Product: Bilberry Extract

Company: Natural Factors

Size: 60 Capsules

Ingredients: Bilberry Extract (vaccinum myrtillus) 40mg (Guaranteed minimum 25% Anthocyanidines). In a synergistic base of whole Bilberry powder.

Dosage: Take 1 to 3 capsules per day or as directed by a physician.

Contains no artificial preservatives, color, dairy, sweeteners, starch, wheat or yeast.

Description: Before their night missions World War II RAF pilots would eat Bilberry jam. They adamantly claimed that Bilberry jam improved their night vision. Bilberry, a cousin to the North American huckleberry and blueberry, is a shrubby perennial plant. It has always been considered very nutritious and herbalists have for centuries used Bilberry to treat scurvy, urinary complaints, diarrhoea and dysentery.

It was anecdotal evidence from fighter pilots that spurred research into Bilberry extract. As research verifies the accounts of improved visual acuity, we are also finding that Bilberry’s unique properties may have a profound effect on other body systems.

The most promising research shows that Bilberry extract improves night-time visual acuity, with quicker adjustment to darkness and faster restoration of vision after exposure to glare. Further studies show that Bilberry extract also helps those with hemeralopia (day blindness) which is the inability to see distinctly in bright light.

Research shows very promising results for more serious ailments like glaucoma and diabetes. But most of us - students, truck drivers, pilots, anyone who spends long hours in front of a computer screen - can benefit from Bilberry extract, if we suffer from eye strain or visual acuity disorders.

Bilberry extract may also help varicose veins and related problems. It is widely used in Europe to treat artery, vein and capillary disorders. Bilberry seems to increase the resistance of blood capillaries and reduces their permeability and fragility. Bilberry extracts are non-toxic and have shown no mutagenic or teratogenic (causing abnormal development of the embryo) effect. In fact, Bilberry extract was given to more than 10,000 pregnant women suffering from vein disorders without any side-effects for the mothers or their babies.