A new study claims eating too much red meat my raise your chance
of blindness. Researchers at the University of Melbourne in
Australia found that people who eat read meat at least 10 times
a week are 50 percent more likely to develop age-related macular
degeneration, a condition that can lead to blindness, according
to a report in Britain’s Daily Mail. The study also suggested
that people who ate chicken at least three or four times a week
were 57 percent less likely to develop the condition than those
who ate it once or twice a week. “Age-related macular
degeneration” usually strikes after 50, the Daily Mail says. It
is caused by leaky blood vessels in the eye. One British health
official told the Mail that the link between meat consumption
and macular degeneration needs more research. We’re reminded of
the coffee causes cancer study; oh wait , now it helps prevent
cancer.