Date:   9/10/2010 12:19:01 AM ( 15 y ago)
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The best use of supplements is to correct deficiencies and temporarily help treat specific conditions, with the ideal desired outcome being to ultimately depend on a good all around diet and lifestyle to maintain good health.  In some instances certain conditions may require continued use of supplements - and eye conditions could well qualify as conditions that require at least some dietary restrictions and continued supplementation; however, in many instances and conditions that should not be the case.  What can indeed happen is that the body becomes dependent on supplements to help perform functions that a healthy body normally should, as well as dependent on supplements to treat symptoms instead of actually effecting a lasting cure.  Going cold turkey from all supplements and noticing immediate negative results is a pretty good indication that your treatment has not provided permanent relief and may in fact be stringing you along.  One way to guard against becoming dependent upon supplements is to periodically take alternating breaks from individual supplements ranging from one or two days to a week. 

Though a restricted diet may be a wise thing if it is restricted in such a way as to avoid unhealthy foods, if it is so restricted that it avoids essential nutrients it could contribute to continued dependency on supplements.  In most instances, avoiding unhealthy foods, eating a healthy nutrient dense diet from uncontaminated food sources and perhaps the regular use of a good food derived nutrient such as intraMAX and a superfoods powder should provide all the nutrients needed and then some, without having to rely on a basket full of supplements.

Without making any judgment whatsoever on your holistic doctor, I will point out that holistic and alternative doctors can and do get caught up in the same practice as mainstream doctors - treating their patients in such a way as to insure that they keep coming back regularly and continuing to market medicinal items they profit from.  I will also observe that two years is an awfully long time to still have to depend on a highly restricted diet and multiple supplements.

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