Can nutraceuticals help improve quality of life?
The aging process has been a challenge to modern medicine. The baby boomers have become very interested in this problem and have adopted new approaches to retard the ailments of growing old. We are confronted with degenerative diseases of the joints, and the different organ systems. There is no doubt that exercise and proper nutrition retards the aging process. Antioxidants play an important role as demonstrated in the reduction of age-related macular degeneration. The use of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may in the long run prevent the deterioration of cartilage. The development of certain malignancies may also be related to certain nutritional deficiencies. Based on long-term studies, it has been shown that in certain groups of individuals, multivitamin supplementation may reduce the risk of colon cancer as well as prostate cancer. Fish oil and flaxseed oil have been shown to be beneficial in the treatment dysfunctional tear syndrome. In today’s culture there is a growing inter