Famous foods that can lead to blindness .. beware of them

Although your vision tends to weaken as you get older, diet can accelerate this deterioration and in some cases make it worse.

And certain foods can trigger the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which can lead to "total blindness."

Vision loss is a victim of the aging process but is also increased by poor dietary decisions, and according to the British newspaper “Express” quoted ophthalmologist Sharon Copeland, excessive amounts of highly sweetened foods and refined carbohydrates (usually appearing in the Western diet) can cause vision loss. .

She added that some of the worst refined carbohydrates include white bread and pasta, as well as highly sweetened foods like ketchup and soda.

She explained that these foods are quickly digested, which leads to an increase in blood sugar, and increased blood sugar leads to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which occurs when damage to the retina and damage to the central field of vision can eventually lead to blindness. complete.

She pointed out that for diabetics, they are at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, and the longer the blood sugar remains out of control in diabetics, the higher the hypothesis of developing diseases and problems in their eyes.

She added that processed meats such as sausages and other meats that contain a lot of extra salt can contribute to high blood pressure, and indicated that high blood pressure may damage the blood vessels in the retina.

And according to a case report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, many of these fears came true, as a teen went blind after years of eating junk food.

This discovery prompted ophthalmologists in Bristol to warn of the dangers of those meals after they took care of the young man, whose condition gradually worsened to the point of irreversible blindness.

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