[cjaackie]

The one thing I maybe missed, is there anything that can be done to reduce the risk of developing Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

[MathMonkeyMan]

I don't know, probably not. My dad has wet macular degeneration, and it's treated with injections into the eyeball every few months. The treatment works well, but timing the injections is tricky. Too often and the side-effects become significant. Not often enough and you can get a retinal bleed, which my dad did. Fortunately he regained most of the vision lost in the bleed, and now they've increased the frequency of the injections. He'd probably be blind by now without them. Not to mention the cataract surgery and the glaucoma...

It isn't carrots.

[jasfi]

Lutein may prevent or slow it. It's the best general eye supplement I've found too.

[zachrip]

I was prescribed vit a palmitate, lutein, and DHA. The vit prescribed was a high dose, like 10k iu per day. I cut back on that dose, I'm going blind but I also need to consider my general health. I have ushers syndrome, not md, but it's a retinal disease (retinitis pigmentosa).

To be clear, this is prescribed as a "we can't do anything else for you" thing, since there is no cure for RP. This may or may not actually help.

[knifie_spoonie]

Wearing sunglasses apparently helps. You just need to make sure they have a proper UV rating, a lot of the cheap ones you get online don't do a good job of blocking UV.

[jwrallie]

Years ago I saw on TV a report where people bought several sunglasses sold in the street in Brazil and compared to the expensive brands and they all cut UV quite effectively.

Not that I would trust national TV test methodologies and risk my vision but it was a curious result.

[czl]

Those that fail to block uv can leave your eyes exposed to more UV than if you were not wearing any sun glasses.

[adrianN]

I find that surprising since most plastics you would make glasses from should block uv.

[ImHereToVote]

Stop producing AGE's. Stop eating sugar.

Advanced glycation end-product proteins or lipids that become glycated as a result of exposure to sugars

[hollerith]

Eat astaxanthin, lycopene, lutein or similar yellow, orange and red pigments that plants use to protect themselves from sunlight.

[AltruisticGapHN]

I believe fish oil / omega 3 helps.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11888/

[kspacewalk2]

Sadly I think this may be a worldwide tendency. Source: was a child in the 90s in Eastern Europe.

[snthd]

Don't smoke.