The late Dr Alan Howard, PhD, began studying the effects of carotenoids on eye health over ten years ago. He joined with Professor John Nolan and his team at the Nutrition Research Centre in Waterford Ireland to conduct scientific research. Having established significant benefits to eye health, Dr Howard instigated further research on the potential effects of carotenoids plus fish oils on the brain. Clinical trials, conducted by Professor Nolan and Professor Riona Mulcahy, have had positive results from patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease.

As a result of this research, a patent for the discovery was granted in the UK in 2018 and, on 17th November 2020, the United States Patent Office have granted the application for the “Prevention and/or treatment of neurodegenerative disease”.

The title page of the US patent grant is show below. For further information on the commercial development resulting from this research, please see www.memoryhealth.com