Healthy eating, healthy eyes.
This May, for Macula Month, Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) has launched updated Nutrition Guidelines for age-related macular degeneration.
Patients often ask their treatment professionals what foods they should eat to manage their condition. At present, there are no official guidelines for nutritional advice. But this May, for Macula Month, Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) is launching updated Nutrition Guidelines for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). These recommendations are based on the first systematic review of all the published systematic reviews – the highest level of evidence to inform clinical and public health decisions – investigating dietary patterns, food, nutrition supplements and AMD. Systematic reviews gather, combine and evaluate findings from relevant studies, finding the best, the most appropriate and the findings with the most evidence behind them. MDFA has recently conducted a systematic review evaluating the strength of evidence for dietary patterns, foods, nutrients and supplements to prevent AMD and/or slow its progression.
For more information and to download a copy of MDFA’s Nutrition Guidelines for AMD, visit www.mdfoundation.com.au/news/healthy-eating-healthy-eyes/