March 26, 2009 at 5:00 am by Susan Chaityn Lebovits
Vision Loss and Moo
Conservation of fossil fuel, reduced methane emissions, less water waste – now saving your eyesight can be added to the list of reasons to give up red meat.
Researchers at the Centre for Eye Research, part of the University of Melbourne Department of Ophthalmology in Australia, say they’ve found a link between age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss, and the frequent consumption of red meat.
Their study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that people who ate red meat 10 times a week …
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