Now, Eating Pizza Makes You Go Blind
A study has found a link between macular degeneration and diet:
... eating carbohydrate-rich food with a high glycemic index — a measure of a food’s potential to raise blood glucose levels — is associated with the development of the disorder.
The study found that foods made with simple carbs—cheese pizza, cakes, cookies—had a high glycemic index while those with complex carbs—brown rice, barley, many veggies—had a lower one, breaking down more slowly within the body.
“Sugar is fuel for the cells, but too much is destructive,” said Allen Taylor, the senior author of the paper and chief of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at Tufts University. “It is known from laboratory and animal studies that carbohydrates can damage the proteins in cells and affect their function. The sugars actually modify things, modify the proteins, and it’s the accumulation of this modified stuff that is poisonous to cells.”
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8 Comments:
I know it's an obvious comment, but:
Can I do it 'til I need glasses?
Lou at 12:10PM on 07/17/07
Eating pizza gives you greasy palms.
jperlow at 12:51PM on 07/17/07
This is terrible!!! I just ate pizza last night...now it could be my last, as I already wear glasses.
Sarahrm at 1:33PM on 07/17/07
Calm down, folks! You can still eat pizza, even with vision impairment.
Adam Kuban at 2:25PM on 07/17/07
My Aunt is a social x-ray and has not had a carb in 40--NO exaggeration. She has MD...
Deb07 at 4:32PM on 07/17/07
It's worth going blind for pizza.
curdnerd at 4:33PM on 07/17/07
as in anything Moderation is the key! (i had pizza last week ) the best thing you can do to limit the damage is add some kind of protein to the toppings and have a salad or some raw veggies to the side.
huney_bumper at 9:28AM on 07/18/07
huney_bumper: You are wise. I usually try to do a salad with my pizza—and I try to moderate my pizza intake (as hard as that may be for some of you to believe).
Adam Kuban at 10:37AM on 07/18/07