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Diabetes, calories, sodium and eyes

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Diabetes can damage the retina of the eye. And one study indicates that lots of calories and lots of sodium " such as salt " raise the risk of eye damage, called diabetic retinopathy. At New Jersey Medical School, Monique Roy saw this in African-Americans who had type 1 diabetes. This type develops when the body's immune cells attack the beta cells that produce insulin.

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