{"id":1150,"date":"2011-03-28T09:37:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T09:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2011-03-28T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T09:37:04","slug":"can-healthier-eating-lead-to-better-eyesight-2956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/can-healthier-eating-lead-to-better-eyesight-2956\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Healthier Eating Lead To Better Eyesight?-2956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can the old adage &#8211; eating carrots improves your eyesight \u2013 really be true?<\/p>\n<p>Well, scientists recently decided to test it. However, although no direct link has been found to confirm this old wives\u2019 tale, researchers do appear to suggest eating healthier is likely to benefit vision as well as overall general health.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the Daily Telegraph, Professor Ian Grierson, who is head of ophthalmology at the University of Liverpool, and one of the pioneers in nutritional research, said:\u00a0 \u201cIt is quite difficult to show real benefit to an individual, that by changing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/healthguide\/nutritionindex.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"56\" title=\"diet\">diet<\/a> it will benefit their sight \u2013 the studies needed would be too big and expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previous research however has found a link between the lack of vitamin A (found in carrots) and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/eye-disorders\/index.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"38\" title=\"eyes disease\">eye disorder<\/a> which is a common cause of blindness in under developed countries called xerophthalmia.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, scientists have been trying to determine a link between diet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/eye-disorders\/cataract.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"35\" title=\"cataracts\">cataracts<\/a> and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This has been the focus by Professor Grierson, who said: \u201cMy interest is in AMD. For a lot of sufferers of this condition, there are no treatments at all, so it occurred to me to look at the risk factors for the disease instead, with a view to prevention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese risk factors don\u2019t just make you more prone to developing AMD, but to it becoming more severe if you do have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAMD is on the march as we are all living longer [according to the Macular Disease Society, AMD affects 30 million people worldwide, half a million of them in the UK], and it is undoubtedly lifestyle related.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main risk factors are gender (females are more susceptible), your age (the older you are, the more likely you are to develop it), whether you smoke or have done, your weight, and your diet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will taking supplements help? Professor Grierson would prefer people to eat well. \u201cUse your common sense,\u201d he suggests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating a vitamin supplement is an expensive business, so don\u2019t look for or expect a bargain. Find one that gives you 6mg of lutein a day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the old adage &#8211; eating carrots improves your eyesight \u2013 really be true? Well, scientists recently decided to test it. However, although no direct link has been found to confirm this old wives\u2019 tale, researchers do appear to suggest eating healthier is likely to benefit vision as well as overall general health. Speaking with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[80,33,656],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eye-health","tag-eye-health-2","tag-research-study","tag-vitamins-for-eye-sight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}