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macular degeneration associated with age is a major cause of loss of central vision and blindness among older people. Not sufficiently known etiology, including its causes have been postulated, among others, diet and ultraviolet radiation.
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A recently published study by researchers at the Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, seems to link the excess consumption of red meat with a higher incidence of this disease.
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The authors conducted a study on a group of 6734 people aged 58-69 years between the years 1990-94 through records fundus fundus, meat consumption was analyzed by frequency of intake of meats as responses to a questionnaire-based food. In Seguiment the set (years 2000-2006) to determine the presence of 1680 cases of AMD (macular degeneration associated with age) start and 77 cases of advanced AMD.
* The results show the association of the high consumption of red meat with the onset of AMD, regardless of whether the consumer was fresh or processed meat. No relationship was found between AMD and increased consumption of chicken meat.
* abuse So red meat, consuming ten times a week red meat is associated with an increase around 47 percent, macular degeneration, "according to the report's author, Dr. Elaine Chong. Likewise, the researcher noted that people who ate sausages and salami suffered by the condition that who ate chicken.
* These results suggest that the consumption of different types of meat differently affect AMD risk and the need for further studies and changes in dietary habits and lifestyle. The macula is the center of the retina and controls the vision to read, watch television and recognize faces.
* http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/7/867
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