 | Based on a case-control study of 400 eye patients, including 52 with ocular hypertension and/or glaucoma, the pigmentary-dispersion glaucomas, and likely also pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, are strongly associated with excessive protein intake (greater than 3 times the US RDA) [J Am Coll Nutr 10( 5): 536, 1991] |