Floaters bye bye! Taiwan study: Eating pineapples reduces symptoms by 70%

A recent domestic study found that patients with floaters who ate 100 to 300 grams of pineapple a day could reduce the symptoms of floaters by up to 70% after 3 months. American Journal of Science.

Unexpectedly, eating pineapple can reduce the symptoms of floaters! According to ETtoday Health Cloud report, this study was completed by the Department of Pharmacy of Daren University of Science and Technology and the Fuying Affiliated Hospital for 3 years. They recruited a total of 388 subjects with an average age of 42 years old, and according to the The severity of their symptoms was divided into three groups: low dose, medium dose and high dose, and these subjects were asked to take pineapple according to different doses. The results found that after 3 months of taking pineapple, the 388 subjects had a significant reduction in the original floaters, and the percentage of the reduction in floaters was positively correlated with the consumption of pineapple, that is to say, "the more pineapple you take, the greater the effect on reducing the number of floaters." The greater the effect of the floaters."

Hong Qiting, an ophthalmologist at Fuying Fuyi Hospital who participated in the research, said that the reason why the floaters can be dissolved by pineapple may be that the water extract of pineapple contains bromelain, which can decompose the extracellular substances of microfibril proliferation and can effectively hydrolyze; It can also reduce the pulling of the vitreous, retinal holes, tears, and even prevent retinal detachment and blindness. In addition, pineapple is rich in vitamin C, which is the most important source of antioxidants in the vitreous body, which can slow down the damage of activated oxygen to human crystals and prevent cataracts.

Abstract from Dongsen News