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		Anterior "traction" Cataract: This is a term I like to use to describe a type of opacity on the surface of the lens which is usually quite small and away from the center of vision.
		Fetal Nuclear Cataract: This is the outer layer of the nucleus surrounding the embryonal core.
		Cataracts that occur from trauma may have a specific "sunflower" type of appearance but this may also be seen in disorders of copper metabolism such as Wilson Syndrome.
	www.pgcfa.org /med-news/med-news-33.htm (1251 words)

	Tocopherol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cataract is a condition of clouding of the tissue of the lens of the eye.
		Observational studies have found that lens clarity, which is used to diagnose cataracts, was better in regular users of vitamin E supplements and in persons with higher blood levels of vitamin E. A study of middle aged male smokers, however, did not demonstrate any effect from vitamin E supplements on the incidence of cataract formation.
		It is important to note that the term "cataract" may be used in common parlance for an opacity involving any tissue of the eye, for example a corneal scar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tocopherol (2789 words)

	National Sunflower Association : Sunflower Magazine
		Sunflower is part of America’s edible equation, of course, and recently there have been a variety of reports pertaining to sunflower nutrition.
		Sunflower was described as a “nutrient dense” food due to its rich quantity of nutrients per calorie.
		Sunflower oil and kernel are among the best sources of linoleic acid, while vegetable oils high in monounsaturated fatty acids (such as canola and olive) are low in linoleic acid.
	www.sunflowernsa.com /magazine/details.asp?ID=86&Cat=10 (960 words)

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		Cataracts are not a film but are a clouding, hardness and loss of elasticity which occur in the human lens.
		Cataracts are associated with general arteriosclerotic changes, diabetes, sun exposure, trauma and poor nutrition.
		Galactosemia is a uncommon hereditary disease of the newborn producing bilateral cataracts, mental retardation and enlargement of the liver.
	www.homeopathiceye.com /Web/new_cat.html (2128 words)

	Food for Thought: To Fight Cataracts, It's Fish Yea, Mayo Nay, Science News Online, May 14, 2005
		However, he adds, it might be that one type of fat is more likely to affect early stages of cataract susceptibility and the other has its most notable impact in the latter stages of cataract development.
		Cataracts are associated with changes in lens-membrane structure and function and, thus, could be affected by dietary fats.
		None of the 440 volunteers had a previous diagnosis of cataracts or of a disease such as diabetes that would have put them at high risk of cataracts.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20050514/food.asp (1252 words)

	Keep Your Eyes Fit and Young Along with the Rest of Your Body, Part I. Acupuncture Today, March 2002
		A cataract is the aging process of the normal lens of the eye, which becomes yellowed and cloudy from oxidation and protein breakdown.
		The opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye, cataracts develop later in life and are most likely the consequence of decades of accumulated damage to the long-lived lens proteins.
		Wheat germ and sunflower oil are two good sources of vitamin E, which works its way into cell membranes and disarms free radicals before they have a chance to attack cells.
	www.acupuncturetoday.com /archives2002/mar/03banker.html (853 words)

	Cataracts - Patient UK
		Cataracts can usually be treated with a routine 'day case' operation where the cloudy lens is removed and is replaced with an artificial plastic lens.
		Cataracts are cloudy (opaque) areas that develop in the lens of an eye.
		A cataract that is present at birth stops the eye from learning to see and can cause blindness which may persist even if the cataract is removed later in life.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc.asp?doc=23068697 (1592 words)

	Keep Your Eyes Fit and Young, Part II. Acupuncture Today, April 2002
		Zinc is an important nutrient suggested to prevent or slow cataracts and delay the progression of age-related macular degeneration and vision loss.
		In 1992, Susan E. Hankinson, ScD and coworkers from Harvard University examined the prevalence of cataracts in 50,000 nurses.
		A 1995 study from Tufts University on the presence of carotenoids in the eye and the lens of the eyes found that lutein and its isomer, zeaxanthin, are the only carotenoids found in the tissue of the eye.
	www.acupuncturetoday.com /archives2002/apr/04banker.html (893 words)

