Western Diets May Be Bad for Eyes
May 1, 2020
Last Reviewed: October 2021
Eating a Western-style diet may increase the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology suggested. Of 144 people who experienced this leading cause of blindness, those whose diets most aligned with a Western (predominantly unhealthy) eating pattern—high in red meat, fried food, refined grains, and full-fat dairy—had […]