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To: John Vosilla who wrote (13127)	3/26/2016 9:28:11 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 17107

Interestingly, the same beneficial effects were absent among those who consumed vitamin C by way of dietary supplements, as opposes to in their actual daily diets. Vitamin C Provides Powerful Cataract Protection…But There’s a Catch MARCH 26, 2016 BY ED JONES The extraordinary and extensive health benefits of vitamin C are well-known and equally well-documented. Routinely used as a means by which to build strong natural defensed and ward off common bugs, evidence suggests that vitamin c may also be extremely helpful in preventing the development of cataracts in later life. “While we cannot totally avoid developing cataracts, we may be able to delay their onset and keep them from worsening significantly by eating a diet rich in vitamin C,” wrote Dr. Christopher Hammond, the study’s lead author. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness on a global basis, though have long been considered a somewhat inevitable part of the aging process of the eye. They cause the lens of the eye to become cloudy – often to such a degree that the individual cannot see at all. And while they can now be removed with surgery, prevention has always been something of a challenge for the medical and scientific communities. Having taken into account the records of around 1,000 sets of twins from the United Kingdom with an average age of 60-years-old, the researchers were able to draw direct links between vitamin C intake and the likelihood of developing cataracts. On the whole, those with higher levels of vitamin C in their diets were found to be around one-third less likely to develop cataracts within 10 years. Interestingly, the same beneficial effects were absent among those who consumed vitamin C by way of dietary supplements, as opposes to in their actual daily diets. The study is the first to suggest that lifestyle and diet may have a bigger influence on cataract risk than genetics, the researchers wrote. In fact, the team concluded that up to 65% of advanced cases of cataracts may be the result of diet, lifestyle and environmental factors – genetics accounting for just 35% of cases. The most important finding was that vitamin C intake from food seemed to protect against cataract progression,” wrote Hammond. “Genetic factors explained 35% of the variation in progression of nuclear cataract over a 10-year period,” the team concluded. “Environmental factors accounted for the remaining variance, and in particular, dietary vitamin C protected against cataract progression assessed approximately 10 years after baseline.”