Supplements Are No Panacea For Eyesight, Experts Warn

Consumers by the millions are turning to vitamin supplements to stave off the effects of poor eyesight associated with aging.

However, health experts warn that supplements are not necessarily a panacea.

While acknowledging that some supplements may help slow or prevent eye disease, they caution that the evidence for most of this remains largely theoretical.

"There's nothing wrong with taking a multivitamin or a vitamin with these things in it, but I don't think we should make firm claims that haven't been scientifically validated," said Dr. Michael F. Marmor, a retina specialist at Stanford University in Palo Alto.

Posted by Jim Langcuster at February 27, 2004 09:01 AM | TrackBack