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Eating fish helps protect eyes
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gren=hippo
Posted 2006-07-11 2:06 AM (#58255)
Subject: Eating fish helps protect eyes


Eating fish helps protect eyesight in old age, study suggests

Two new studies give one more reason to eat a diet rich in fish: prevention of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in old age.

The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish such as salmon are already known to help the heart and brain stay healthy. The new studies, that appeared yesterday in the Archives of Ophthalmology, add to evidence that fish eaters also protect the eyes.

The new studies are not the strongest level of scientific evidence, but they confirm the findings of previous studies that also link fish consumption with prevention of mascular degeneration.

A study of 681 elderly American men showed that those who ate fish twice a week had a 36 percent lower risk of mascular degeneration. In the other study, which followed 2,335 Australian men and women over five years, people who ate fish just once a week reduced their risk by 40 per cent.

The US study also found that smokers nearly doubled their risk of the eye condition compared to people who never smoked.

Macular degeneration starts with blurring in the centre of what the eye sees. It progresses to blindness, slowly or quickly depending on the type of disease. Six to 8 per cent of people age 75 and older have an advanced form of the disease
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kristi
Posted 2006-07-11 5:13 AM (#58267 - in reply to #58255)
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In my mediteranean homeland with sea all around, we all grew up with this advice from the elders, "eat fish, because it is good for your eyes". And let me add to the above that especially for the eyes, it is the bones of the fish that contain the beneficial substances. So it's even better, they were telling us, if you eat those small fish, that can be eaten together with their bones. Mmmmm! With lot of lemon !
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