Thursday 12 June 2008

Oily fish prevents MD


Australian scientists have found that eating foods rich in omega-3, such as oily fish, can help to prevent vision loss due to macular degeneration.


Oily fish are those fish which have oils throughout the fillet and in the belly cavity around the gut, rather than only in the liver like white fish. It does not refer to fish which are cooked in a lot of oil!


Omega-3 could cut down on the risk of people developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by as much as a third.

The researchers said that eating oily fish twice a week could help cut down on the chances of getting AMD as the body gets older.
Fish oil is oil derived from oily fish.

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