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Research: WEIKEL and COLLEAGUES,
Listed in Issue 233
Abstract
WEIKEL and COLLEAGUES, (1)Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background
Lens opacification or cataract reduces vision in over 80 million people worldwide and blinds 18 million. These numbers will increase dramatically as both the size of the elderly demographic and the number of those with carbohydrate metabolism-related problems increase.
Methodology
Preventative measures for cataract are critical because the availability of cataract surgery in much of the world is insufficient.
Results
Epidemiologic literature suggests that the risk of cataract can be diminished by diets that are optimized for vitamin C, lutein/zeaxanthin, B vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, multivitamins, and carbohydrates: recommended levels of micronutrients are salutary. The limited data from intervention trials provide some support for observational studies with regard to nuclear - but not other types of - cataracts.
Conclusion
Presented here are the beneficial levels of nutrients in diets or blood and the total number of participants surveyed in epidemiologic studies since a previous review in 2007.
References
Weikel KA(1), Garber C, Baburins A, Taylor A. Nutritional modulation of cataract. Nutr Rev. 72(1):30-47. doi: 10.1111/nure.12077. Jan 2014. Epub Nov 26 2013.
Comment
Readers are invited to read the recently published article Cataracts - When a ‘Miracle’ of Modern Surgery wasn’t Needed in PH Online Issue 232.
