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COFFEE AND VISION LOSS LINKED
asing up on java consumption or switching to decaf may be a wise
move for coffee lovers, according to a scientifi c paper published in Investiga- tive Ophthalmology & Visual Science. The study links heavy consumption of the caffeinated beverage to an in- creased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, a condition in which fl uid builds up inside the eye and puts pres- sure on the optic nerve. This leads to some vision loss and in serious cases, total blindness. Researchers obtained data from 78,977 women from the Nurses’. Health Study and 41,202 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study that focused on caffeinated coffee, tea and cola servings. They found that drinking three or more cups of caffeinated coffee daily was linked with an increased risk of developing the eye condition, especially for women with a family history of glaucoma. However, the researchers did not fi nd associations with consumption of decaffeinated tea, chocolate or coffee. “Because this is the fi rst [such] study,
confi rmation of the U.S. results in other populations would be needed to lend more credence to the possibility that caffeinated coffee might be a modifi able risk factor for glaucoma,” says Doctor of Science Jae Hee Kang, of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts. “It may also lead to research into other dietary or lifestyle risk factors.”
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