Significant advancements in nutrition‎'‎s impact on the eye have occurred faster than any volume can document‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎until now‎.‎ This book gives the background and rationale regarding the physiological damage caused by biological oxidants as well as the rationale for the protective roles for nutrient‎-antioxidants and how they affect the risk for cataracts‎.‎ This volume also contains information on how to quantitatively assess age‎-related diseases of the eye including cataracts and age‎-related maculopathy‎.‎ Smoking and light exposure as factors for age‎-related eye diseases as well as the utility of potential anticataract pharmaceuticals is discussed‎.‎