Eye Nutrition at Total Family Eyecare’s Boca Raton Clinic

Your vision is dependent on the health and well-being of your eyes. Glasses and contact lenses can only do so much.

In order to ensure a lifetime of good vision, you must preserve and protect your eye health… ESPECIALLY if there is a family history of ocular disease.

Below are a number of supplements and eye vitamins Dr. Sheiner recommends above all others, based on performance, effectiveness, and quality ingredients.

Nutrametrix Isotonix Vision Formula With Lutein

This is an isotonic-capable dietary supplement, combining vitamins and minerals with lutein, quercetin, eyebright, zeaxanthin and bilberry, designed to promote healthy vision throughout the aging process. Isotonix Vision Formula helps maintain the structural integrity of blood vessels and capillaries, helps maintain the membranes of cone cells in the eyes, helps maintain lens transparency, helps strengthen the cells of the retina, and promotes healthy oxygen and nutrient flow to the eyes. The antioxidant properties of Isotonix Vision Formula help protect the eyes from oxidative stress. It promotes healthy macular density, promotes healthy vision and supports night vision.

The intricate process that contributes to visual degradation usually develops over a long time-period, making the need for a protective eye approach even more important. Free radical activity is a constant factor in the body’s metabolism. Waiting to begin an antioxidant defense against oxidative stress until the prime senior years may be too late. Promoting visual health is important and can be accomplished through a healthy diet, exercise and the right supplementation.

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Nutrametrix Heart Health Essential Omega III Fish Oil with Vitamin E

nutraMetrix Heart Health Essential Omega III with Vitamin E is a superior product due to a number of factors. The best fish are used to produce a clean and safe product that is rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It also contains 3000mg of fish oil where most other commercial products contain a third of the total fish oil contained in nutraMetrix Heart Health Essential Omega III. It provides a high quality, high purity product with significant percentages of the health promoting EPA and DHA.

Several studies suggest omega-3 fatty acids may help protect adult eyes from macular degeneration and dry eye syndrome. Essential fatty acids also may help proper drainage of intraocular fluid from the eye, decreasing the risk of high eye pressure and glaucoma.

In a large European study published in 2008, participants who ate oily fish (an excellent source of DHA and EPA omega-3 fatty acids) at least once per week had half the risk of developing neovascular (“wet”) macular degeneration, compared with those who ate fish less than once per week.

Omega-3 fatty acids also have been found to reduce the risk of dry eyes. A recent study published in the Ophthalmology Times reported that patients taking an omega-3 supplement had a self-reported reduction in dry eyes and an increase in tear volume and tear flow. Mind you, this was not just any Omega III Fish Oil. They are NOT all the same. The source of the fish oil is extremely important. As is the amount of EPA and DHA. When you buy cheap fish oil, you’re getting cheap fish oil. Don’t skimp on your health and wellness products. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for.

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Nutramextrix Prime Astaxanthin Cardio & Visual Vitality Formula

Astaxanthin (AstaReal®  P2 AF 2%)(300 mg) is a carotenoid that gives the reddish pigment to salmon, crab, krill and lobster. It is known for its powerful antioxidant effects and has been shown to be a superior free radical quencher when compared to other antioxidants like vitamin C, coenzyme Q10 and green tea. Astaxanthin’s unique structure allows it to provide antioxidant protection in all layers, whereas other antioxidants are more limited.
Astaxanthin promotes healthy visual accommodation and retinal capillary blood flow.The exact mechanism by which astaxanthin supports vision is unknown, though some believe that by promoting blood flow to the ciliary body, it provides  nourishment for the ciliary muscles. Astaxanthin also helps to alleviate eye fatigue.

In addition, a growing body of scientific evidence points to a strong link between natural astaxanthin and cardiovascular health. Three recent clinical studies support astaxanthin’s ability to help maintain healthy blood vessels. A series of human studies suggest that astaxanthin helps maintain healthy blood pressure by promoting healthy blood flow and vascular tone.

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Nutrametrix Isotonix OPC-3

OPC-3 s a powerful combination of plant-derived bioflavonoids, known as oligomeric proanthocyanidins, or OPC’s. Made from a unique combination of grape seed, pine bark and red wine extracts (in addition to bilberry and citrus extracts), these OPC’s are super-effective free radical neutralizers. Not limited to just being strong antioxidants, OPCs play a crucial role in supporting your body’s circulatory system, vision health, complexion and cholesterol levels. OPC-3 is a natural, great tasting supplement that should be taken for a lifetime!

Primary benefits include eradicating free radicals, demonstrating anti-inflammatory activity, helping to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, helping maintain healthy circulation by strengthening capillaries, arteries and veins, helping to maintain joint flexibility, helping to promote cardiovascular health, helping to reduce mild menstrual cramping and abdominal pain, helping to support visual health/visual acuity, promoting healthy blood vessel dilation, promoting healthy nitric oxide levels, supporting a healthy complexion, and supporting healthy blood glucose levels.

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