Consuming oily fish once a week or more may help to protect eye sight in later life, it has been suggested.
Conducted by a team of researchers across seven European countries and coordinated by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the study is published this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Eurekalert notes.
In news that may be of interest to anti-aging physicians, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and falls into two types: wet and dry.
Human participants who ate fish high in omega 3 fatty acids were found to be 50 per cent less likely to develop wet AMD.
Astrid Fletcher, Professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: "Two three ounce servings a week of oily fish, such as salmon, tuna or mackerel, provides about 500 mg of DHA and EPA per day."
In related news, a study published in the August 5th issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that consuming seafood may aid in lowering the potential for cognitive decline.
