Search Australia: Citrus Good For Eye Health

A long-time saying says in English "an apple a day will keep us away from doctors."

Researchers say that oranges can also be in the healthy fruit category, new research shows that those who regularly eat grapefruit may reduce the likelihood. exposed to eye diseases called "macular degeneration"

Macular degeneration is the name of a group of diseases related to the retina that cause a rapid decrease in visibility. According to the Macular Disease Foundation, it is the leading cause of blindness in Australia and affects one in seven people over the age of 50.

A Westmead Institute study for medical research badyzes the diet of 2,000 Australians 50 years of age over the last 15 years

Researchers examined dietary risk based on disease risk related to vision.

Of all diet study, grapefruit consumption particularly influenced

Vitamin C

The project's lead researcher, Bamini Gopinath, who works at the University of Sydney, said those who ate one or two servings of oranges a day were 60% less likely to suffer from "mucosal degeneration"

. that the cause is not because the oranges contain vitamin C, but the cause of the probability is because the oranges contain flavonoids.

"In our badysis, we exclude the vitamin C factor, and this relationship persists." "So we know that it has nothing to do with vitamin C in oranges, so we badume it may be due to flavonoids or something else."

"Since this study is only based on observations, it is still difficult to determine is actually a contributing factor."

Flavonoids are substances found in foods or beverages that help reduce body swelling.

Dr. Gopinath says that the results of this study are very encouraging. to make sure that there is a link between orange degeneration and mucosal degeneration

"We did not say eat orange then you would be good." he said.

"We suggest a better diet, and oranges can be part of it."

Dr. Gopinath delivered the discovery in an international conference some time ago, and said that other researchers have also concluded the same thing.

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