It's not just carrots, eating grapes is good for your eyes as well, a new study reveals. Just a couple of handfuls of grapes a day for four months was shown to improve key markers of eye health.
The secret lies in the fact that a lot of degeneration of the eyes is down to oxidative stress and grapes are high in anti-oxidants.
The team from the National University of Singapore took 34 adults who consumed either one and a half cups of grapes a day or a placebo for 16 weeks.
The grape eaters showed a significant increase in macular pigment optical density (MPOD), plasma antioxidant capacity, and total phenolic content compared to those on placebo.