reading fine print.
Poisons from your environment (like car exhaust, pollution, chlorine, dust, etc.) cause dryness, eyestrain and inflammation.
These are just a few of your eyes’ enemies. With such powerful forces working against you, it’s no surprise that problems like macula degeneration are so common.

You probably already know this, but macula degeneration is the leading cause of blindness. There’s no cure, but you can take action to protect your vision. Giving your eyes the nutrition they need lowers your risk of vision loss. It should be your first step towards optimum eye health.

Mainstream medicine is slow to recognize the role nutrition plays in your eyesight. But that shouldn’t surprise you. Their conventional approach is limited to drugs, surgery and corrective lenses. And they don’t have any drugs to cure (or even prevent) macula degeneration.

Stop and think about this for a moment… Doesn’t it make sense that giving food to a starving man would make him healthier? Your eyes are similar. They starve for the nutrients they need for daily repair and maintenance. When you give them what they need, they stay healthier longer.

Go to your local drug store or health food store and look at the labels of other eye formulas. You’ll see what I mean: Low doses of key ingredients.

And the problem doesn’t stop with lutein and zeaxanthin. Many of the other eye supplements either ignore or don’t know about the latest research on eye health.

Here’s a partial listing of what the other guys are missing. You’ll find each and every one in my own formula:

Zinc and copper to help you focus and read fine print.
Eyebright to build healthy blood vessels in your eyes and eyelids.
Vitamin C to fight free radicals and prevent oxidative damage in your eyes.
Lycopene, another powerful antioxidant and free radical fighter.
L-taurine to strengthen the cells of your retina and protect your lenses from drying out.
Ginko biloba and vinpocetine to boost healthy blood circulation to your eyes and lower inflammation.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Food Eye Fix?

You can sharpen your vision and protect your eyes from aging, but you need the right formula.

Here’s the critical point. While most of these vision formulas contain two key ingredients – lutein and zeaxanthin – nearly all of them don’t contain enough.

You need at least 20 mg of lutein and at least one mg of zeaxanthin to make a difference in your eye health. And most eye supplements just aren’t potent enough to do you any good.

Without these nutrients, you wouldn’t be able to see sharp lines, bright colors, focus on your crossword puzzle or drive safely at night. They nourish the macula at the back of your eyes and are essential to vision clarity.

They can even help you fight the strain your eyes get from staring at a computer screen.
There are plenty of fresh foods that you can find in a local farmer’s market that will give your eyes the nutrients they need every day. Here are a few shopping suggestions:

Pick up some dark, leafy vegetables. Spinach, kale, collards and Swiss chard will do the trick. They’re full of lutein.

Eat whole eggs. The yolk provides another natural source of lutein.

Add some color to your meals. Pick a few orange peppers, zucchini and squash. Toss in a few kiwi fruit. All contain zeaxanthin.

In fact, the more colorful your food choices, the better your eye health may be. Consider adding these natural products to your daily diet:


Benefits of Colorful Fruits and Vegetables

Color
Foods
Benefits to the Eye

Orange and Yellow
Pumpkin, squash, yellow peppers, carrots, mango, peaches, apricots
Lutein & other carotenoids protect eye from sun & age damage.

Red and Pink
Tomatoes, red peppers, guava, watermelon, grapefruit
Range of carotenoids and vitamin C, protect eye from free radicals.

Green
Broccoli, Zucchini, green peppers, spinach, kale, asparagus, other “greens”
Potent antioxidants prevent age-related damage of the eye.

Blue and Purple
Purple cabbage, eggplant, plums, cherries, blueberries, grapes
Anthocyanin, which protects the eye from cancer.


If you need more help take a vision supplement. Just make sure it has at least 20 mg of lutein and 1 mg of zeaxanthin. I would also recommend bilberry extract – 100 mg, and gingko biloba – 50 mg.