High Sugar Foods and Eyesight…

“Eating lots of sugary, starchy foods may make eyes more vulnerable to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), America’s top cause of vision loss…”

WebMD. 2007 Jul 13; http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/Macular-Degeneration/news/20070713/high-sugar-foods-may-affect-eyesight

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A great article, which I highly recommend. It would be nice, however, if quality sites like WebMD started emphasizing the benefits of glycemic load use rather than the glycemic index. The glycemic index does a fairly good job at elucidating good foods, however it does unfortunately classify certain good foods (ie watermelon) as bad, due to the presence of a few high glycemic carbohydrates present in a typical slice.

~ by Reece on July 18, 2007.