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Can Omega-3 Help Dry Eye?

Posted By Dr. Risa Schulman On March 9, 2011 @ 6:16 am In Dry Eye,Nutrition,Research | Comments Disabled

The February issue of Cornea reported that omega-3 reduced dry eye symptoms in 70 % of patients and increased tear volume and flow.

The omega-3 was supplied as a fish oil dietary supplement containing EPA, DHA and  flax seed oil, and was taken on a daily basis for 3 months.

The pilot study was performed at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX.

The abstract of  the study can be found here [1].

Let’s see if Wild Eye copies this.

Risa Schulman, PhD
Expert, Healthy Food and Dietary Supplement Science, Marketing and Regulatory
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