Eating green leafy vegetables daily may decrease the risk of glaucoma — a serious eye disease — by 20 – 30 percent or more over many years, a new study suggests.
“We found those consuming the most green leafy vegetables had a 20 to 30 percent lower risk of glaucoma,” said study leader Jae Kang. Kang is an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Glaucoma is an eye condition that usually develops when fluid increases in the front part of the eye and causes pressure, damaging the optic nerve. It can lead to loss of vision, according to the U.S. National Eye Institute.
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source: BlackDoctor,org
