Vitamin C can reduce cataract progression

Increasing dietary intake of vitamin C could reduce cataract progression by nearly a third, new research has found.

Conducted by teams at Kings College London, the study was said to be the first twin study of cataracts to examine to what degree genetic and environmental factors influence their progression with age.

Researchers looked at the progression of cataracts in the eyes of 324 pairs of female twins from the Twins UK registry over a 10 year period by examining photographs of the participant’s lenses that allowed them to study the level of opacity of the lens. Intake of vitamin c was measured using a food questionnaire.