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Spinach, Eggs Fight Blindness

Nutrients help ward off age-related vision loss

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2007 3:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Nutrients found in spinach and eggs help stave off age-related blindness, a new study shows. Macular degeneration, the most common cause of vision loss in the elderly, was 35% less likely to develop in people who consumed the most eggs, spinach, and other leafy greens,...   Read full story »

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