| "body"> | | | | cheap when you find it--or you can eat lots of |
| Do you have any magical cures for eye floaters? | | | | citrus fruit (especially the white part of the rind is |
| A common question I've heard over the years. | | | | high in rutin) or eat lots of buckwheat which is |
| Yes and no. Here's what I've learned: | | | | also high in rutin. |
| There are no magical cures for floaters--only | | | | If you have a zinc deficiency (like most of my |
| prevention for making more of them. Floaters are | | | | clients seem to have) you'll have lots of other |
| caused by a micro hemorrhage of the blood | | | | symptoms of that. The same goes for copper |
| vessels in the back of the eye--when the bleeding | | | | deficiency (mostly tendon/ligament problems) |
| contracts, the blood clot floats within the vitreous | | | | here. |
| humor of the eye. After a time, the body adapts | | | | If you go to my Diet/Nutrition part of the |
| to the floater and is not consciously seen unless | | | | website, you'll find lots of Best Bet Sources for |
| the person concentrates to see it. So "they" say. | | | | Zinc and Copper as well as the deficiency signs |
| The goal is to strengthen the blood vessels so | | | | for those minerals. Here's the link: |
| they won't bruise or rupture. | | | | Other diseases that can predispose a person to |
| Products that seem to be working the best for | | | | floaters are high blood pressure and taking blood |
| the general population include:o Zinc Liver Chelate | | | | thinners and NSAIDS such as aspirin, Tylenol, and |
| and Chezyn by Standard Processo Visual Eyes by | | | | even Ginkgo biloba on a regular basis. |
| Source Naturalso Ocu-Guard Plus, which doesn't | | | | If you bruise easily--you also have a predisposition |
| work as well as either of the above, but still | | | | for hemorrhage within the ocular vessels. There is |
| works well and is usually readily available in most | | | | usually a reason for the bruising and high blood |
| health food stores. Ocu-Guard without the plus | | | | pressure. Getting to the core cause of these |
| doesn't work very well, so don't get that.o Rutin, | | | | diseases is just really helpful in preventing all kinds |
| a molecule of vitamin C, which helps to strengthen | | | | of other problems including the floaters. |
| the connections between the cells to prevent | | | | Everything ties into everything else. |
| further bruising and bursting of the blood vessels. | | | | Magic cures? No. Prevention? Yes! |
| Rutin is sometimes hard to find, but it's really | | | | |