Vitalux™
Vitalux Areds with Lutein (Timed Release Tablets)Vitalux is a brand of Vitamins specially developed for the eyes of people over the age of fifty. It contains clinically proven formulation that may delay the progression of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and help to preserve vision - ASK your doctor about it!
Ok What do you mean when you say clinically proven?
For years experts presumed that nutrition played a role in the development of AMD. So in 1992, the U.S. national Eye Institute initiated the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) to see if high doses of antioxidant vitamins, minerals and zinc would have any effect on people with the dry form of AMD. the goal was to determine if these supplements could stop, or slow down the progression of AMD and resulting vision loss.
In the end , after almost seven years of study, the results were analyzed and proved that people with the highest risk of developing advanced AMD could significantly lower that risk by approximately 25%, simply by supplementing there diets with a specific vitamin and mineral formulation every day. The target formula from the study is:
Viitamin/Mineral | Total Daily Dose |
Beta Carotene | 25 000 IU |
Vitamin C | 500 mg |
Vitamin E | 400 UI |
Zinc | 80 mg |
Copper | 2 mg |
Vitalux is a range of vitamin products designed to provide the vitamins needed by the eye. There are three formulations: Vitalux® AREDS, the only multivitamin/multi mineral specifically formulated in response to the Age-Related Eye Disease Study; it also contains lutein and zeaxanthin. Vitalux®-S, a new multi mineral supplement that, except for beta carotene, contains the same ingredients that were shown to delay the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and reduce vision loss in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)......read more
Please
note: if you are a smoker or recent ex-smoker choose the Vitalux
product without beta carotene!
Vitalux S (Vitamins for smokers)
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Novartis states:
"The absence of beta carotene is in response to another major study
(2) that linked supplemental beta
carotene taken by smokers and recent ex-smokers to an increased incidence of
lung cancer and an increased risk of death from lung cancer, cardiovascular
disease, and other causes." (2. Effects of a combination
of Beta Carotene and Vitamin A on Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease. The
New England Journal of medicine, May 1996.)
Vitalux AREDS contains the same ingredients as the AREDS target formulation (above). Two Vitalux AREDS tablets provide the same daily dose of vitamins and minerals that were proven to reduce the risk of advanced AMD and prevent vision loss. In addition, the daily dosage of Vitalux AREDS provides 6 mg of lutein, plus zeaxanthin, which were shown in other studies to benefit people with AMD.
Technically yes. But practically speaking, obtaining the high doses of the specific antioxidant vitamins and minerals found in Vitalux would be virtually impossible from diet alone.
The quantities of antioxidant vitamins and minerals often found in daily multivitamins are far below what's been proven to prevent the progression of AMD. Vitalux on the other hand, is specially formulated to help delay the progression of AMD - something daily vitamins cannot do. There is usually no harm is taking both types of vitamins however it's worth checking with your doctor.