Eye Health

stock here: it can readily be assumed that the eye sight medical community is as captured as the overall medical community.

My eye sight has become a problem, I have tried Lutein and Beta Carotene, and maybe I slowed the decay, but certainly never felt any improvement. A recurring topic of conversation is how people I talk to the last few months found real cures to problems that have haunted them for years or decades, by changing their diet.

Here is their info-mercial sales pitch….

https://gettheyavue.com/cb/research?hopId=9c12797a-1212-4964-b957-81981c14ad86

So here is some information to chew on……

Scientific References

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3. Gonçalves, A. C., Nunes, A. R., Falcão, A., Alves, G., & Silva, L. R. (2021). Dietary Effects of Anthocyanins in Human Health: A Comprehensive Review. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 14(7), 690. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph14070690

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