Vitamin E & C and cataracts

An eight year study was just completed which determined that taking vitamin E or vitamin C supplements had no effect on the incidence of cataracts.

There is no blood supply to the human lens so over time metabolic waste products build up within the lens.  These products disrupt the  precice alignment of the lens fibers making the lens more opaque.  When it becomes cloudy enough to effect vision we call it a cataract.

It has always been assumed that antioxidants like Vitamin E and C would slow down the formation of cataracts.  Now we know that is not true,

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