	" HEALTHY VISION AND HEARING"
		More than half of the population, 75 years of age suffer vision loss from cataracts, a cloudiness that develops slowly over time in the lens of the eye.
		Cataracts left untreated can also lead to glaucoma- a more serious eye condition that left untreated can lead to blindness.
		Vitamin E foods are nuts, olive oils, wheat germ, sunflower seeds and avocados.
	www.thezephyr.com /health/healthmj.htm (578 words)

	Seeds - Elson M. Haas M.D. - HealthWorld Online
		These can be used in cooking (sunflower is the most stable for storage and cooking) or to make margarines, but they are best used fresh on foods such as salads and cooked grains or vegetables.
		The high amount of oil in sunflower seeds as polyunsaturated fats, essential linoleic acid, and vitamin E is also helpful in reducing cholesterol levels and improving or preventing cardiovascular disease.
		However, sunflower seeds are caloric; one half cup of hulled seeds is approximately 400 calories.
	www.healthy.net /library/books/haas/kitchen/seeds.htm (1768 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ St. Francis of Assisi, Single Sunbeam ~ June 3 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		Sunflowers are quick and easy to grow, needing only 90 to 100 days from planting to maturity.
		Sunflower seeds, at 163 calories an ounce, are dried before eating and add a nutty sweetness to recipes.
		Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh painted bold and distinctive sunflowers because he felt they symbolized gratitude--to his brother Theo for support, the artist Gauguin for friendship, and the sun for light and warmth.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /060399.htm (249 words)

	Wilson's disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neuropsychiatric phenomena are early dementia, mood disorders or psychosis and signs of asterixis (a flapping tremor of the hands) and parkinsonism (including ataxia, dyskinesia, and rigidity).
		Adjuctive features are renal (renal tubular acidosis, kidney stones), ophthalmic (Kayser-Fleischer rings, sunflower cataracts), cardiac (cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmias) and dermal (hidradenitis suppurativa).
		Hemolysis (anemia due to destruction of red blood cells) is usually present only in severe cases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilson's_disease (915 words)

	Cataract Surgery Lasic Problems Web-Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Cataract surgery in which the human lens is removed and an artificial one is implanted.
		Antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E and betacarotene may help to delay the formation of cataracts, one of the leading causes of blindness, according to Allen Taylor, Ph.D., director of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Cataract Research at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston.
		Tomlinson of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The aqueous humor used in the studies is extracted with a needle from patients undergoing cataract surgery.
	www.cataracts-eyes.info /cataract-surgery-lasic-problems.html (693 words)

	Vit B..
		Beta-carotene is a compound that makes up the red, orange and yellow pigments in plants that, when in the body, is converted into vitamin A. Excellent natural sources of vitamin A are raw carrots, sweet potatoes, winter squash, spinach, and cantaloupe.
		Vitamin C: Vitamin C is known for fighting colds and cancer as well as enforcing strong teeth, healthy gums, and prevention of heart disease and cataracts.
		Sources are vegetable oil, mayonnaise, peants, whole grains, wheat germ, sunflower seeds, sweet potatoes and yams.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/npd/75039/604212 (977 words)

	Sunflower Cataracts
		cataracts, possibly by conferring antioxidant protection to the eye.
		No effect on reproduction or.....desiccation of red and white clover, sunflower, linseed and rape for seed.....ppm diquat.
		"Sunflower cataracts" normal in hereditary.....Relatives of patients with hereditary..
	www.cataractssite.com /cataracts/sunflowercataracts.html (166 words)

