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Medical Forum / General / Vision / March 2008non-surgical treatment for cataracts
Are there any non-surgical treatments for cataracts? I'm sure there are lots of products you could buy over the net, but they would be very hard to evaluate. So i'm looking for some treatment that comes from a research program at some medical school (or comparable institution) [and everything that goes with it, including papers in peer-reviewed publications]. Does anybody have any advice? I'm very new to this, so i don't even know which institutions are leaders in cataract research. Thanks in advance for any info from anybody. dan > Are there any non-surgical treatments for cataracts? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > dan there is no possible preventative treatment for cataracts. nor is there any non-surgical treatment. if your cataracts are not severe (BVA >20/40) then maybe no surgery is necessary. just realize, there are no vitamins, eyedrops, etc. that will prevent cataract formation. and likewise if you have significant cataracts right now, there is no way to reduce them aside from surgery (which is simple). If you have the surgery you will probably see better than you have in years. It is simple, very effective, and amongst the safest of surgical procedures. >> Are there any non-surgical treatments for cataracts? >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > right now, there is no way to reduce them aside from surgery (which is > simple). > Are there any non-surgical treatments for cataracts? "The recommended dietary allowance for daily carbohydrate intake for adults and children is 130 grams, which is based on how much glucose the brain needs." See: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/8312 S* > "The recommended dietary allowance for daily carbohydrate intake for > adults and children is 130 grams, which is based on how much glucose the > brain needs." See: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/8312 Recommended by whom? Atkins? -MT > > "The recommended dietary allowance for daily carbohydrate intake for > > adults and children is 130 grams, which is based on how much glucose the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -MT I was given to believe that -- if it's on a blog -- it is not subject to question. Was I misinformed? [scratches head....] The article does finish with this: "The study was published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency." If this is a real journal and research agency [and can be easily googled to check], maybe your mocking humour to this man's friendly and well intending advice was ill-warranted. > If this is a real journal and research agency [and can be easily > googled to check], maybe your mocking humour to this man's friendly > and well intending advice was ill-warranted. Nonetheless, the USDA daily recommendation for carbohydrates is NOT 130 grams. I suspect the mocking humor was directed at you. -MT >> If this is a real journal and research agency [and can be easily >> googled to check], maybe your mocking humour to this man's friendly >> and well intending advice was ill-warranted. > > Nonetheless, the USDA daily recommendation for carbohydrates is NOT 130 > grams. In this area are many recommendations. Atkins starts from 20, Kwasniewski recommends 50, Calront Federicks 75, ARS 130, USDA ..... I have anlized it and found that carbs are mainly eated as starch. But starch may be animal (liver) or from plants. I was stunned when I discovered that animal starch is also in alga, mushrooms and yeast. I am sure that anmal products are better for people. But now I know that alga. mushrooms and leavended bread (backed yeast) are also good. Recommendations on how much carbs we need should specify the seperate dose for animal starch, plant starch and simple sugars. Such doses should take into account also the activity. The first 2000 kcal should be mainly from the animal products. The next mainly from carbs (sportsmens) or alcohol (dance party). S*
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