Dec 13, 2019
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Eating red meat and fatty foods will more than triple your risk of going blind over time. So says a collaborative University of Buffalo-University of Wisconsin study just published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
The investigators reviewed the dietary preferences of 144 patients with various stages of macular degeneration. Those consuming a typical western diet of red meat, fried foods, refined grains, and high-fat dairy were 3.4 times more likely to develop advanced eye disease with the inability to continue driving.
A poor diet not only damages your heart and blood vessels but also critical sense organs like eyes on which you depend for a quality life. Begin eating healthy today.
Shruti Dighe, Jiwei Zhao, Lyn Steffen, J A Mares, Stacy M Meuer, Barbara E K Klein, Ronald Klein, Amy E Millen. Diet patterns and the incidence of age-related macular degeneration in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019; bjophthalmol-2019-314813 DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-314813
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