Omega-3s May Combat Degenerative Vision Condition
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Posted on Nov 26, 2013, 6 a.m.
Dietary supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids may combat inflammation in the eye and improve vision, among people with dry age-related macular degeneration.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of blindness in individuals ages 50 years and older. Tassos Georgiou, from the Ophthalamos Research & Educational Institute (Cyprus), and colleagues administered 3.4 g of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 1.6 g of.docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on a daily basis for 6 months, to patients with dry AMD. The team observed: "significant improvement in vision acuity occurred in 100% of patients … within four and half months after omega-3 supplementation.”
Tassos Georgiou, Anastasia Neokleous, Despina Nicolaou, Barry Sears. “Pilot study for treating dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with high-dose omega-3 fatty acids.” PharmaNutrition, 18 October 2013.
