EAT SMART, LOOK SMART| Everybody knows the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish are good for your brain and heart – now it looks like they help your eyes too. A recent study involving 2,335 people, published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, found that those who ate at least one serving of fish a week were 38 percent less likely to develop macular degeneration, the deterioration of the part of the eye that lets people see fine detail. People who ate fish at least three times a week were 75 percent less likely to have advanced macular degeneration. – LOS ANGELES TIMES
DUH. TRY A SMALLER BOWL| A kitchen cabinet full of big bowls and big spoons causes people to eat bigger portions of ice cream, a new study has found. The research, to be published in the September issue of
the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, reported that doubling the size of bowls increased the amount of ice cream
people served themselves by 31 percent. Offering them a larger ice cream scoop increased the amount they dished out by 14.5 percent.
