ANSWER:
I generally recommend to my patients with glaucoma that they limit weightlifting to multiple repetitions of lesser weights rather than fewer repetitions of higher weights as the effort required to lift heavy weights does transiently increase the intraocular pressure. Also, recent studies have confirmed that working out with lesser weights can be just as effective in building up muscle as heavier weights (safer too).
As for the use of vitamin C, there is no strong evidence that this supplement has any benefit in the treatment of glaucoma. If you are looking for supplements that may benefit glaucoma then Mirtogenol and Curcumin have some evidence of a beneficial effect.
Warm regards,
David Richardson, MD
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Posted in: Glaucoma