In the end, given the difficulties involved in running a study for one and a half decades, it appears that the investigators made a rather well documented and well-correlated effort to arrive at their conclusions. They also made no effort to utilize their findings for proving the value of taking any specific proprietary product from which they might profit. Finally, their work was accepted by, and published, in a reputable medical journal. At least until another group of researchers comes along to disprove the findings we can assume that vitamin C and carotenoids may truly play a role in preventing cataracts, at least in women under the age of 60. By the way, the 492 women involved in the study were all between the ages of 53 and 73 years so if you are older or younger you should weigh the evidence with a little less decisiveness while remembering that the subjects were all roughly 15 years younger when they began recording their data.

Drink down your juice dear. It has loads of vitamin C, It's good for your eyes you know. But mama, you said the same thing about vitamin A, And that milk would make me grow. Yes it's true my dear, and your mother knows best, And one day you will thank your mom. But mama how do you know that these things are true? Who proved that it's good to eat some? Just drink your milk and juice, and eat your veggies, There's no need for proof, or even to try, Cause my darling it came from your very own granny, And you know she would never lie.

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