Eating a Mediterranean diet has been
associated with a number of beneficial health effects including reducing
the risk of heart disease and cancer, as well as a reducing the incidence of
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease.
Research
on Dry Eyes & Mediterranean Diet
Recently, researchers tried to determine
whether eating a Mediterranean diet could provide help for dry eyes. Reporting
in the journal Cornea, the researchers had patients fill out the Block Food Frequency Questionnaire and the Dry Eye
Questionnaire 5 and then evaluated and measured their tear film quality and
quantity along with their serum levels of Vitamin D. Unfortunately, the results
suggested that eating a Mediterranean
diet was not associated with an improvement in dry eye symptoms, but higher vitamin
D levels did have a small but favorable effect on dry eye syndrome symptoms.
So, while the Mediterranean diet itself doesn’t directly reduce dry eye
symptoms, it does seem to be an eating plan that can help promote health and
prevent disease for your whole family.
If you or someone you know has questions about
dry eye or needs help for dry eye problems, or needs to schedule an appointment, please feel free to call us at 508-730-2020, visit Center for Sight, Google+ or www.facebook.com/centerforsightfallriver to schedule an appointment.
Center for Sight is conveniently located at 1565 North Main Street, Suite 406, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 for patients from Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
Center for Sight is conveniently located at 1565 North Main Street, Suite 406, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 for patients from Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
