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Spinach can prevent cataract in the elderly

The elderly eat spinach can effectively prevent cataract. Cataract is the most common blindness in human beings, and most of them are senile cataract. The cause of the disease is unknown, but it is considered to be the result of a variety of factors, such as senile cataract.

The main pathogenic factors are: oxidative stress; sunlight and ultraviolet radiation; drugs and toxins; diabetes; family heredity; metabolic disorder of small molecular substances, trace elements and ions; anemia and nutritional disorders.

Due to the current lack of targeted treatment of cataract, mainly surgical treatment, so the usual prevention is particularly important. The old people should be cheerful in life, keep a good mood, have regular daily life, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and strengthen physical exercise to improve disease resistance.

Diet should eat enough protein, eat more vegetables, fruits and bean products and rich in vitamin C, B, e food. Dark green spinach, green cauliflower and kale contain specific antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which can protect eyes from cataract and can be eaten appropriately, new research in the United States shows. At the same time, should pay attention to eat less sugar food and high cholesterol food, avoid overeating, smoking and drinking.

In the living environment to avoid ultraviolet, infrared and harmful light irradiation, do a good job of eye protection. Usually, you can often massage some acupoints on the eyes, such as Chengqi, Sibai, Jingming, tongzilao, sizhukong, Taiyang, etc. When some diseases occur in the whole body, such as diabetes, and some eye diseases, such as intraocular hemorrhage, iritis, glaucoma, etc., timely treatment should be taken to avoid inducing cataract.