Also from June Prevention Magazine, page 88--
Subject: NUTS (or the good fat from nuts) for vision (macular degeneration), heart
Vision Aid-- nuts:
In a 5-year Harvard Medical School study, people with vision- robbing
macular degeneration who ate an average of 70g of fat per day had
triple the the rate of sight loss compared with those who only ate 24
g of fat per day. But munching nuts at least once a week slowed
vision deterioration by 40%. Experts think that the healthy fat in
nuts may prevent excess total fat from clogging the arteries in your
eyes, JUST AS IT PROTECTS THE ARTERIES IN YOUR HEART.
In a 5-year Harvard Medical School study, people with vision- robbing
macular degeneration who ate an average of 70g of fat per day had
triple the the rate of sight loss compared with those who only ate 24
g of fat per day. But munching nuts at least once a week slowed
vision deterioration by 40%. Experts think that the healthy fat in
nuts may prevent excess total fat from clogging the arteries in your
eyes, JUST AS IT PROTECTS THE ARTERIES IN YOUR HEART.
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