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Coffee Linked to Vision Loss
Healthline, Yahoo! Health ^
| Friday, October 5, 2012
| Lisa Collier Cool
Posted on 10/05/2012 4:32:22 PM PDT by Jyotishi
A new Harvard study has discovered a high incidence of vision problems among men and women who drank three or more cups of coffee a day. The research, published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, http://www.iovs.org/content/53/10/6427.abstract?sid=9dd04ef5-beba-4204-b980-19a9afd4a3aa linked heavy consumption of caffeinated coffee with increased likelihood of developing exfoliation glaucoma, an eye disorder that affects about 10 percent of adults over age 50 and can lead to vision loss or blindness.
Specifically, the researchers reported that adults who drank three or more cups of coffee daily were 34 percent more likely to develop exfoliation glaucoma, compared to those who abstained from coffee. Women with a family history of glaucoma were at the highest risk, with their threat of exfoliation glaucoma soaring by 66 percent if they quaffed three or more cups of java per day.
Heres a closer look at the study and what it means for coffee-lovers.
(Excerpt) Read more at health.yahoo.net ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blindness; coffee; coffeedisease; glaucoma; health; visionloss
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To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/05/2012 5:29:49 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer. FREEDOM OR FREE STUFF- YOU GET ONE CHOICE, CHOOSE WISELY)
To: Jyotishi
42
posted on
10/05/2012 5:30:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Hey, the coder is going blind! (Or is it me?)
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posted on
10/05/2012 5:31:28 PM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi
“Stop fighting, this is the War Room!”
To: Jyotishi
Can I drink coffee until I need glasses?...
Oh wait...
46
posted on
10/05/2012 5:44:26 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
To: ConservativeStatement
“I eat carrots with my coffee. They offset each other”. we put our carrots right in the percolator.
47
posted on
10/05/2012 5:44:26 PM PDT
by
stickywillie
(stanley ann went black, & never came back)
To: Dacus943
Does the effect stack with, you know, other things that make you go blind?It makes you go blind faster.
48
posted on
10/05/2012 5:44:47 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
To: ConservativeStatement
49
posted on
10/05/2012 6:04:36 PM PDT
by
annieokie
(O)
To: southernnorthcarolina
STOP that, rofl. How did you do it? Oh well.
50
posted on
10/05/2012 6:06:42 PM PDT
by
annieokie
(O)
To: Dacus943
Does the effect stack with, you know, other things that make you go blind?Even if it does, the 'treatment' is the same.... Quit when you need to wear glasses.. ;-)
51
posted on
10/05/2012 6:09:15 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: Jyotishi
That might explain the squirrels that keep running under my tires...
52
posted on
10/05/2012 6:09:43 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm not voting for Obama, so therefore I must be helping Romney!)
To: Brad's Gramma; Responsibility2nd; Darksheare
I know he brags about his coffee and there is some volume of lore built up around it, but next time you get a chance, ask him if he's brave enough to drink mine...
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posted on
10/05/2012 6:21:13 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: annieokie
Sometimes, when I really want to get crazy, I go for carrot cake. :-)
To: ConservativeStatement
I agree that is insane. lol Then I suppose you have to have a cup of coffee to wash it down, I would.
55
posted on
10/05/2012 7:04:16 PM PDT
by
annieokie
(O)
To: Jyotishi
56
posted on
10/05/2012 7:04:28 PM PDT
by
Morris70
To: Jyotishi
Not only will you go blind, you’ll grow hair on your palm.
To: Jyotishi
This study was done in Sweden and the glaucoma was actually caused by 2 factors, not coffee:
1. The angle of the northern sun does not let light come straight into the eye-
This causes the sunlight to always be entering the eye thru the edge of the eye lens, not the middle.
2. Men in Sweden are always looking at Swedish blondes.
This yellow light causes the eye to be shifted toward the middle of the spectrum but since the light enters the edge of the lens, this causes the eyeball to twist and shout "Glaucoma!"
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posted on
10/05/2012 7:21:44 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(yup-Who knew??)
To: Woodman
I didn’t grow up in the depression, but I ate saltines and coffee when I was about 6 yrs old too. I would spread a little butter on my crackers too. Good stuff. My mother grew up in the depression, so I must have got the idea from her.
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posted on
10/05/2012 8:15:54 PM PDT
by
virgil
To: Jyotishi
Take my coffee away and you’re as good as dead.
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posted on
10/05/2012 9:38:34 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Ryan and the other guy.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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