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Eye-Related Problems Linked To Diet, Sun, And Smoking.


Entry Date: 7/27/2010

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/26, Black) reports "a diet rich in all the things that are known to be good for your health also can protect against vision-stealing cataracts," according to a study in the Archives of Ophthalmology. A University of Wisconsin-Madison "survey of more than 1,800 women," found that "those whose diets were poor in fruits, vegetables and whole grains had a high risk of developing cataracts." Separately, a preliminary study in the same journal found "a correlation between high levels of sun exposure combined with the taking of certain medicines," including antibiotics and anti-depressants, "with cataract formation." Another study in the same journal "shows a link between smoking and the development of one of the leading causes of blindness, age-related macular degeneration."