About this app

Choose This not That for Macular Degeneration. This colorful app provides comprehensive and actionable nutrition guidelines for how to deal with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Numerous scientific studies over the years have found a strong connection between specific nutrients in our diet (e.g., Lutein/Zeaxanthin) and AMD. If you prefer to tackle health issues through nutrition and lifestyle changes instead of prescription drugs and other typical medical treatments, then this app is for you. Last update: Dec. 2019.

A number of powerful, unique and interactive features make this app so different and superior to others in the market:

•Is this food good for me? This feature answers the common question about suitability of various food items for your personal situation. And it does so in an easy to understand and colorful graphic form.

• Recipes. Most popular recipes on leading web sites.

• Health issues often come our way in groups of two or more. They are often caused by other health complications or result in other illnesses and risks. This publication is the only one on the market that also offers dietary guidance for the COMBINATION of AMD and the following health issues common among patients with AMD: Alzheimer disease, Asthma, Cancer risk, Depression, Diabetes Type-2, Excess weight, Heart disease, High blood pressure, High cholesterol, Osteoarthritis, and Osteoporosis.

• Food Suggestions. You can ask for suggestions on the best food choices within a food group, and get expert recommendations based on your personal profile. An extremely valuable tool when you are in a restaurant or grocery store.

• ACTIONABLE information on what is good, what is bad, and what is neutral for your condition(s). We single out specific food items, and give you an ordered list of helpful and harmful foods within each food group.

• Suggestions on appropriate life style choices, alternative therapies and herbal remedies, when such options exist and are helpful to you.

Suggestions presented in this app are based on the content licensed from Personal Remedies, LLC. The primary sources used by Personal Remedies are USDA (US Department of Agriculture) and NIH (National Institute of Health) agencies, and leading clinics & universities.

Personal Remedies is the publisher of the largest collection of health and nutrition apps for chronic conditions in the market. It is based in metro-Boston, home to the highest ranking healthcare providers and academic institutions in the world.

The information presented by this app is updated by our team as needed and on an ongoing basis. These database updates happen seamlessly, and do NOT require frequent inconvenient downloads of a new version of the app.

Our Chief Scientific Officer (Katya Tsaioun, PhD, Nutrition, Tufts University; L.D.N.) ensures that our apps are developed using the most current clinical evidence-based information that is available in the US. Behind this technology there is a team of expert clinicians, scientists, and other specialists who are passionate about bridging the gap between expert knowledge and the patient.

Our Medical Director is Andrew Lenhardt, MD, author of "Best of All Worlds: A Family Doctor's Path to Integrative Medicine", and "Emotional Intelligence in a Complex World". He is medical director at Lahey Clinic in Beverly, MA, and on the faculty of Tufts University Medical School.

New features

Major update to the science behind the app recommendations and expansion of the list of food items included in the app. Also updated for Target SDK release 28.