High levels of zinc have now been found to be associated with the eye deposits that contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Previously zinc had been associated with the plaque buildup in brains of Alzheimer’s patients. What does all this mean? Who knows? It might be one of those pieces of information that, at the present time, we are better off not knowing, because there may be nothing we can do about it. Zinc is found in such food as chickpeas, peanut butter, frozen peas, pumpkin seeds, raisins, and cheddar cheese, so there doesn’t seem to be any way of avoiding it. Nor would we want to, I suppose. Zinc is an essential nutrient which in many cases contributes to good health. So I’ll repeat: what is it doing in the eyes of AMD patients and the brains of Alzheimer’s patients? I don’t think we know yet, but someone somewhere is working to solve that puzzle.
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About Me
- Ed Bremson, MFA
- Raleigh, N.C., United States
- Ed Bremson is an Award-Winning Haiku Poet, Haiga Artist, and author of the #1 best-selling haibun / haiku ebook Birds Don't Write Poetry. He has an MFA in Creative Writing. In 2011 he wrote more than a hundred poems. His chapbook “Regrets: ten prose poems” was published by www.poetrysecret.com . He won the award for most liked haiku of December 2011 in the Collaborative Photo-Haiku Project. His poem “Pascal’s Advice” was published as part of the Montreal Prize contest. He had several haiku, haiga, and poems published in online journals. He published several ebooks, including two ebooks of haiku by Vietnamese poet Vy Vo.
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