The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/26, Black) reports “a diet rich in all the things that are known to be good for your health also can protect against vision-stealing cataracts,” according to a study in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison survey found that “those whose diets were poor in fruits, vegetables and whole grains had a high risk of developing cataracts.”

A preliminary study in the same journal found “a correlation between high levels of sun exposure combined with the taking of certain medicines,” including antibiotics and anti-depressants, “with cataract formation.”

Another study  “shows a link between smoking and the development of one of the leading causes of blindness, age-related macular degeneration.”