Maybe they should call it Vitamin See.
A new study reveals that a diet high in Vitamin C reduces the risk of cataracts — an eye disorder that can lead to blindness.
"We may be able to delay their onset and keep them from worsening
significantly by eating a diet rich in vitamin C," Dr. Christopher
Hammond, professor of ophthalmology at King's College London, said in a
statement accompanying the study in the journal Ophthalmology.
Researchers followed 2,000 people over a decade and determined that
diet and other environmental factors comprised 65% of the cause of
cataracts, with genes providing the other 35%.
Scientists say vitamin C — which is present in the liquidy inner eye —
inhibits cataracts by preventing oxidation that clouds the lens.
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