Recently, someone in my family was told during her eye exam that she might have Juvenile Macular Degeneration and that she needed to make another appointment to run more tests to make sure about this diagnosis.
Her eye doctor told her that this is a genetic condition, so I was asked if my side of the family had any history of macular degeneration, which we don’t, at least not anyone I know of. In doing some research for this condition, I noticed that the establishment eye doctors do not mention the most significant factors: seed oils, refined carbohydrates, and LED artificial lighting. Instead they cite age, heredity, and smoking as causes. Here is what the American Academy of Ophthalmology lists for ‘who is at risk’ for age-related macular degeneration:
I mean the name they give it, ‘age-related’ macular degeneration, implies they want you to think it’s out of your control. Here is what Wikipedia says:
Key risk factors are age, race/ethnicity, smoking, and family history.[15] Advanced age is the strongest predictor of AMD, particularly over 50.[16]
But if age were the strongest factor, then why has the prevalence of AMD exploded in the past few decades to 190 million people worldwide as cited on Wikipedia? Did people not reach 50 and above a hundred years ago when AMD was hardly known?
Also, being ‘overweight’ and having ‘high blood pressure’ are not causes of anything- they are the effects, the manifestations of an imbalance, the cause in this case being an artificial lifestyle. This artificiality not only causes you to lose vision, but as Chris Knobbe states in this interview with Dr. Berg, it leads also to “heart disease, atherosclerosis, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, autoimmune [diseases]…”, etc., etc.
I’ve already written articles about some other deflections, such as:
real problem: arsenic sheep dips / scapegoat problem: ‘anthrax bacteria’ / their solution: Pasteur’s anthrax vaccine
real problem: DDT / scapegoat problem: ‘poliovirus’ / their solution: Big Pharma polio injections
real problem: organochlorine pesticides, including DDT / scapegoat problem: ‘myxoma virus’ / their solution: Big Pharma injections, vector control, i.e., the same organochlorine pesticides, quarantine, etc.
real problem: petrochemicals, EMFs, lack of nutrient dense foods, stress, etc. / scapegoat problem: ‘germs’ / their solution: Big Pharma petrochemical pharmaceuticals
Problem, reaction, solution.
Seed oils, refined carbohydrates, processed foods
In the above video, Ken Berry references these papers concerning Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD):
Vegetable oils linked to blindness :
Professor Paul Beaumont, ophthalmic surgeon and founder of the Macular Degeneration Foundation [http://www.mdfoundation.com.au], believes the increased incidence of MD is due to the increase of vegetable oils and margarine in our diet.
"Because the pathogenesis of the disease involves lipid membrane not being able to be digested you'd have to think there's some change in the lipid content of our diet," Beaumont says.
"One of the big changes is to put a lot of vegetable oil in the foods and to make them less biodegradable. In 1957, [in the US] margarine outsold butter - what a major change that is in the food chain.”
"Vegetable oils are basically the reason why this disease has become more common. All the data is consistent with it"…
The most recent study, reported in the Archives of Ophthalmology, December 2003, was conducted by Dr Johanna Seddon of Massachusetts. The prospective study, with a mean five-year follow-up, showed MD progressed 3.8 times faster in people who had a higher intake of vegetable fat.
Due to the results of this and earlier studies, Beaumont recommends cutting out all vegetable oils, all processed oils and margarine from our diet to both reduce the risk of developing MD and to slow its progression. He suggests replacing them with the "biologically ancient" olive oil. Cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil is optimum, but olive oils in general appear safe…
The good news is that eating fish and nuts is protective and slows progression of the disease. "Oils that have not been denatured, such as in whole nuts, seem to be protective," Beaumont says.
The ‘Displacing Foods of Modern Commerce’ Are the Primary and Proximate Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Unifying Singular Hypothesis , coauthored by Chris Knobbe:
The correlative data in 25 nations shows that increasing sugar and polyunsaturated vegetable oil consumption is invariably associated with new onset or rising prevalence of AMD, generally within about 30–40 years of the beginning of increasing consumption of these proxy marker processed food components. The correlative data also demonstrates that, when consumption of sugar is moderate, but “harmful vegetable oil” consumption remains extremely low or absent, the prevalence of AMD remains rare.
Dietary Fat and Risk for Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration :
Higher vegetable fat consumption was associated with an elevated risk for AMD. After adjusting for age, sex, education, cigarette smoking, and other risk factors, the odds ratio (OR) was 2.22 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32-3.74) for persons in the highest vs those in the lowest quintiles of intake (P for trend, .007). The risk for AMD was also significantly elevated for the highest vs lowest quintiles of intake of monounsaturated (OR, 1.71) and polyunsaturated (OR, 1.86) fats (P s for trend, .03 and .03, respectively). Higher consumption of linoleic acid was also associated with a higher risk for AMD (P for trend, .02). Higher intake of ω-3 [omega-3] fatty acids was associated with a lower risk for AMD among individuals consuming diets low in linoleic acid, an ω-6 [omega-6] fatty acid (P for trend, .05; P for continuous variable, .03).
