Eye Vitamin Blog

Come on guys, get rid of that beer gut, or you run a greater risk of going blind during the later years of your life. Middle age men with expanding waistlines are at greater risk of developing age related macular degeneration the number one cause of sight loss in the developed world. But women aren't affected as they pile on the pounds..

Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, say that even a moderate weight gain can increase the risk of going blind by 75%. 21,000 men and women the ages of 40 and 69 took part in the research programme and they now believe AMD was triggered by the release of OESTROGEN, the female hormone, from fat around the middle. Animal studies suggest that this release of oestrogen causes inflammation in the blood vessels at the back of the eyes.

Macular Degeneration Treatment programmes can only have a limited degree of success so prevention has to be better than cure.