A new study from Tufts University has found switching to a low-glycemic diet may help stop the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Using an aged mouse model, researchers reportedly fed mice either a low or high-glycemic diet. After six months, mice in the high-glycemic group either remained on that same diet or were switched to a low-glycemic diet.
According to researchers, a high-glycemic diet resulted in the development of many AMD features, including retinal pigmented epithelial atrophy (RPE) and loss of photoreceptors, while a low-glycemic diet did not.
Researchers also found switching from a high-glycemic diet to a low-glycemic diet stopped damage to the retina. They reportedly found the retinas from mice whose diets were switched from high- to low-glycemic index diets midway through the study were indistinguishable from those fed low-glycemic index diet throughout the study.
The study was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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