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Get ready for a slew of vitamins and supplements that are intended to promote eye health. Here's a sampling:

Bausch & Lomb is premiering Ocuvite DF, a product intended to provide nutritional support for people with diabetes. The supplement contains genistein, a compound found in soy, as well as alpha lipoic acid, vitamins C and E, and B vitamins.

According to John Stewart, Bausch & Lomb's senior product manager for nutritionals, preclinical studies have shown that high levels of genistein slow the progression of blood vessel growth in the retina. "Diabetic retinopathy is a vascular disease of the retina. It is the leading cause of vision loss in the working age population in the United States. About 10% of people who have Type 2 diabetes get diabetic retinopathy," he said.

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Author(s): 
Sandra Levy
Journal: 
Drug Topics, Oct 8, 2007
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