	Other Health News
		Age-related cataract, the world's leading cause of blindness, affects more than 20 million Americans over the age of 40 years.
		A similar relative decrease in cataract progression was seen in women who reported higher intakes of two of the B vitamins, riboflavin and thiamin, when compared to women with lower intakes.
		Writing in the May issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, Jacques and colleagues observed that higher overall fat intake increased the risk of cataract development or progression, while omega-3 fatty acids, in particular the types found in dark-fleshed fish, appeared to contribute to the prevention of cataract formation.
	www.drrathresearch.org /health_news/ohn_081005_vitamins.html (342 words)

	Advanced Orthomolecular Research - Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When the NIH diet and the commercial diet were pelleted with 25% of ground sunflower kernels, rats fed these diets had a delay in onset and a reduced incidence of mature cataracts to 18% and 5%, respectively.
		Prevention of mature cataracts by the AIN purified diet suggests that diets permitting cataracts to occur may have a constituent at a concentration innocuous for normal rats but beyond the homeostatic control of the RCS rat.
		Posterior subcapsular cataracts of RCS rats are a model for cataracts associated with human hereditary retinal degenerations, such as retinitis pigmentosa and gyrate atrophy.
	www.aor.ca /abstracts/bilberry+grapeskin_polyphenols.php (981 words)

	236. Diquat (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 2)
		These workers consider that such prolonged administration of diquat is required that cataract is unlikely to occur in man. Diquat cataracts differ from others in the rat.
		In this respect, it resembles cataract due to irradiation, but is unlike it as no damage to cell nuclei of lens epithelium occurs.
		No residues of diquat were found in the liver and kidneys of a calf born to a cow fed for 257 days with the ground seed or in the liver and kidneys of wethers fed daily for 141 days with 0.5 kg of ground seed containing 0.1 mg of diquat.
	www.inchem.org /documents/jmpr/jmpmono/v072pr14.htm (2228 words)

	Gelson's - Our Services
		In fact, AMD is the number one cause of blindness among older Americans and cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in this country.
		Specifically, Vitamins C and E and the carotenes lutein and zeaxanthin may reduce the risk for developing cataracts and the need for cataract surgery.
		Unfortunately, there are some risk factors for cataracts that we can't control, like advanced age, family history of cataracts, and African-American ethnicity.
	www.gelsons.com /services/nutrition/2004/nutrijun2.asp (607 words)

	FamilyCorner.com Forums - Laser eye surgery
		:worm: Sunflower, you say you have cataracts and they are not ripe enough, well eventually they will ripen and will have to come out.
		These include cataract sureries and others that are far different from the lasik.
		Sunflower, I don't NEED Lasik but I would like to get it done.
	www.thefamilycorner.com /forums/printthread.php3?t=3855 (2060 words)

	Cataracts
		You may not even be aware of the changes in your vision at first, since cataracts develop gradually over the years.
		Vitamin E. If you are ready to launch an attack on cataracts, then load up on the antioxidants that guard your eyes against free radical damage.
		Since experts recommend getting the nutrients you need from whole foods, snack on E-rich sunflower seeds, cook with canola oil, sprinkle some wheat germ on your cereal, substitute whole-grain flours for white flour, and eat brown rather than white rice.
	www.fitnessandfreebies.com /seniors/cataracts.html (840 words)

	Sensory Perception (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Older eyes are susceptible to vision loss from various age-related conditions, especially cataracts; glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can also cause you to lose vision.
		Cataracts left untreated can also lead to glaucoma -- a more serious eye condition which, when left untreated, can lead to blindness.
		Eyebright, high in trace minerals, is another valuable herb that has been shown to strengthen all parts of the eye including the optic nerve.
	www.thezephyr.com /health/healthko.htm (677 words)

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		Age-related cataract, a cataract that occurs in the elderly and is characterized by an initial opacity in the lens, is an extremely common disorder that has both substantial health and economic effects.
		Although the visual impairment associated with cataract can be corrected surgically, it is at a major social cost, as cataract removal is the most frequently performed surgical procedure among Medicare patients, costing some $3.5 billion a year in the United States.
		It is abundant in the Western diet and is the major fatty acid in safflower, sunflower, corn, soybean and cottonseed oils, as it accounts for more than 50 percent of the total fatty acid content in these oils.
	www.mercola.com /2005/apr/30/good_fats.htm (1084 words)

