People who are at high risk for developing advanced AMD should consider taking the formulation. You are at high risk for developing advanced AMD if you have either: Your eye doctor can tell you if you have AMD, its stage, and your risk for developing the advanced form. The AREDS formulation is not a cure for Age-related Macular Degeneration. It will not restore vision already lost from the disease. However, it may delay the onset of advanced AMD.

No. The high levels of vitamins and minerals are difficult to achieve from diet alone. However, previous studies have suggested that people who have diets rich in green leafy vegetables have a lower risk of developing AMD. No. The formulation's levels of antioxidants and zinc are considerably higher than the amounts in any daily multivitamin.

The AREDS participants reported few side effects from the treatments. About 7.5 percent of participants assigned to the zinc treatments -- compared with 5.0 percent who did not have zinc in their assigned treatment -- had urinary tract problems. Yellowing of the skin, a well-known side effect of large doses of beta-carotene, was reported slightly more often by participants taking antioxidants.

Despite the evidence that these nutrients did not lower the risk of cataract development over the seven-year period of the study, an effect over a longer period of time at this point cannot be ruled out.

The specific daily amounts of antioxidants and zinc used by the study researchers were 500 milligrams of vitamin C, 400 International Units of vitamin E, 15 milligrams of beta-carotene (often labeled as equivalent to 25,000 International Units of vitamin A), 80 milligrams of zinc as zinc oxide, and 2 milligrams of copper as cupric oxide. Copper was added to the AREDS formulation containing zinc to prevent copper deficiency anemia, a condition associated with high levels of zinc intake.

To achieve optimum vitamin absorption and utilization. Companies who sell individual vitamins and supplements don't like to talk about absorption and utilization. What they don't want you to know is when vitamins are purchased separately it is impossible to know which ones must be "supplemented" to allow proper absorption and utilization (unless you have an education in nutrition). In the end you're paying for expensive vitamins that may not work as advertised.

The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was a major ten year study sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health, and was conducted at 11 major medical center research facilities around the country. The study, completed in October 2001, sought to determine whether taking vitamin and/or mineral supplements could help prevent, treat or cure certain eye conditions.

Do take vitamin C daily, plus a good hypo allergenic vitamin/mineral capsule and essential fatty acids (EFA's), like those found in flax oil, vegetable oils like olive - black currant - safflower - sunflower - sesame - evening primrose oil and fish oils. Cod liver oil is good for you but it's NOT the same thing.

Children ages 2-7: Start with of an Oral Chelation capsule before bed and of an Age-less caplet upon waking. Administration of each should be done every other day (make sure you are not giving your child the formula daily but are instead skipping one day in between administrations) for the first week (7 days) that the child is on the formula. After the first week progress to of an Oral Chelation capsule before bed and of a Age-less caplet upon waking every day.

months represents timing of the initial dose; subsequent numbers represent months after the initial dose. months represents timing of the initial dose; subsequent numbers represent months after the initial dose.

The active ingredients include a unique herbal blend of green-tea extract, natural caffeine, theobroma-cacao extract, citrus aurantium, yerba-mate extract, damiana extract, DLphenylalanine, tyrosine, quercetin, DMAE, cinnamon powder, hawthorne berry, parsley, fennel, celery, licorice, cornsilk, marshmallow, magnolia bark, astragalus, pffaffia paniculata, coleus and black-pepper extract.