Q. My wife had macular degeneration, and our ophthalmologist said it would just get worse. We immediately started taking bilberry fruit capsules because I wanted to be pro-active.
A year later, we returned for her annual eye exam. The doctor’s assistant administered the exams. After checking her three times, she took her folder to the doctor and told him in front of us that the assistant last year sure messed up the exam. The doctor replied, “I administered that exam myself and I know it is proper.” The assistant exclaimed that the macular degeneration was only blocking 25 percent of vision instead of 45 percent like last year and that was impossible.
The doctor asked what we had done and I told him about the bilberry. He was pleased with her progress. When she passed away three years later at age 82 she had no more macular degeneration.
A. Bilberry has a reputation as being good for eyesight. There has been very little research on its power to treat macular degeneration in human beings, though there are some intriguing animal data.
