Up antioxidants to lower cataract risk

It’s probably been years since anyone had to tell you to eat your fruits and vegetables. But now we have a good reason to make sure we are getting more than enough.

This just-out research found that middle-aged and older women who eat more foods high in antioxidants had a lower risk of getting cataracts.

That’s not a totally surprising result.

The powerful health effects of single antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, were already well known to researchers. The difference here is that instead of focusing on just one vitamin or supplement, they looked at the women’s total diet.

And what they found is that antioxidants seem to play well together.

So just think blue as in blueberries, red as in cranberries, and orange as in, well, oranges, and you’ll easily have covered a big part of the spectrum of eye-saving hues.

Sources:
“Antioxidants in diet linked to cataract risk” Kathryin Doyle, Reuters, 12/31/2013, reuters.com