B Vitamins Against Female Blindness
B Vitamins (combination of folic acid, and vitamins B6 and B12) may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women by 34 per cent.
Such were the findings of a randomised, double-blind clinical trial involving 5,442 women age 40 and older led by William Christen from the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
The combined B vitamin supplement was associated with a 34 per cent lower risk of any AMD and a 41 per cent lower risk of visually significant AMD. The beneficial effect of treatment began to emerge at approximately two years of follow-up and persisted throughout the trial."
The trial findings reported herein are the strongest evidence to date in support of a possible beneficial effect of folic acid and B vitamin supplements in AMD prevention."
Findings were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study results proved to be really promising.