Dr. Michael Lange, optometric physician and certified nutrition specialist with Lange Eye Institute located in The Villages, FL.
Dr. Michael Lange, optometric physician/ certified nutrition specialist and founder of Lange Eye Care and Associates was born in Metairie, Louisiana. He was a very competitive athlete growing up and learned the importance of good eyesight and proper nutrition at a very early age. Dr. Lange played football, basketball, baseball and ran track in elementary, junior high, and high school but his real passion was motocross. Dr. Lange was a competitive motocross racer in his teens until an unfortunate racing accident ended his motocross career in 1979.
Dr. Michael Lange, optometric physician, received two undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Physiological Optics before graduating from Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1992. He passed boards in Florida and became a Board Certified Optometric Physician in Florida in 1992. Dr. Michael Lange went back to his home town for six months to practice in New Orleans before moving to Ocala, Florida, to open his first private practice on March 15, 1993.
Dr Michael Lange, optometric physician, is also an extreme sports enthusiast
Always an enthusiast for extreme sports, Dr. Lange continued to be competitive in mountain biking and road biking during his educational years and really learned the power of proper nutrition throughout this period. He experimented with a variety of diets and supplements to try to maximize his own personal athletic abilities. He began to read every book and go to every seminar he could on nutrition and sports nutrition for promoting total body health. Dr. Lange has come to the conclusion that a modified gluten free, organic, Paleo type diet works best for most patients. In 2019 he developed a diet called “The Lange Survival Diet” that he recommends to everyone.
Ocala eye doctor receives national attention with radio show Ask The Doctor
Michael Lange OD, CNS. the Ocala eye doctor, started a live call in talk show on eye care and nutrition in April 1993 called “Ask The Doctor“. This talk show has been a huge success at promoting Dr. Lange’s philosophy of eye care and nutrition and has gained Dr. Lange national attention. This talk show can now be heard on multiple networks throughout the world and on live video streaming over the world via the Internet , Facebook , You Tube, Twitter, Periscope and Instagram. Dr. Michael P. Lange states, “I was in the right place at the right time.”
Lange Eye Care enjoys rapid expansion
Michael Lange OD ,CNS expanded Lange Eye Care and Associates and by 2012 had opened 13 locations throughout Florida and has developed one of the largest solely owned primary eye care centers in Florida. Michael Lange O.D., CNS, has worked 18-20 hours a day seven days a week to get to this point. Dr. Michael Lange has established a tremendous reputation as a doctor that sincerely cares about his patients, going that extra mile and doing what ever it takes to get the job done and make the patient happy. Lange Eye Care and Associates has close to twenty optometric physicians and ophthalmologists on staff and can handle almost every eye condition that comes through the door. Dr. Michael Lange Optometrist, continues to offer the highest quality eye care and customer service available in the industry. Dr. Lange has always believed in promoting proper nutrition to his patients and continues to practice what he preaches.
Certified Nutrition Specialist in 2008
Dr. Michael Lange became a Certified Nutrition Specialist in 2008 making him one of five optometrists in the country to obtain this goal. Dr. Lange started the Fortifeye Vitamins company in 2005 and continuously does research on absorption and bio availability of nutrients to aid in the development of his Fortifeye line of vitamins. He regularly travels the world on research trips in the quest of more knowledge and to improve his vitamin formula. Dr. Lange is rapidly becoming one of the leading authorities on nutrition and ocular health. He empowers his patients to take control of their health and teaches them to be proactive in their current and future eye and total body health. In 2013 Dr Lange started doing extensive research in the arena or sports nutrition and developed some extremely pure New Zealand Grass Fed Non Denatured Whey Proteins called Fortifeye Super Protein . 2017 In an effort to help slow down the aging in his patients , family and himself he started researching and developing a sports nutrition supplements called Fortifeye Fit . This new generation muscle fuel will be used for both pre and post workout supplementation and should be available late 2019 . To complement this Fortifeye Fit he has also developed a new grass fed non denatured whey protein isolate under the Fortifeye Performance label that will be available about the same time as Fortifeye Fit .