So for good health, eat foods in their natural state as much as possible. The only oil that naturally occurs in nature is coconut oil, if you get it unrefined and virgin. Every other oil must be processed in order to extract the oil from the seeds. Olives, as Paul Beaumont states above, and sesame seeds are probably the next best, since they aren’t as processed as other oils, if cold-pressed. However, the olive oil industry, of course, is notorious for diluting their products with cheaper oils to maximize profits. Cottonseed oil seems to be the most heavily processed. Canola/rapeseed and cotton are two of the top five GMO crops in the U.S., along with soybean, corn, and sugarbeets. And although wheat is not GMO, non-organic crops such as oats, lentils, beans, and wheat are dessicated with glyphosate/Roundup. So if you’re not getting it, the top six crops in the Standard American Diet are all GMO or glyphosated. Dead, lifeless, storable ‘food’ from the death cult. But you won’t hear that from Wikipedia, which I notice will insert unnecessary establishment doctrines to counter any evidence trending against their agendas. For example, see the bold text in the Wikipedia article on macular degeneration, about Sunlight and LED light:
Exposure to UV light from sunlight is maybe associated with an increased risk of developing AMD, although evidence is weaker than other causes.[14][28]
A digital screen does not radiate harmful energy against human eyes, but staring at the screen for a long time without pauses does increase eye strain. There is no evidence to support the claim that exposure to digital screens contributes to the risk of macular degeneration.[28][14][29]
They can’t even mention ‘LED’ light, but instead use ‘digital screen’, and instead of talking about shorter wavelength blue and UV light from artificial sources, they single out our life-giver, the Sun, which has been around for awhile, including the times when macular degeneration hardly even registered. This reminds me of another deflection:
real problem: petrochemical skin products such as suntan lotions / scapegoat problem: the Sun / their solution: petrochemical suntan lotions
LEDs and retinal damage
In addition to artificial ‘foods’, we also have artificial light sources such as LED phones, monitors, light bulbs, car headlights, streetlights, TVs, etc. This paper, “Effects of white light‐emitting diode (LED) exposure on retinal pigment epithelium in vivo”, states:
Ageing and alteration of the functions of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are at the origin of lost of vision seen in age‐related macular degeneration (AMD). The RPE is known to be vulnerable to high‐energy blue light. The white light‐emitting diodes (LED) commercially available have relatively high content of blue light, a feature that suggest that they could be deleterious for this retinal cell layer.
This paper, “Retinal damage induced by commercial light emitting diodes (LEDs)” states:
LED light caused a state of suffering of the retina with oxidative damage and retinal injury. We observed a loss of photoreceptors and the activation of caspase-independent apoptosis, necroptosis, and necrosis. A wavelength dependence of the effects was observed.
In other words, the shorter, stronger end of the light spectrum, blue LED light, caused more damage to the retina of Wistar rats they tested.
Conclusion
So you see how macular degeneration is yet another example of blaming a false cause- in this case, ‘genetics’, age, etc., as a way to deflect from the real environmental factors, in this case, artificial light and artificial ‘foods’, that continue to plague almost everyone. And as I and many others have stated before, the choice is yours- comfort or purpose (I know, I’m using a computer to write this!). I mean metaphorically and literally, people are losing their ability to see clearly.
Thanks for reading.
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Really good and informative piece, CV! I have no doubt that seed oils lead to macular degeneration.
We tend to use in-tact fats to make homemade salad dressings, etc.
My husband developed MD a few years ago. The specialist said that it was related to production of excess cortisol (that is, he was stressed out all the time!). When he was given a "prescription" to take off work for three months, the MD disappeared and never returned!
I use a filter for my cinema display called f.lux. You can create settings for different times of the day and night, from cool to warm. It took about two weeks for me to dial in the precise settings and I'm so happy I did. My eyes do not get fatigued. I'm sure there are other negative effects still getting through (after all, it IS artificial light), but this is my work-around for now. Also, you can use the app for free, but I donate to the developing company.
Really interesting. I've been suspicious of this for some time after watching my father have this diagnosis, but he only listens to doctor's and not me, it is all very wild and sad. They always try to blame the sun and nature, of course, and somehow convince people to take the poison jabba-jabba-do or that it is always "genetics" ....never anything from diet, lifestyle, choices...