All About The Benefits Of AREDS II

By Max Brazell


Aging is something that can happen to anyone. This is the time when the body will start to degenerate from your skin down to your different organ systems. One of the organs that will be deeply affected is the eyes. It is common for the elderly to suffer from certain eye problems. For this reason, studies like the AREDS II were done in order to do something about this.

AREDS II is the shortened version of Age Related Disease Study 2. It was done as a follow up to a similar study that was done a few years ago. This study aims to uncover the effectiveness of using different vitamin supplements in order to stop or to slow down the degeneration of ones vision.

One of the main objective of the study is to finds way to keep AMD at bay or at least to slow it down. Age related macular degeneration happens when the macular would no longer function as the aging process accelerates. AMD is something that can affect a huge percentage of individuals that are in the 65 years and above age group.

It is also believed that you can use this study to deal with cataracts. A cataract is a cloudy substance that has developed on the lens. This is the result of protein clumping together in one part of a person's lens making his vision very blurry.

In this study, researchers are focused on determining how certain vision vitamins can affect those who are prone to develop AMD or old people who already have a vision problem. They study the effects that doses of vitamins E and C can have on these people. They also use lutein, beta carotene, zeaxanthin, Omega 3, copper, and zinc.

The nutrients that were mentioned can be derived from certain plants except for Omega 3, which is found in fish like salmon. For example, beta carotene is abundant in plants and vegetables especially the bright colored ones. Zeaxanthin and lutein can easily be found in spinach and other green vegetables.

With the help of the study, scientists get to make proper use of these substances. They use as their way of knowing how well the eyes will respond to eye supplements. These supplements contain a good dose of vision vitamins especially lutein and zeaxanthin.

AREDS II can benefit different kinds of people. The result of this study is something that can help millions of seniors all over the world. This will also help young individuals to do something about their vision while they are still yet to experience aging.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment