Why Take Eye Care Supplements?
Eye care supplements can help maintain your vision and eye health. Piedmont Eye Care offers a range of quality supplements to help our patients achieve optimum wellness.
Before you take any supplements, be sure to discuss the matter with your optometrist and primary care doctor. Although we sell quality supplements, they might not be suitable for each individual. Sometimes a supplement may contraindicate other prescription medications or other supplements.
Have you ever heard the expression “you are what you eat?” In many ways, that saying is true. Our bodies are made from the nutrients we consume. This includes the eyes.
Key nutrients maintain our vision and the health of our eyes. While the ideal is to consume all the essential nutrients through a healthy diet, sometimes people find it difficult to consume enough of the right nutrients. This is where supplementation can help.
Some Of The Key Nutrients Your Eyes Need:
- Omega-3 fats EPA and DHA
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Carotenoids like lutein and zeaxanthin
- Zeaxanthin
- Zinc
- Copper
Many people fall short on these nutrients due to following the modern diet. A high-quality supplement offers an insurance policy that you won’t fall short on the nutrients that your eyes need. While good nutrition doesn’t solve all vision problems, it is a prerequisite to maintaining healthy function.
Benefits Of Eye Care Supplements:
Each of our featured supplements delivers nutrients that help some aspect of eye function. The benefits vary among each supplement. The following list highlights some key benefits.
Please read the individual supplement list later for more details.
Other Benefits Of Eye Care Include:
- Enhanced visual acuity – improved vision in fine-detail situations like needlepoint or reading in low light
- Reduced glare recovery time – faster recovery from temporary “blindness” caused by high-intensity lighting, such as automobiles or stadium lights
- Improved contrast sensitivity – ability to discern objects from their background (i.e., seeing a white gold ball or baseball clearly against a light blue sky)
- Diminished light sensitivity and visual discomfort – less visual discomfort in sunlight or when exposed to bright light
- Increased visual processing speed – seeing an object more clearly, enabling improved processing speed and reaction time
- Increased MPOD – the only brand guaranteed to increase MPOD!
Quality Supplements to Protect Eyes and Support Vision
ProOmega® provides exceptionally high levels of the omega-3 fats EPA and DHA. It is ideal for people wanting high-intensity, therapeutic support in a smaller serving. Nordic Naturals most popular concentrate, ProOmega has been shown by original research to support healthy glucose levels, healthy lipid levels in professional athletes, bronchial health, and the body’s ability to respond to stress in a healthy way.* Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is found in the highest concentration in the retina, suggesting it has an important functional role to eye health.
ProDHA Eye® with FloraGLO Lutein, is specifically formulated to protect eyes and support healthy vision by combining concentrated omega-3s with natural carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin.* This unique blend supports eye health Prowhile also protecting against damaging ultraviolet blue light.*
EyePromise Zeaxanthin + Lutein Macular Health, Vegan Formula is designed to increase Macular Pigment Optical Density (MPOD) and protect the photo-receptors with the highest available level of dietary Zeaxanthin. Zeaxanthin and Lutein are macular pigments in the retina that function like “internal sunglasses” to protect the photo-receptors and provide visual performance benefits.
Your Next Step, Contact Your Optometrist
Supplements are part of an eye-healthy lifestyle. The first step to caring for your vision is always your annual screening examination. Early diagnosis allows your optometrist to provide the best medical care and to suggest the right lifestyle interventions such as supplementation.
Charlotte, NC residents, are welcome to contact Piedmont EyeCare to schedule an eye exam or to discuss their supplement needs.
