Bilberry & Lutein: The Vision Enhancers! Protect Against Cataracts, MacUlar Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinopathy & Other Health Problems (Health lear (Health Learning Handbook) [Paperback]

Beth M. Ley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Health Learning Handbook | Publication Date: February 1, 2001

Our eyes are perhaps our most delicate and sensitive organs. They are at high risk for damage, especially from UV rays and other causes of free radical damage.

Cataracts afflict approximately 29% of Americans between 65 and 74 years of age.

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of severe visual impairment in older Americans. Approximately 1.7 million have decreased vision and 100,000 are blind from the disease.

Glaucoma afflicts over 2 million and has caused blindness in 120,000 people in the United States. It is the leading cause of blindness in African-Americans.

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness for Americans under 60. Diabetics are 25 times more at risk for blindness than the generalpopulation.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT YOUR EYES?

Bilberry and Lutein are clinically proven to help protect against, slow down the progression of and even help reverse these and other common vision disorders. Get the facts on these powerful anti-oxidant vision enhancers!

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About the Author

About the Author Beth M. Ley, Ph.D., has been a science writer specializing in health and nutrition since 1988 and has written many health- related books, including the best sellers, DHEA: Unlocking the Secrets to the Fountain of Youth and MSM: On Our Way Back to Health With Sulfur. She wrote her own undergraduate degree program and graduated in Scientific and Technical Writing from North Dakota State University in 1987 (combination of Zoology and Journalism). Beth has her masters (1998) and doctoral degrees (1999) in Nutrition from Clayton College of Nutrition.

Beth does nutrition and wellness counseling and speaks on nutrition, health and divine healing locally and nationwide.

She is a member of Resurrection Apostolic International Network (RAIN), Brooklyn Park, MN.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Bl Pubns; Rev Upd edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189076616X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890766160
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere. This pub is awful., September 3, 2007

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This review is from: Bilberry & Lutein: The Vision Enhancers! Protect Against Cataracts, MacUlar Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinopathy & Other Health Problems (Health lear (Health Learning Handbook) (Paperback)

Bilberry & Lutein is replete with words and phrases like "ischaemia reperfusion injury", "artiolar tone", and "vasomotion". But mostly they are not anywhere defined. Evidently the reader is supposed to dope out their meaning from context. Lotsa luck.

Again, there are sentences like, "Italian researchers also showed that bilberry anthocyanosides was beneficial against on ischaemia reperfusion injury...."
And there are facts like, "Corn is the vegetable with the highest quantity of lutein...". (According to the USDA database, spinach, kale, and various other kinds of greens contain many times as much lutein per unit weight as corn.)

I read a lot of health literature. I found Lutein & Bilberry exceedingly difficult to puzzle out, and to the extent I managed to do so, rather unreliable. It reads as though written by someone whose first language is not English, whose knowledge of the subject matter going in was zero, and whose "research" consisted of reading abstracts of journal articles and copying out sentences from them not too carefully. I find the pamphlet (at 28 pages of large-print text, it certainly is not a book) so bad that I have strong doubts about the genuineness of the three enthusiastic reviews that are standing as I write this one. Bilberry and lutein are undoubtedly good for you, but if you want the details, look elsewhere.

At the end of the pamphlet is a full-page, 30-item, list of titles (including Bilberry & Lutein), all but two by Beth Ley, offered for sale by BL Publications. For me, this author's name on any publication is sufficient reason to reject it without further consideration.

For info on the significance of Ms. Ley's "Ph. D.", see:
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short and complete!, November 12, 2006

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This review is from: Bilberry & Lutein: The Vision Enhancers! Protect Against Cataracts, MacUlar Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinopathy & Other Health Problems (Health lear (Health Learning Handbook) (Paperback)

This book is short, yet it covers all the essential information you need regarding Bilberry and Lutein for healthy eyes.
Ley covers it all in easy to understand language. A fast read for busy readers who don't want to be short-changed on information. The title of this book is a perfect summary of its contents.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PROTECTING OUR EYES!, October 15, 2006

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Dorothy Weiss (ORLANDO, FLORIDA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bilberry & Lutein: The Vision Enhancers! Protect Against Cataracts, MacUlar Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinopathy & Other Health Problems (Health lear (Health Learning Handbook) (Paperback)

This is an easy to read guide to learning about our eyes and how to safeguard our vision. This compact thirty-nine page phamplet offers insight into Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Night Blindness, "Snow" Blindness, Antioxidants, Bilberry, Lutein, and nuturing properties contained in some foods.



Author Beth M. Ley, Ph.D, has given us the first step, the basics, in helping us to help ourselves. I especially liked the chapter on foods. Spinach, collard greens, leeks, peas, kiwi fruit, zucchini, corn, grapes, kale, squash, broccoli. I knew about carrots but not the other veggies and fruits.


Author Ley includes results of studies documenting those at risk for eye damage, and emphasizes that our eyes are our most delicate and sensitive organs. Protect them.


Read the book. It is clear, informative, helpful.