Vegetarians May Have Lower Risk of Cataracts
Apr-22-2011

People who eat meat may be at increased risk of developing cataracts compared to vegetarians, a new study shows.
Researchers at the University of Oxford in England say vegetarians and vegans are 30% to 40% less likely to develop cataracts than people who eat a lot of meat.
Other factors, such as smoking, diabetes, and exposure to bright sunlight, also have been linked to greater risk of cataracts.
Researchers studied data on 27,670 people participating in the European Prospective Investigation in Cancer and Nutrition study. The participants in the study, all older than 40, were asked to fill out dietary surveys between 1993 and 1999. They were checked on between 2008 and 2009 to see if they had developed cataracts; about 1,500 had developed cataracts.

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