Junk Food Can Harm Your Vision

Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary studied that overindulgence in fat-filled snack foods may heighten the risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment in the United States.

The irreversible eye disease affects the central vision of about 10 million Americans, and those numbers are expected to grow as Baby Boomers hit their mid-50s.

Previously, it was considered that only the smoke can cause this disease but now it has been proved that junk food can harm our eye vision. 

Dr. Nancy Snyderman told in an ABCNEWS that "Before this, smoking was the only identified risk factor for macular degeneration. What the study shows is that specific types of fats, especially the kinds used in processed snack foods, can increase your risk of age-related macular degeneration more than twofold."

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