	ScienceDaily: Nutrition Scientists Take A Look At Cataract Prevention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A similar relativedecrease in cataract progression was seen in women who reported higherintakes of two of the B vitamins, riboflavin and thiamin, when comparedto women with lower intakes.
		Statin Use Associated With Reduced Risk Of Common Type Of Cataract (June 21, 2006) -- The use of statins is linked with a lower incidence of nuclear cataract, the most common type of age-related cataract, according to a study in the June 21 issue of...
		Cataract -- In ophthalmology, a cataract is any opacity which develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/08/050810131228.htm (1774 words)

	Robbie (KS/MO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When you look into Robbie's eyes, you can see the smiling, loving keeshond that he is. What you also see is the glow of his premature cataracts.
		Robbie is only 6 years old and has the misfortune to have developed inherent cataracts which, if left untreated, will cause him to go blind very soon.
		After his cataract surgery he will be on eye drops for the rest of his life, but he'll be able to lovingly watch his people around the house - and actually see them.
	www.keeshond.com /robbieks.html (225 words)

	Diet rich in vitamins C and E to help prevent cataracts - SJMMC, Ann Arbor, Michigan
		Some studies show a decreased risk of cataracts in people who have high levels of vitamin E (an antioxidant) in their blood.
		Three studies are in progress to evaluate the relationship between antioxidants and cataracts.
		While studies indicate that antioxidants may protect against cataracts, their benefits have not been proven.
	www.sjmercyhealth.org /17586.cfm (247 words)

	Power Foods Diet
		Apricots are loaded with the antioxidants, beta carotene and vitamin C. Researchers have recently established that vitamin C can help prevent cataracts along with reducing the risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, stomach, and pancreas.
		Sunflower seeds are very high in vitamin E, which is an antioxidant that fights heart disease, cancer, and cataracts.
		Sunflower seeds are very similar to nuts in polyunsaturated fat content.
	www.moreforyourhealth.com /power-foods.html (2155 words)

	Sprouting Instructions For Growing Seed, Grain, Alfalfa & Mung Sprouts
		The shoots may be stored in the bag, or a covered bowl in the refrigerator when grown and kept for up to 2 weeks.
		Sunflower seeds should be purchased dehulled and sprouted for a maximum of 3 days/until a shoot appears about twice the size of each seed (otherwise if they are grown for longer they may spoil.
		Sunflower seeds are the most convenient, since the sprouting time is so short, they probably contain the highest sterol/sterolin content of any seed or legume.
	www.regenerativenutrition.com /content.asp?id=272 (885 words)

	Nutrition scientists take a look at cataract prevention
		Among the study participants, who were all members of the larger Nurses' Health Study, women who reported supplementing their diets with vitamin E (a powerful antioxidant) for 10 years or more had significantly less progression of cataract development at the five-year follow-up exam.
		In a study that was recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Jacques and colleagues observed that higher overall fat intake increased the risk of cataract development or progression, while omega-3 fatty acids, in particular the types found in dark-fleshed fish, appeared to contribute to the prevention of cataract formation.
		However, since there is inconsistency among studies of fat intake and cataracts, he cautions that more research is needed.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-08/tu-nst080905.php (539 words)

	Eating for energy - tip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Cataracts and macular degeneration are among the leading causes of blindness worldwide, particularly among the elderly.
		Cataracts are cloudy areas in the middle or back of the lens of the eye.
		Good sources of vitamin E include nuts, seeds, sunflower oil, whole grains, wheat germ, eggs, margarine and green leafy vegetables.
	www3.telus.net /eatingforenergy/112800.htm (602 words)

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