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Worst Foods for Your Eyes
Food and Your Eyes
Bread and Pasta
Processed Meats
Fried Foods
Cooking Oils
Margarine
Ready-to-Eat Foods
Sugary Drinks
Fish and Shellfish
Alcohol
Caffeine
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SOURCES:
Benjamin H. Ticho, MD, Ticho Eye Associates, Chicago.
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American Academy of Ophthalmology: “36 Fabulous Foods to Boost Eye Health.”
UChicago Medicine: “What can your eyes tell you about heart disease?”
National Eye Institute: “Cataracts,” “Glaucoma.”
Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology: “The effect of caffeine on intraocular pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.”
EPA: “EPA-FDA Advice about Eating Fish and Shellfish,” “Choose Fish and Shellfish Wisely.”
World Health Organization: “Mercury and health.”
Harvard School of Public Health: “Sugary Drinks,” “Water.”
Harvard Medical School: “8 principles of low-glycemic eating.”
American Heart Association: “Shaking the Salt Habit to Lower High Blood Pressure,” “Common Misconceptions about Cholesterol,” “Trans Fats,” “How High Blood Pressure Can Lead to Vision Loss,” “The Salty Six Infographic, ”Healthy Cooking Oils.”
NIH: “How diet may affect age-related macular degeneration.”
Glaucoma Research Foundation: “High Eye Pressure and Glaucoma.”
Mayo Clinic: “Which spread is better for my heart – butter or margarine?”
American Cancer Society: “Good-for-you Carbohydrates.”