Nutrition and the Eye

In this presentation from AAO 2016, Ruwan A. Silva, MD, discusses

• vitamin A, which is the leading cause of reversible blindness in the developing world
• polyunsaturated fatty acids, which appear to be beneficial to patients with dry eyes, but more data is needed
• AREDS/AREDS 2, which is effective in preventing progression to wet AMD in patients with category 3 or 4 disease