According to a recent study, if seniors eat food that is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, it will protect them from developing age related macular degeneration, which is serious eye disease that causes loss of vision.
The study was conducted by the John Hopkins School of Medicine based at Baltimore and the researchers claim that the findings of their study support earlier studies that found eating fish and shellfish that are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids helps to protect a person from developing advanced age related macular degeneration.
For the study, all participants had a minimum of one serving of fish or shellfish each week, but it was seen that those participants who already had the eye condition had lower chances of eating fish and shellfish rich in the essential fatty acids.
This study was done based on analyzing of data of one year and this data was from early part of the 1990s.
The total of 2,400 senior' dietary habits were analyzed and these people were living on the eastern coast of Maryland where eating shellfish and fish is a normal part of a person's diet.
The seniors were between the age group of 65 and 84 years.
The participants were also made to undergo eye tests and it was found that around 450 of them had age related macular degeneration and this figure included 68 participants with advanced stages of the disease.
Age related macular degeneration is one of the main causes of blindness in the US among the senior Caucasian population.
Previous researches and studies had pointed out that eating a zinc rich diet can protect a person from this serious eye disease.
However, even if a person does not each food rich in zinc, they can supplement this mineral by consuming supplements to protect themselves.