There was no scientific rational for this study. They seem to have chosen them arbitrarily. The paper does not explain why the researchers chose these 4 supplements. It was published in 2001 in a scientific journal, Archives of Ophthalmology. The “evidence” comes from study called the AREDS (Age Related Eye Disease Study), which studied the effect of these four supplements. Q: What is the evidence that these 4 dietary supplements might help patients who have macular degeneration? One out of every three people over 65 will eventually develop macular degeneration. It is the number one cause of legal blindness in people over 65 in the US. Q: What is macular degeneration?ĪMD is a hereditary eye disease that destroys the area in the center of the retina, the macula. PreserVision is being taken by millions of elderly people, worldwide, who think that it will keep them from losing their sight to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Bausch and Lomb instructs people to take these pills twice a day, so patients who take it are taking up to 30 times the recommended daily dose of these four supplements. These supplements are all in megadoses, up to 15 times greater than the recommended daily intake. It contains four dietary supplements: beta carotene, vitamins E and C, and zinc. PreserVision (which was originally called “Ocuvite”) is a pill made by Bausch and Lomb.
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