Welcome to Eye on Nutrition™!

More than 22 million Americans suffer from cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which are the two leading causes of visual loss and blindness. Since cataracts require costly surgery and treatment options for AMD are currently limited, preventive measures play a particularly important role. Studies have suggested that six nutrients - the antioxidants lutein, zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc - are associated with maintaining eye health.

Since it can be challenging to know if and how much of these nutrients your diet is providing this online dietary risk assessment tool is available for you to use. The assessment is based on the latest published scientific research on nutrition and age-related eye disease and is adapted from the National Cancer Institute's Diet History Questionnaire, which uses nutrient intake data from both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Minnesota's Nutrition Data System for Research. Eye on Nutrition was created as a user-friendly tool to help patients and eye health specialists talk about nutrition and other risk factors for cataracts and AMD.

Take this simple quiz, which will take about 20 minutes, to find out if your diet is 20/20 and what you can do to help protect your eyes from cataracts and AMD.