"...Lipid peroxidation (LPO) is a causative and pathogenic factor in cataract. Increased concentrations of primary molecular LPO products (diene conjugates, lipid hydroperoxides, oxy-derivatives of phospholipid fatty acids) and end-fluorescent LPO products have been detected in the lipid moieties of aqueous humour samples and human lenses obtained from patients with senile and complicated cataracts as compared with normal donors..."
Source: Drugs in R&D, Volume 6, Number 6, 2005 , pp. 345-369(25)
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/adis/rdd/2005/00000006/00000006/art00004
I think my great grandfather may have had some cataract issues, though that was when he was in his 90s. There's nothing to lose by avoiding lipid peroxidation as much as possible, is there? |
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