“Ocular Health and Wellness: It’s Evidence Based,” features articles by leaders in the field of ocular health and nutrition, curated by Chief Clinical Editor Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, immediate past president, Ocular Wellness
“Ocular Health and Wellness: It’s Evidence Based,” features articles by leaders in the field of ocular health and nutrition, curated by Chief Clinical Editor Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, immediate past president, Ocular Wellness
March 19, 2024 Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies, affecting an estimated 41.6% of the total United States population.1 Minorities fare much worse, with an estimated 82.1% of Blacks and
March 4, 2024 Hippocrates (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) is regarded as the father of modern medicine. Although he lived around 2,400 years ago, his aphorisms are still widely used today. A new
February 2, 2024 The macular pigment carotenoids, mainly lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin, are xanthophylls that uniquely accumulate in the macula, the central part of the retina responsible for sharp, detailed vision.1, 2 The macular pigment,
November 22, 2023 Stress, simply put, is a killer. Chronic stress affects the immune system and contributes to sustained inflammation in the body which impacts ocular health and contributes to ocular disease. The neuroendocrinology researcher,
“Ocular Health and Wellness: It’s Evidence Based,” features articles by leaders in the field of ocular health and nutrition, curated by Chief Clinical Editor Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, immediate past president, Ocular Wellness
October 25, 2023 The American Nutrition Association’s 2023 annual meeting convened in Charlotte, N.C. this month. The theme was Personalized Nutrition: Healthy Aging & Longevity. Cardiologist Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, dean emeritus of Tufts
October 2, 2023 According to current statistics, one in every 10 people will have Alzheimer’s dementia by the time they are 65 years old. That risk will then double every five years. Other sobering statistics
August 29, 2023 Until recently, melatonin has been thought of primarily as the “sleep hormone.” The long held belief in scientific research has been that our pineal glands, in response to the light/dark cycle, produced
August 8, 2023 “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” -Bishop Desmond Tutu In 1900,
July 7, 2023 The gut microbiome orchestrates immunity, human metabolism, and gene expression: “The hundred trillion bacteria in the body of an adult human contain about four million distinct bacterial genes, with more than 95%
June 7, 2023 “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today” — Chinese proverb Diabetic retinopathy represents a leading cause of vision loss globally, and the
April 26, 2023 Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing more than half a million deaths per year.1 In a 2019 article in The New York Times, “Our Food
April 11, 2023 Doctors are taught that there are two types of inflammation, acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is characterized by short duration and represents the body’s healing response to a sudden insult. Chronic inflammation
