Eating for Your Eyes
Our bodies need nutrients for energy to thrive and survive. Eye nutrition focuses on the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals your body needs for healthy eyes and vision. We can help you identify healthy dietary practices to support comfortable vision and prevent eye disease.
Talk to Dr. Kuzo about your eye nutrition today.
Book OnlineKey Nutrients for Eye Health
Many nutrients support eye health, from repairing damage to maintaining clear vision. Some nutrients are particularly essential for healthy eyes, including:
- Vitamins A, C, & E
- Lutein & zeaxanthin
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Zinc
Eating a balanced diet is a good start. But when diet alone can’t satisfy your nutritional needs, we can help find solutions tailored to your lifestyle and eye health.
Nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals are derived from food sources to help support health and prevent disease. Taking nutritional supplements can complement a healthy diet or add nutrients when a diet is lacking. The nutrients available in food can vary—no 2 carrots or 2 fish have the same amount or bioavailability. Nutraceuticals can provide more reliability.
We can recommend nutritional support based on your individual needs to help prevent or manage eye diseases, like diabetic retinopathy and dry eye.
Book OnlineOmega-3s & Dry Eye
Omega-3 fatty acids (found in fish oil) can help manage dry eye symptoms by reducing inflammation and improving meibomian gland function (eyelid glands that produce an oily layer to prevent tear evaporation).
Many store-bought omega-3 supplements have a fishy aftertaste. And they can be harder to absorb because the nutrient is synthetic or unpurified. PRN omega-3s use an ultra-purified triglyceride (rTG) form, similar to the form in fish, but purified to remove contaminants like PCBs, lead, and mercury.
Blue Light & Macular Health
The macula (central retina) detects fine details and color vision. The tissue contains pigments essential for optimizing visual performance and protecting the eye from oxidative damage, inflammation, and blue light.
Blue light—emitted by the sun, light bulbs, and many light sources—scatters more than other light wavelengths, making it challenging to focus and process.
Long hours of screen time and exposure to high levels of blue light can harm eye health. Blue light can cause oxidative stress and impact sleep quality, contributing to macular degeneration.
MacuHealth
MacuHealth is a nutritional vision supplement containing 3 macular carotenoids (lutein, meso-zeaxanthin, and zeaxanthin) in the same 10:10:2 ratio that naturally makes up macular pigment. The ratio is designed to provide the amount your eye needs to function healthily.
Replenishing macular pigment levels helps filter blue light, strengthen vision quality, and prevent macular disease. People diagnosed with macular degeneration can also benefit, as enhancing nutrition can decrease the risk of developing advanced macular degeneration.
