Did you know that a poor diet can lead to blindness? Dietary deficiencies are rare in developed world because of easy access to nutritious food, but the story of the 17-year-old boy who became legally blind from eating a diet of only chips, fries, white bread, and processed pork shows that you can be blinded by what you don’t eat. It was concluded that his diet resulted in B12 deficiency; low levels of vitamin D, copper and selenium; high levels of zinc, and severe optic neuropathy, which damaged his optic nerve and stole his sight. Physicians have long known that good nutrition benefits your vision, visit http://bit.ly/2OqBPKw to learn more.
