Tab. II.

Dietary patterns as interventions to age-related eye diseases.

Diet pattern	Ocular diseases
	Cataract	Refractive error	Glaucoma	AMD	Diabetic retinopathy
MedDiet	A small study on 500 African male subjects indicated a lower risk of developing cataract upon adherence to the MedDiet [25] Lack of evidence due to scarcity of clinical trials	Not assessed	Reduced risk of developing glaucoma [29]	Decreased risk of late AMD	Prevents diabetes and therefore diabetic retinopathy and lowers the chances of retinal degeneration during DR
Western diet	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Increased risk of AMD	Not assessed
Prudent diet	Not assessed	Not assessed.	Not assessed	Lower incidence of AMD in some studies. However, results are variable [30]	Not assessed