A shocking warning from ophthalmologists: a food eaten by millions can cause "blindness"

A report published in the Annals of American Internal Medicine revealed that living on a specific type of food can cause blindness, which is fast food.

And unlike routine aches and pains in the body, your eyes rarely alert you to problems, which makes it hard to tell when you're nearing vision loss until it's too late.

According to the report, parts of which were published by the Express, one of the ways that your eye health can be put at risk is through a diet of fast food. A teen went blind after years of eating fast food, according to a case report published in Annals of Internal Medicine, prompting This discovery was made by ophthalmologists in Bristol to warn of the dangers of fast food after they studied the condition of a young man whose condition gradually worsened to the point of irreversible blindness.

Researchers from Bristol Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom reported the case of a patient who visited his family doctor for the first time complaining of fatigue. The teenager stated that since leaving primary school he has lived on a diet of French fries, white bread, processed meat and fast food.

Although his BMI was normal, tests found that his body was anemic and vitamin deficient with a low vitamin B12 level, he was given vitamin B12 injections, taking nutritional supplements and giving him nutritional advice - but he did not adhere to the recommended treatment - and after A year, the young man was returned to the hospital because of hearing loss and poor vision, but the doctors were unable to find a cause.

By the age of 17, the patient's vision became progressively worse, to the point of blindness, the report said, and he admitted that he had eaten the same fast foods for more than a decade.

By investigating the patient's nutrition, doctors found vitamin B12 and vitamin D deficiencies, low bone mineral density, low levels of copper and selenium, and a high level of zinc, and by the time he was diagnosed the patient had permanent double vision.

The report emphasized that the risks of poor cardiovascular health, obesity and cancer associated with junk food consumption are well known, but poor nutrition can permanently damage the nervous system, especially vision.

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