Loads of tears but no relief from dry eye – why?

Loads of tears but no relief from dry eye – why?

The importance of tears cannot be understated. They are enormously important to your vision by keeping your eyes healthy, moistened and clear. Tears for lubricating your eyeball are actually more complex than you may imagine and are made up of three layers – oil, water and a fatty layer. The eyes need to be lubricated in order to focus. Without effective tears you cannot see properly.

The fatty layer makes the cornea smooth for clearer vision, the water layer plays the important role of protection and the oily layer stops the watery layer from evaporating. Dry Eye can be the result of when this three tier system gets out of sync or unbalanced. If the surface of the eye becomes irritated due to the lack of the oily layer the body responds by flooding the eye with tears released from the lacrimal gland. This sounds like a perfect solution but unfortunately the tears from this gland are the same as those when you cry and guess what? These tears are not the same and do not have the magic three layers!

Dry Eye cannot be cured, once you have it, you have it for life. That’s a lifetime of inconvenience and irritation and for some a considerable amount of pain. Unfortunately, once the horse has bolted your choices are limited. Artificial tears are about as helpful as your ‘crying’ tears, so what can you do? How about using an eye drop developed specifically to promote excellent eye health?

L-Carnosine is an amino acid which is found naturally in foods and in human cells. It could be described as an anti-aging super-antioxidant that helps to fight age-related changes in the skin, brain, heart, eyes, muscles and other tissues. L-Carnosine also protects against glycosylation (the cross linking of proteins). Unfortunately, carnosine levels decline with age and this decline is linked to the onset of certain aging disorders like cataract formation.

The important ingredient in the Can-C.biz eyes drops is N-alpha-acetylcarnosine (NAC) as this works as a carrier for L-carnosine to reach the fluid surrounding the lens of the eye called the aqueous humor. In the aqueous humor the drops activate into becoming an anti-oxidant delivering the L-carnosine where it is needed. It is only NAC that has been clinically proven to be suitable for use in eyes. NAC transfers the carnosine to the correct area. Simply using a topical L-carnosine should not be used in the eye. It has been clinically shown that topical administration of pure L-carnosine to the eye does not lead to an accumulation of this compound in the aqueous humor. In fact the L-carnosine is excreted and destroyed by a dipeptide enzyme called carnosinase. Also, a topical eye application of L-carnosine would release histamine which is a toxic compound and this could result in eye-problems.

NAC penetrates the cornea gradually, thus enabling a longer active therapeutic concentration of carnosine directly into the aqueous humor and therefore the lens. Importantly, NAC is highly resistant to hydrolysis by carnosinases.

NAC is the only known antioxidant able to protect structural proteins of the lens from the free-radical induced oxidation process. Can-C eye drops help the eye achieve the best and most protective environment for optimal eye health.

Having been researched and approved by Innovative Vision Products, Can-C eye drops containing NAC, are the only drops that are clinically proven to be effective in slowing and reversing aging eye-disorders, including senile cataract. If Can-C works on aggressive disorders like cataract it is fair to say that its health-promoting anti-oxidant actions are excellent for disorders such as Dry Eye and Macular Degeneration. The only way to be sure that you are buying and using the correct clinically proven formulation is to check that the box carries the statement ‘approved by Innovative Vision Products’.