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Limiting refined carbohydrates may stall AMD progression

Eating fewer refined carbohydrates may slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration and ease the growing public health burden due to vision loss, report Tufts researchers. People who consumed the most refined carbohydrates were 17 percent more likely to develop blinding AMD than those who consumed the least.

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