Eating green leafy vegetables could help prevent macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness, according to a latest Australian study.
The study, which looked at more than 2,000 Australian adults over a 15-year period, showed that vegetable nitrates found mainly in green leafy vegetables as well as beetroot could help reduce the risk of developing the disease, the Westmead Institute for Medical Research said in a statement on its findings today.
“This is the first time the effects of dietary nitrates on macular degeneration risk have been measured,” Xinhua news agency quoted lead researcher Associate Prof Bamini Gopinath as saying.