Salty Food is Bad for Eyesight

Salty food encourages cataracts. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by Australian scientists at the University of Sydney.

By examining 3,000 adults, the researchers were able to observe that a diet high in salt encouraged an unusual clouding of the lens in the eye.

The findings appeared in the German Journal Aerztliche Praxis (medical practice), published in Grafelfing, near Munich.

The journal described how 160 participants suffered from a special form of cataract.

By means of a nutritional questionnaire, the team found that those who most frequently added salt to their food suffered from cloudy lenses twice as often as those who consumed less salt.