Definitive answers remain elusive on the benefits of supplementation.
Patients will still look to you for advice. That phrase ends nearly every report regarding nutritional supplements for vision-related diseases and overall eye health. Here's some advice from researchers and others close to the issue. A, C and E, the herbal extract ginkgo biloba, and carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin have shown some positive impact counteracting processes that result in disease. Last year, the Nurses Health Study reported a lower prevalence of early lens opacities among women taking vitamin supplements for more than 10 years.