Dr. Michael Lange, optometric physician and certified nutrition specialist
Patients come from all over the country to have an appointment to see Dr. Michael Lange Optometrist and nutrition specialist. He has a loyal following of patients that have been with him since he opened his doors in 1993. Dr. Lange has many ongoing clinical studies utilizing the latest in nutrition and the most advanced intracellular blood testing methods to continuously enhance his Fortifeye vitamin formulas. Dr. Lange promotes his philosophy of total wellness at conferences and lectures, on talk shows, the Internet, social media, magazine articles and one-on-one with the patient. Dr. Lange is a leader in the development of genotype- directed nutritional supplements for macular degeneration. He has developed the first zinc free macular degeneration supplement that is an eye vitamin as well as a whole body vitamin. This new supplement is called Zinc Free Macular Defense and was first available in October 2013.
Michael Lange OD, CNS is now chairman of multiple companies in the eye and nutrition space and sits on many advisory boards in the eye and nutrition industry. Marion County has become home to Dr. Michael Lange. Ocala, Florida, is now the corporate headquarters for Lange Eye Care and Associates and Fortifeye Vitamins. Patients can learn more about Dr Michael Lange and Lange Eye Care at www.LangeEyeCare.com, www.drmichaellange.com . Michael Lange has always believed in giving back to the community, which in turn has made him a very successful eye doctor throughout Florida.
Michael Lange OD, optometric physician, opens new locations in Gainesville, The Villages, Inverness, Citrus Hills, Summerfield, Tampa and Clearwater
Lange Eye Care and Associates has had multiple locations in Florida with offices located in Gainesville, 3 in Ocala, Williston, University of FLorida campus , The Villages, Inverness, Citrus Hills, Summerfield, Tampa and two in Clearwater. Lange Eye Care locations are state-of-the-art eye care centers which all have large in-house optical services with on site optical labs. The Lange Eye Care centers in Gainesville, Ocala, The Villages and Clearwater also offer eye surgery. Dr. Michael Lange’s eye care centers can take care of the most complicated eye surgeries or the simplest routine eye exam, from pediatric to geriatric and everyone in between.
in 2016 Dr Lange was made an offer he couldn’t not refuse by a large corporation to purchase his Lange Eye Care offices . He did however keep his flagship office The Lange Eye Institute where he sees patients five days a week.
Dr. Michael P. Lange, optometrist, is still involved in many extreme sports like motocross, mountain biking, road biking, white water rafting, skulling , kayacking, weight lifting, snow skiing, scuba diving, wake boarding, surfing, water skiing, car racing (NASSA and SCCA and has been known to show up in an LMP3 prototype at many events) and also enjoys a good game of tennis. He has also been involved in significant amount sports nutrition research in the arena of muscle synthesis . This research will be reflected in the all new Fortifeye Performance line that should be available in the ends of 2019. Dr. Lange enjoys spending any free time with his wife and children. He is in one of the offices almost on a daily basis seeing patients or involved in some form of research. Dr. Michael P. Lange, Optometrist and Nutrition specialist, has raised the bar in eye care and brings hope to many patients that have just about given up. If u would like to see Dr Lange as a patient he is available at The Lange Eye Institute in The Villages .
More information: Dr. Michael P. Lange is a Board Certified Optometric Physician and a Certified Nutrition Specialist who started Lange Eye Care and Associates in Ocala, Florida, in March 1993. Lange Eye Care grew to 13 locations throughout the state of Florida with three surgery centers. The Lange Eye Institute at The Villages in central Florida is home base for many of the nutritional studies that inspired the Fortifeye Brand of vitamin supplements. Dr. Lange is one of the first doctors in the industry to utilize intracellular blood tests and blood absorption studies to improve the Fortifeye vitamin line. Dr. Lange travels the world for nutritional research gathering valuable information to continuously improve Fortifeye vitamin formulations. Dr. Lange is still involved in the clinical practice of eyecare. He is a guest lecturer, contributing author to many eyecare magazines, and a daily syndicated talk show host of ‘Ask The Doctor’ which broadcasts almost daily on a variety of radio stations and net works, throughout the country and video streaming all over the world via the Internet. Detailed information on the nutritional research Dr. Lange has been involved in, and the eye vitamins and whole body formulas he has formulated, are here at www.Fortifeye.com. If you are looking for a great group of eye doctors in Florida go to www.LangeEyeCare.com. For more, read this article about Dr. Michael Lange, Ocala optometrist involved in research on nutrition and UV protection, see the biography of Dr. Michael Lange, Ocala eye doctor (optometrist), or visit the blog of Dr. Michael Lange, Ocala optometrist. www.drmichaellange.com
