Could this 19th-century discovery help RESCUE vision problems in diabetics?

Nobody WANTS to lose their eyesight. Most of us would do ANYTHING to keep it.

Yet there’s something that’s stealing the vision of too many older folks…

And it’s not just “old age.”

It’s one of the most terrifying complications of type 2 diabetes – and it’s a leading cause of blindness in this country.

It’s diabetic retinopathy… a condition that causes the blood vessels in your eyes to “leak.”

Big Pharma has ZEROED IN on this eye disease… and is pushing drugs on patients who have it.

You might think your only OTHER options are surgery or laser treatments to get your eye vessels back in working condition…

But there’s another option you’ll want to consider.

It’s NOT a drug… and it’s NON-INVASIVE.

And it could even help improve your overall management of diabetes, too.

Here’s what you need to know.

Melon therapy

Citrulline is an amino acid that gets its name from watermelons, known in Latin as Citrullus lanatus.

Japanese scientists first isolated it from this juicy fruit in the year 1914… but researchers had known about it as far back as the 1800s.

In fact, it’s found naturally right in our own bodies!

You’ve read before right here in eAlert how supplementing with citrulline could help benefit heart health…

By increasing levels of another amino acid, called arginine, which your body uses to produce nitric oxide.

That means it could also help support vessel health…

Including the vessels that are found in the area in the back of your eye, called the retina, where diabetic retinopathy strikes.

It works by increasing your body’s supply of the amino acid arginine… which acts as a vasodilator by increasing levels of nitric oxide (NO).

Folks with diabetes tend to have LOWER levels of arginine… because of INCREASED activity of an enzyme that gobbles up their supply, called arginase.

Fortunately, citrulline works to INHIBIT the overactivity of arginase!

And it can benefit diabetics in other ways, too… like helping to improve wound healing.

Some studies even show that citrulline (as well as watermelon extract) could help improve glycemic control… and even beat back excess inflammation in diabetics!

You can find L-citrulline in supplement form at your local health food store or online.

Its safety record is IMPECCABLE… with ZERO known side effects.

However, since it can LOWER blood pressure… it’s not safe to combine with drugs or other supplements that may cause your BP to drop too low.

And the science behind its effect on diabetic retinopathy is still relatively new… so as always, be sure to talk with your eye doc before starting up any new supplement routine.