Do simple carbs contribute to cataracts at all ages?
Do too many simple carbohydrates, and especially sugar, contribute to the formation of cataracts as people grow older? One possible reason that scientists think might cause cataracts is that increased exposure to glucose, a breakdown product of carbohydrates, might damage our eyes’ lenses. Read the entire July 2005 news report, High Carbs May Boost Cataract Risk, at the US Department of Agriculture’s Food & Nutrition Research Briefs site. According to the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, in a July 2005 news report titled, “High Carbs May Boost Cataract Risk,” High carbohydrate diets were linked with a greater risk of cataracts in a study of 417 women age 53 to 73. New details about the association between high carbohydrates and cataract risk have emerged from a study reported in the June 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (volume 81, pages 1411-1416). Women who ate an average of 200 to 268 grams of carbohydrates each day were more than
