Editorial contact
Contact the editorial team
Use this page to reach the editors behind Insightful Eye Open with a question, a correction, or a suggestion for something we haven't covered. We're a small editorial team, so replies take a few days rather than a few hours. Every message gets read.
Send a message to the editors
Tell us what you were reading and what you want to raise. A page name, the sentence you're asking about, and the situation you're coming from all help us answer in one reply instead of three. If a passage reads as stronger than the research behind it, say so — that is the most useful kind of message this inbox gets.
Questions
What to write to us about
Questions about eye nutrients, requests to clarify a page, and corrections are all welcome. If you think a claim on the site overstates the evidence, say so; that is the most useful kind of message we get. Tell us which of the pages you were on — the nutrient guide, the food sources chapter, or the AREDS and AREDS2 explainer — and what you expected to find there.
Limits
What we can't help with
We can't give medical advice, interpret a diagnosis, or tell you whether a specific supplement suits you. We're not clinicians and we don't have your history in front of us. For anything involving a diagnosed condition, a clinician is the right contact. We'll answer what we can about the general nutrition research — how a nutrient is studied, what a study measured, and why two sources may describe the same finding differently.
Accuracy
Corrections and how we handle them
If you flag an error, include the page and the sentence if you can. We check the claim against the research summaries we use and update the page when a correction is warranted. We don't quietly delete messages pointing out problems. Accuracy is the reason this site exists, so corrections are treated as part of the work rather than as complaints.
Topic suggestions
Readers sometimes ask for topics that don't exist anywhere useful yet. Two that come up often: how zinc actually shows up in everyday Indonesian meals, and how cooking methods change how much carotenoid the body can take from a vegetable. Those suggestions shape what we write next.
Tell us what you were looking for and couldn't find, and be specific about the situation if it matters — a family kitchen, a shift-work schedule, or a diet that leaves out a food group. Vague topic names are harder to write from than a described problem.
Zinc in local diets
Which everyday foods in Indonesia carry meaningful zinc, and what changes when meals lean heavily on rice. Useful to know before comparing a plate against a supplement label.
Cooking and carotenoids
Steaming, boiling and frying change how leafy greens and orange vegetables release lutein and related pigments, and whether a little fa in the pan matters.
Reading a study summary
A plain walkthrough of the words that decide how much weight a finding carries: participants, duration, dose, and whether the outcome measured intake or something further downstream.
Supplements in context
How a supplement's stated ingredients line up with the formulations discussed in the research, and the questions worth asking before adding one to a routine.
Response times
What to expect after you write
A few working days is the normal turnaround. Busy periods push it longer, and we would rather take the extra day than send you a rushed answer.
- Site problems
- Usually the fastest. A page that will not open, a link that goes to the wrong chapter, or wording that reads ambiguously gets a reply within a day or two.
- Correction flags
- We read the claim against the summaries behind the page first, then reply either way: confirmed and updated, or explained if the wording already matches the source.
- Nutrition questions
- Answered on the general research, often with a pointer to the page that already covers it. If your message needs a clinical answer, we will say so instead of attempting one.
- Topic suggestions
- Not always answered one by one, but all read. Several suggested topics end up on the list for the coming months, sometimes in a form different from the one requested.
Questions readers ask before writing
Can you tell me which nutrients I personally need?
No. Which nutrients matter for you depends on what you eat, what you have been diagnosed with, and what else you take. We can explain what lutein, zeaxanthin, omega-3s and zinc do in the research and where they come from in food, and you can take that to a clinician who knows your history.
Do I need to include a link or a screenshot with a correction?
Helpful but not required. The page name and the sentence you are questioning are enough for us to find it. If you have a source in mind, mention it — we will check it against the research summaries we already use before changing anything.
Will you publish my message or my name anywhere?
No. Messages are read by the editorial team and used to answer you or to fix a page. Details of how that information is handled are set out in the privacy policy.
Can I suggest a topic in a language other than English?
Yes. Write in whichever language you are comfortable with and we will work out the request. The site itself is published in English so that the pages stay consistent, but that does not restrict what readers can send us.
Do you sell supplements or take advertising from brands?
No. This is an educational resource about nutrition research, not a shop. Nothing here is a medicine, and nothing on the site is meant to replace advice from a qualified professional. If a passage ever reads like a product pitch, tell us — that is exactly the kind of message we want.
Privacy and your message
The form collects the details needed to reply to you, and nothing else is asked for. Your name, your email address and your message are the parts the editors work from. The page field and the message type help route a correction to the right chapter, and both are optional.
How we handle that information is set out in the privacy policy, and the cookie policy covers the small files the site itself uses. If you would rather not use the form at all, the contact details above reach the same editorial inbox.
One practical note: please do not send medical records, scans or test results. We cannot read them, we cannot interpret them, and they are safer staying with the clinician who ordered them.
Editorial office
Jl. Cikini Raya No. 58, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10330, Indonesia
Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 WIB. Visitors are welcome to write ahead first so someone is at the desk.
Where to go next on the site
Most reader questions are already answered somewhere on the site. Before you write, it is worth checking the chapters below — they cover the nutrients themselves, the food sources, the AREDS and AREDS2 formulations, and the questions that come up most often. If your question survives all of those, the form above is the right place for it.
Still want to write
If your question is not covered anywhere above, send it anyway. Questions like the ones in this inbox are how the nutrient guide and the food sources chapter get revised.
Back to the formNothing here is a medicine, and none of this replaces advice from a qualified professional.