Grab a cup of java, get healthier eyes

June 19, 2007 in Our Bodies Ourselves by Rebecca | No comments

Admit it, at some level you knew it was just plain old healthy to come to Beck’s Cafe and have a steaming cup of java. Well, now we have proof :-)

As reported by the BBC,

Italian researchers looked at the coffee drinking and smoking habits of 166 people with blepharospasm.

Sufferers have uncontrollable twitching of the eyelid which, in extreme cases, stops them being able to see.

One or two cups of coffee a day seemed to reduce the risk of the condition, the team reported in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

To read the full article at the BBC, Coffee ‘could prevent eye tremor’, click to the BBC at this link HERE….and don’t forget to bring a mug of coffee with you ;)