FEARFUL of contracting cataract as you age?

Fret not. There’s a way to getting around it, one which not necessarily require you to seek medical treatment for it.
Exercise. Doing it regularly.

A new large-scale study has found evidence that regular exercise could reduce the risk of age-related cataracts.
Interestingly, the study also found that for every hour of cycling or walking per day, the risk of developing cataracts could potentially be reduced by two percent.

An article published in the International Journal of Ophthalmology also revealed that taking part in regular physical exercises, such as walking or cycling, significantly reduced the risk of age-related cataracts by 10 percent.
Exercises, it is reported, increases antioxidant enzyme activity which has all sorts of benefits, including limiting infections and inflammation in the eye.

If that’s not convincing enough, here’s what previous research has shown – long-term physical activity increases levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein), more commonly known as the “good cholesterol,” which may carry more antioxidants from the blood plasma to the lens to prevent oxidative damage.
There is no denying that age-related cataracts are one of the most common causes of vision impairment and blindness in the world.

Granted the sobering fact that surgery is an effective option to recover vision, it nonetheless, is still very costly unless one is fully covered by medical insurance.

A fact that I have come across recently is that 24 percent of adults are inactive.  

Which is very significantly scary indeed.

Many of them have a whole whale of time to things to busy themselves with but exercise.
Hopefully, we can encourage and instill some splendid self-discipline on these older people to start exercising on a regular basis.
 
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