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 Posted: 10/11/07 - 05:29 Post subject: Study Finds Antioxidants Don’t Prevent AMD |
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Recent study found that diet full of antioxidant, vitamins and minerals is not helpful for preventing macular degeneration which is age related. Researchers analyzed many dietary antioxidants and their supplements and tried to define if they have a role in preventing age related macular degeneration.
Results showed that vitamin A,C,E, A carotene, ß carotene , zinc and lutein have almost no effect in the prevention of early age macular degeneration. Study also found that none of the antioxidant supplements were protective against age related macular degeneration.
This disease causes visual loss among older people. It is caused by invasive break down of cells sensitive to light located in macula, in the center of the retina at the back of the eye. People diagnosed with this disease are not blind but they are unable to read, drive or do some other things which demand sharp vision. Smokers are more likely to suffer from it, study also finds.
It was thought that antioxidants reduce oxidative damage in retina but study unfortunately didn’t find enough evidence that could prove that antioxidants have a role in preventing macular degeneration and for now smoking remains the only acknowledged risk factor for early age related macular degeneration |
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