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A Practical Approach
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Edited By
Frank Eperjesi, BSc(Hons), PhD, MCOptom, Dip Orth, FAAO, MHEA, PGCertHE, Director of Optometry Programme, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Stephen Beatty, MB(Hons), MMSc, EBOD, FRCOphth, MD, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology, Waterford Regional Hospital, Republic
of Ireland; Waterford Specialist Centre, Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This timely new reference provides up-to-date
information on the effects of nutrition on vision for eye care specialists. It offers practical assistance in clinical procedure with
essential nutritional information backed up by evidence-based research. Contributors include specialists in the fields of nutrition,
vision research, and life sciences.
Contents
Section 1 Introduction to nutrition for vision scientists
1.1 Introduction and definitions Geraldine J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
1.2
Optimal nutrition Geraldine J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
1.3 Food groups and types Geraldine J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
1.4 A healthy
diet – how much to eat? Geraldine J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
1.5 Digestion, absorption and transport of foods Geraldine J Cuskelly
and Ian S Young
1.6 Bioavailability of foods Geraldine J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
1.7 Measures of nutritional status Geraldine
J Cuskelly and Ian S Young
References
Section 2 Nutrients and nutrient derivatives relevant to ocular health
2.1 Proteins Orla
O?Donovan
2.2 Lipids Orla O?Donovan
2.3 Carbohydrates Orla O?Donovan
2.4 Vitamins John Nolan and Kumari Neelam
2.5 Minerals
and trace elements John Nolan
2.6 Carotenoids John Nolan
2.7 Oxidative stress and the eye John Nolan and Stephen Beatty
Section
3 Nutrition and ocular senescence
3.1 Vitamin A deficiency Hannah Bartlett
3.2 Vitamin C deficiency and ocular disease Hannah Bartlett
3.3
Vitamin E deficiency Hannah Bartlett
3.4 Retinitis pigmentosa Hannah Bartlett
References
Section 4 Nutrition and ocular senescence
4.1
Nutrition and malnutrition in the elderly Jayne V Woodside and Ian S Young
4.2 The ageing eye Ruth Hogg
4.3 Dry eye disorders Frank
Eperjesi
4.4 Glaucoma Frank Eperjesi
4.5 Cataract Frank Eperjesi
4.6 Age-related macular degeneration Rasha Al Taie, John Nolan
and Kumari Neelam
Section 5 Recent advances in research into nutrition-related eye health
5.1 Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)
Ruth Hogg and Usha Chakravarthy
5.2 Carotenoids In Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS) Ruth Hogg and Usha Chakravarthy
5.3 Lutein
Antioxidant Supplementation Trial (LAST) Frank Eperjesi
5.4 The Aston Randomized Controlled Trial (Aston RCT) Hannah Bartlett
5.5
Celtic Age-Related Maculopathy Arrestation (CARMA) Study Stephen Beatty and Usha Chakravarthy
Section 6 Contraindications, adverse
reactions and ocular nutritional supplements
6.1 Contraindications, adverse reactions and ocular nutritional supplements Hannah Bartlett
and Frank Eperjesi
Section 7 Conclusions
7.1 Conclusions Frank Eperjesi and Stephen Beatty
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 280 pages, publication date: MAR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8816-1
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8816-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 3 Oct 2009
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