Eating just ONE Orange a day reduces people’s risk of blindness by 60% due to the citrus’ high antioxidant levels, study finds
- Oranges reduce people’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration
- Due to ‘powerful antioxidants’ called flavonoids being anti-inflammatory
- Although flavonoids are in all fruit and vegetables, only oranges have benefits
- Researcher says even one orange a week has ‘significant benefits’
- Scientists plan to investigate genetic and environmental causes of eye diseases
Source : Irish News