Frequency of a diagnosis of glaucoma in individuals who consume coffee, tea and/or soft drinks, British Journal of Ophthalmology (2017). DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310924
But hot coffee, iced tea, and soft drinks don’t seem to make any difference, say researchers. But drinking decaffeinated and caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated tea, iced tea and soft drinks doesn’t seem to make any difference to glaucoma risk, the findings show. Glaucoma causes fluid pressure to build up inside the eye (intraocular pressure), damaging the optic nerve. It is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and currently affects 57.5 million people, and is expected to increase to 65.5 million by 2020.
Previous research suggests that caffeine can alter intraocular pressure, but no study so far has compar...
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