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Dietary -3 Fatty Acid and Fish Intake and Incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Women
(From the latest issue of Archives of Ophthalmology-subscription required)
About 40,000 women in the health care profession were followed for 10 years prospectively and 235 cases of Macular Degeneration developed.
It was found that women who consumed either omega 3 fatty acids or a serving of fish once a week had relative risk of macular degeneration of about .6, i.e. a 40% reduction in risk for macular degeneration.
Dietary -3 Fatty Acid and Fish Intake and Incident Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Women
(From the latest issue of Archives of Ophthalmology-subscription required)
About 40,000 women in the health care profession were followed for 10 years prospectively and 235 cases of Macular Degeneration developed.
It was found that women who consumed either omega 3 fatty acids or a serving of fish once a week had relative risk of macular degeneration of about .6, i.e. a 40% reduction in risk for macular degeneration.
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