Nutrition and retina.

摘要: The impact of nutrition on manifestation and progression retinal diseases has become an important, controversial topic within recent years. awareness this in the general population increased partially due strong commercial advertisements supplements diets. However, many potentially beneficial nutritional effects have not been proven prospective clinical trials. It is only for a few relatively rare diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa or gyrate atrophy, that adjustments effective widely accepted. majority patients with factors still insufficiently understood. Theoretically, supplementation antioxidants could wide variety preventive measure by limiting degree oxidative damage. prospective, controlled, trial providing benefit antioxidant disease Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). Patients at least intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were shown to significant regard supplementing high-dose zinc. however unclear whether other antioxidants, lutein zeaxanthin, may be better useful. Especially studies diabetic retinopathy implicated higher cholesterol levels disease. High-fat diets overall associated number diseases. With current knowledge it seems prudent advise everyone balanced, low-fat diet well vitamin recommended daily allowance. Smoking essential factor stress, its cessation should everybody order prevent slow down High-dose according AREDS currently non-smokers AMD. Based results from experimental studies, further are warranted prevention inhibition most common means.