What is CoQ10? Co-enzyme Q10 is an essential nutrient and antioxidant found in every cell in the body. It supports and promotes mitochondrial function essential for cellular energy. It is critical for eye, brain, and heart health. Health conditions like heart disease, brain disorders, diabetes, and cancer have been linked to low levels of CoQ10.1 … Continue reading “CoQ10 Supports Mitochondrial Function in Every Cell”
Computer users are concerned about their vision. When we recently searched online for “vision computer screen” the top four searches were: Do computer screens affect eyesight? Can staring at a computer screen cause double vision? Is computer vision syndrome serious? How do you get rid of computer vision syndrome? The answer to the first 3 … Continue reading “Do Computer Screens Affect Eyesight?”
Even though sunlight is free, we pay for electric lightbulbs. We enjoy access to light 24 hours a day, even lighting the outside at night. The miracle of electric lighting means more leisure and work time. What effects do the different types of lightbulbs have on our eyes? On our health? Does the type of … Continue reading “Why Lightbulb Choices Matter”
Acupuncture has been used for millennia to treat eye disease. Today, acupuncture can help preserve vision for those with a wide range of eye conditions including macular degeneration, glaucoma, eye floaters, dry eyes, cataracts and much more. Part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture involves a practitioner inserting tiny needles into the skin. It is licensed and … Continue reading “Acupuncture and Eye Disease: An Overview by Natural Eye Care”
An antibody known as aducanumab may be helpful in removing amyloid plaque in Alzheimer’s patients. Alzheimer’s: Where we are now The presence of amyloid plaque deposits in the brain are characteristic Alzheimer’s disease. The condition presents as amyloid plaque deposits, tangles in the brain neurons, poorly functioning nerve synapses and nerve cell deterioration. Alzheimer’s is linked … Continue reading “Antibody Aducanumab Reduces Amyloid Plaque in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Blue light is emitted from all handheld electronic devices as well as desktop and laptop computers and televisions. It is the shortest wave length light in the visible spectrum and causes significant damage to many parts of the eye seriously impacting present and future vision capacity. Damage from blue light from smartphones is particularly important because smartphones are … Continue reading “Computers & Your Eyes II: How Blue Light Damages Vision”
Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy
peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing
plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting
leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such
chronic health conditions as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, heart
disease, and stroke.