ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on nutritional strategies that medical personnel can employ to complement more conventional pharmacological strategies. It attempts to point out some pros and cons of herbal remedies, which may affect the eye and vision. The eye lens contains a person’s entire life history, since its cells are laid down approximately one cell layer per day, like tree rings. Vitamin A appears to be essential for lens epithelium. Deficiency in childhood, which is common in third world countries, may increase adult cataract risk. G. L. King and S. E. Bursick have conducted several studies in experimental models and are involved in a clinical trial of vitamin E supplementation to investigate the possible reduction of risk of diabetic retinopathy. Alpha-tocopherol transport protein-based retinal disease is a good example of the importance of understanding the exact disease cause when assessing the use of nutritional treatments for disease.
