Is marigold the new miracle supplement for macular degeneration? A story from the United Kingdom has been stunning the world of macular degeneration lately, after a British man claimed that taking marigold extracts have pretty much cured him of age-related macular degeneration.
The British media has been hailing him as possibly the first person in the country to recover from the devastating condition that causes blindness.
Mr Harry Marsland, 73, is a retired optician and he had lost most of his sight in his right eye to AMD. He was even considering learning Braille, with his left eye also heading down the same route as his right.
After trying various treatments without success, he decided to try a vitamin supplement called Macushield, which contains mesozeaxanthin, derived from marigolds. He said he has since recovered 95 per cent of his sight in his left eye.
The British media has been hailing him as possibly the first person in the country to recover from the devastating condition that causes blindness.
Mr Harry Marsland, 73, is a retired optician and he had lost most of his sight in his right eye to AMD. He was even considering learning Braille, with his left eye also heading down the same route as his right.
After trying various treatments without success, he decided to try a vitamin supplement called Macushield, which contains mesozeaxanthin, derived from marigolds. He said he has since recovered 95 per cent of his sight in his left eye.
"It was in August my wife Nina picked up my magnifying glass and realised it was dusty,' he said. "She was the first to realise I no longer needed to use it.
"A few months later we were walking in the dark and I suddenly realised I was no longer holding on to my wife. It's miraculous, considering at one point I was literally blind in the dark.'
