Book
The vitamin cure for eye disease
Publication Information
Laguna Beach, CA : Basic Health Publications, [2012]
Physical Description
viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary
The Vitamin Cure books, written by authors who are recognized experts in their field, deliver authoritative, up-to-date, and practical information on taking vitamins for particular health problems. Even though vision is one of our most-valued senses, we often take our eyesight for granted until problems begin to develop.
Contents
- How vitamins can help our health: an introduction
- How science learns: studies of treatments
- The eye: how it works, and what can go wrong
- The effects of light on the eye
- Vitamins prevent degeneration of the photoreceptors: retinal detachment, macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa
- Vitamins prevent degeneration of retinal ganglion cells: glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy
- Vitamins for other conditions and diseases of the eye
- Eating right to prevent eye disease.