Re: Good Carbs Reduce Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: From "Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider"

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"D." <djensen36@cox.net> wrote in part:

>The risk for AMD may be diminished by improving dietary carbohydrate
>quality, as defined by dietary glycemic index. This may be achieved by
>relatively simple dietary alterations, such as replacing white bread
>with whole grain bread.

Those measures will probably have a relatively small effect. Reducing
glycemic load is probably much more effective.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@alum.mit.edu