Eating Fish Can Protect Eyes

The new study found that women who eat fish regularly have a lower risk of developing Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or macular degeneration - (macula is the center of the retina and is the most vital part of the retina, Red) related to age. AMD is a penyait associated with aging (growing old) that gradually damage the sharp central vision. The researchers noted that about 9 million US adults over the age of 40 has undergone several stages of AMD. Is largely a form of early stage disease, while 1.7 million of them have undergone further stages of the disease resulting in loss of vision that is fatal.

In this study, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston collect data from 38 022 women, who were never diagnosed with AMD. One of the authors, William G. Christen, said that observational data they are still in randomized trials, so it needs further confirmation.

"But the message to be taken already looks simple and robust," added Christen. "Fish oil, that is the Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, has long been considered to protect the body from heart disease also have significant benefits in the primary prevention of AMD among women who are not detected or not detected early signs of disease , and AMD has not been diagnosed with the disease. "he continued.

This study examines the eating habits of the participants, including omega-3 and omega-6, the data is collected and monitored their eye health until 10 years. As a result, women who ate a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids had a 38 percent lower risk of developing AMD compared with those who ate less Omega-3 fatty acids.

By eating the fish as much as one or more times a week 42 percent lower risk of AMD compared with those exposed to eating one serving of fish a month. Christen said that the lower this risk appears to be caused by eating tuna fish and dark-meat fish. In addition, researchers also found a suggestion that higher consumption of one omega-6 fatty acids (linoleic acid) is possible in fact increase the risk of AMD, but the researchers did not examine it further.

The study, published online in the March 14 issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology is very surprising but it helps the doctors. Because until now, no method is recognized to slow the occurrence of AMD for those who do not have the disease or are just showing early symptoms alone, in addition to advising the patient not to smoke. This study will also appear in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology in print in June.

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