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What you must know about age-related macular degeneration : how you can prevent, stop, or reverse AMD / Jeffrey Anshel, OD, Laura Stevens, M.Sci.

by Anshel, Jeffrey, author., Stevens, Laura J., author.

Garden City Park, NY : Square One Publishers, [2018]

Description:

xi, 274 pages : illustration ; 23 cm

Contents:

Part 1. The basics of macular degeneration. How your eyes work ; What is age-related macular degeneration? ; What are the risk factors for macular degeneration? ; Metabolic syndrome -- Part 2. Macular degeneration and supplements. The AREDS trials ; Plant-based supplements ; Nutrients for eye health -- Part 3. Macular degeneration and your diet. What not to put on your plate ; What makes a food healthy? ; Choosing foods to put on your plate ; Putting your anti-AMD diet into action -- Part 4. Living successfully with macular degeneration. Addressing lifestyle risk factors ; Tools for living with AMD.

Summary:

Age-related macular degeneration, AMD, is the most common cause of vision loss in people over the age of fifty. Yet for many years, the only treatment offered to most people diagnosed with AMD has been a supplement formula that can slow the progression of macular degeneration, but cannot prevent, stop, or reverse AMD and offers no help to those in the earliest stages of the disease. Now, for the first time, is a comprehensive program for the treatment of this all-too common disorder.

Age-related macular degeneration--AMD--is the most commonly diagnosed eye disorder in people over fifty. Well over two million Americans have been told they have AMD, and that number is expected to grow substantially. While this is a frightening statistic, over the last several years, medical researchers have shown that a number of effective treatments can slow, stop, and even reverse the progress of AMD. Now, best-selling authors Dr. Jeffrey Anshel and Laura Stevens, who herself has been diagnosed with this condition, have joined forces to produce an up-to-date guide to what you need to know to combat and even prevent AMD. The book is divided into four parts. Part One explains how the eye works and how AMD develops, in both its wet and its dry forms. It then looks at the most common risk factors and explains how each of these factors negatively affects the structures of the eye. In Part Two, the authors look at the specific nutrients that affect the various cells of the eye. Included is a discussion of AREDS--the National Eye Institute's study that showed which supplements help protect the eye from disease. Part Three offers an additional weapon against AMD. It explains why diet matters and offers advice on selecting foods that promote eye health while eliminating those that do the most damage. Part Four provides practical suggestions and easy-to-follow tips on how to incorporate this valuable information into your life. If AMD runs in your family or you have been diagnosed with this potentially life-altering condition, it is important to know that there is not only hope, but a real path to a better, healthier life. Knowledge is power, and the more you know, the more likely you are to avoid the consequences of AMD. Let What You Must Know About Age-Related Macular Degeneration help you safeguard one of your most precious gifts--eyesight.

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