Nutritional Supplements for Macular Degeneration.

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in the world, and the number of people expected to have AMD in the United States is rising because of the aging population. Previous studies have shown that people who consume more carotenoids, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids have a lower risk of developing […]

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Alzheimer’s Disease, Healthy Fatty Acids and DHA.

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

DHA treatment may be beneficial for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is a neurodegenerative disorder with cognitive and short-term memory impairment. The cause of AD is unknown. Many studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids reduce the risk of AD. Also, dietary DHA protects learning in rats that have been infused with amyloid-beta (a rat model […]

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Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Infant Vision.

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Dr. Gary Pack

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a structural component for retinal photoreceptors and brain gray matter. DHA deficiency results in poor accumulation of neural DHA and the retinal photoreceptors have the highest DHA levels in the body. Maternal DHA accumulates at an increased rate during pregnancy, especially during the third trimester. Women in the U.S. and Canada […]

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Conditions: DHA deficiency, Pregnancy, Visual deficit

Supplements: Algae oil, Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), Omega-6 fatty (linoleic) acid

Foods: Functional food

Miscellaneous: Gray matter, Retina

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