Eat your greens. Green leafy vegetables specifically may reduce your risk of glaucoma – a serious eye disease – by 20 to 30 percent, according to a new study.
The study followed more than 100,000 men and women for close to 30 years.
Study participants who consumed the most green leafy vegetables were less likely to develop glaucoma, which is a primary cause of vision loss and blindness. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham, and Women’s Hospital in Boston say these vegetables contain high amounts of dietary nitrate which helps blood circulation. In glaucoma, scientists believe there is an impairment of blood flow to the optic nerve.
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