Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Or vitamin C a protective factor for age-related cataract is, remains unclear. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Vitamin C lowers the chances of getting age-related cataract (cataracts)?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 20 studies on vitamin C intake and 10 studies on serum ascorbaatgehalte (= the vitamin C content in the body).
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found a high vitamin C intake compared to a low, a significantly reduced risk of 18.6% [RR = 0.814, 95% CI = 0.578-0.231] for age-related cataract. This significantly reduced risk was found in both America and Asia.
The researchers found a high serum ascorbaatgehalte compared to a layer, a significantly reduced risk of 29.6% [RR = 0.564-0704, 95% CI = 0.879] for age-related cataract. This significantly reduced risk was both in nuclear cataract Subcapsular cataract as found.
The researchers concluded that both high vitamin C intake as a high serum ascorbaatgehalte, reduced the chance of getting age-related cataract.
Original title:
Association of vitamin C with the risk of age-related cataract: a meta-analysis by Wei L, Liang G, [...], Lv J.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25735187
Additional information about El Mondo:
Find here more studies vitamin C.
A vitamin C-rich meal contains at least 100 mg of vitamin c. These meals are rich in vitamin C.