Tag: nutrition
Healthy Snack Ideas From the WO Board
Looking for healthy snack ideas during Nutrition Month? The WO professional and student advisory boards share their favorite go-to nutritious eats—simple, satisfying and perfect...
Nutrition Enhancements Every Patient Should Know About
When it comes to eye health, Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, of Acworth, Georgia, is clear: Nutrition is medicine. Whether patients are dealing...
Three Simple Ways to Bring Nutrition Into the Patient Conversation ...
Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, is a passionate advocate for the power of nutrition in eye health. As she sees it, optometrists are...
Integrating Holistic Health Into Optometry
Carrie Roitstein, OD, CPNP, INHC, FOWNS, started her journey into the world of holistic health around a decade ago. It began not with nutrition...
Poll Respondents Take Supplements for Themselves But Don’t Always Share That...
A vast majority of respondents to a recent Women In Optometry Pop-Up Poll said that they take nutritional supplements. However, far fewer bring it...
Does Supplemental Vitamin D Affect Eye Care?
Guest editorial by Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS
This story was originally published in Review of Presbyopia and the Aging Eye.
Vitamin D deficiency is one...
What Role Does Nutrition Play in Your Practice?
Are you an advocate for supplements for your patients? Do you take them yourself? What role does nutrition play?
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Beyond Carotenoids: Basic Nutraceuticals in the Healthy Aging of the Eyes
By Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS
Most nutrients act on hundreds of pathways and enzyme systems, whereas most prescription drugs act on just one pathway....
Bringing Nutrition Into the Conversation With Every Patient
Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FOWNS, CFMP, and Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS, are passionate about educating patients about nutrition. It's an underdiscussed topic with...
The Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society Welcomes New Board and Provides...
The Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society (OWNS) announced a significant expansion of its leadership team with the addition of accomplished board members and the...
