Cataracts, that film that grows over the lens of the eye, gradually steals away vision.\u00a0 Age is the biggest predictor of developing them.\u00a0 One statistic I found, but was unable to substantiate, said that 75% of people over 60 will develop cataracts.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t make our chances look very good.<\/p>\n
There is a cure, but it involves surgery to replace the damaged lens with an artificial one.\u00a0 Newer innovations have made these lenses so they flex just like your natural lens did.\u00a0 They also improve your eyesight so you may not need glasses.<\/p>\n
Both my husband Paul and I have suffered through life with extremely bad eyes.\u00a0 He has worn glasses for farsightedness and astigmatism since he was two years old and I was extremely nearsighted from childhood.\u00a0 When age-related eye problems hit we both found that we couldn\u2019t see at any distance — even with the aid of glasses and contacts.\u00a0 We had our lenses replaced to improve our vision with the same surgery used to remove cataracts and have been happy with the results. \u00a0However, now I have glaucoma, and I wonder if there is a connection between the surgery and developing the disease.<\/p>\n
At any rate, I did the research and found a number of things that help protect against cataracts.\u00a0 Vitamins A, C, and E are important. (Sound familiar?\u00a0 We talked about those in our posts about glaucoma.)\u00a0 Also adequate Omega 3s are important.\u00a0 Do I sound like a broken record?\u00a0 While I am repeating myself, I will say that I found sugar and a high glycemic diet are big predictors of cataracts.\u00a0 So are transfats and processed foods.<\/p>\n
There are a few more helpful tips about cataracts that I turned up in my research.\u00a0 More on them tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cataracts, that film that grows over the lens of the eye, gradually steals away vision.\u00a0 Age is the biggest predictor of developing them.\u00a0 One statistic I found, but was unable to substantiate, said that 75% of people over 60 will develop cataracts.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t make our chances look very good. There is a cure,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[608,607,620],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating-plan","tag-cataracts","tag-eyes","tag-surgery"],"yoast_head":"\n