Omega-3s May Combat Degenerative Vision Condition

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of blindness in individuals ages 50 years and older.  Tassos Georgiou, from the Ophthalamos Research & Educational Institute (Cyprus), and colleagues administered 3.4 g of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 1.6 g of.docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on a daily basis for 6 months, to patients with dry AMD.  The team observed: “significant improvement in vision acuity occurred in 100% of patients …  within four and half months after omega-3 supplementation.”