- Helps maintain eye health / Reduce the risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration by 25 percent
- Helps in connective tissue formation
- Provide antioxidants
- Formulation is based on recommendations by National Eye Institution and Health Canada
- NPN: 80030567
Ivizion MAX is an eye-care supplement with formulation recommended by National Eye Institution and Health Canada. It contains high amounts of 8 vitamins/minerals and 2 herb extracts that are traditionally used to maintain optimal eye condition.
Zinc and Vitamin C, and Eye Health
Zinc plays an important role in eye health as it protects eyes from age-related macular degeneration. Zinc in the photoreceptor membranes of the retina plays a role in protein-to- protein interactions, essential for maintaining proper cell structure and function of the retina cells.
Vitamin C is important to eye health because of its role in protecting the proteins of the lens from oxidation. It serves as an antioxidant in the retina, and promotes wound healing in the cornea. Vitamin C is involved in the synthesis and metabolism of collagen in the cornea. Also, it protects the lens and retina from oxidative stress, as an absorber of UV radiation in the cornea and the aqueous humor.
Flavonoids & Polyphenols in Vision and Eye Health
Dietary flavonoids are a group of polyphenols that impart color to fruits and vegetables. As they are involved in UV filtration in plants, they protect human eyes against oxidative stress and disease. For example, the retina is the most metabolically active tissue in the body, and hence has a high oxygen demand and vulnerability to oxidative stress. Flavonoids scavenge free radicals (oxidative stress), inhibit nitric oxide production (main component that damages cell) and inhibit other chemical pathways that result in other oxidative stresses.
Antioxidants (Vitamins, Lutein and Zeaxanthin) and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Currently, one in five people over the age of 65 is living with age-related macular degeneration (Macular Degeneration Partnership, 2015). Adults with advanced macular degeneration have a markedly reduced quality of life and need for assistance with the activities of daily living.
In general, dietary modification and antioxidant nutritional supplementation show promise as approaches to the prevention of visual loss from age-related macular degeneration. Vitamins and minerals with antioxidant protection such as carotenoids, Vitamin E, zinc, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C are beneficial for delaying the aging process. However, high concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin are the most effective potential antioxidants as they inhibit lipid peroxidation (a part of the aging process) in the eyes.
Adults: 1 capsule 2 times per day