What Role Does Nutrition Play in Controlling, Helping, or Preventing AMD?
This is a topic that is currently highly controversial, and there are no studies that are conclusive that dietary supplementation affects the long term outcome of AMD or does anything to prevent it. Designing scientific studies is difficult due to the fact that AMD, particularly the dry form, progresses slowly over a long period of time. When AMD is discovered in a patient, often their dietary history over the past 20 30 years remains illusive. Also the definitions of what constitutes a good diet has changed. However, the body of knowledge regarding the role of vitamins, minerals, and herbals is exploding, and will redefine the issues of wellness and disease prevention in the not-to-distant future. There is a growing body of evidence that antioxidant vitamins and minerals incorporated into supplemental products may be effective slowing down or reversing eye disease. Although mostly published in nutritional journals, more are being published in medical journals. Regarding AMD, there has
