My dad had Macular Degeneration which he described as a black spot in the middle of his field of vision. Just black. By moving around he still was able to drive, read, and live normally.
But when there were indications of bleeding, he had to get shots (yes a needle injection into the eyeball!) and he definitely did not like those.
The doctor strongly recommended AREDS2 PreserVision Eye Vitamins.
Diabetes is a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). With my own life-changing experiences with intermittent fasting, started wonder if AMD was really an inevitable and permanent health condition. See the post about Fasting and Type2 Diabetes.
I got dad on a 16:8 time-restricted meal schedule and a whole-foods regiment to reduce insulin spikes and to get his diabetes under control. Most of his doctors literally yelled at me because he was 90 years old at the time we started discussing intermittent fasting, but his primary care physician okayed my plan (so long as he didn’t fast longer than 24 hours).
High blood sugar and chronic systemic inflammation is bad for our tiny blood vessels (including those in our eyes). After three months, Dad was off of his diabetes medications (it took weeks to get him onboard with skipping breakfast and months before he could have a meal without carbs). Dad had various health issues so he got blood work done once a month. When his A1C came back as normal and the doc said we could stop his diabetes mediation (which he had been taking for decades) Dad got into learning more about autophagy and healing his “permanent” ailments.
I don’t think vision loss from macular degeneration can ever come back. But his regular eye check ups indicated that there was no more bleeding and he didn’t need any more shots (which he had been getting for years).
Can’t say whether any one course of action: intravitreal injections, AREDS2 Eye Vitamins, intermittent fasting, low carb diet or a combination of some or all did the trick, but we did see an amazing transformation in eye health and well being.
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