There are a growing number of naturopaths, TCM practitioners, forward-thinking ophthalmologists and medical researchers who are openly discussing ways to prevent degenerative eye disease and halt the progression of the disease once a diagnosis has been made. It all comes down to different pieces of the same message: The key to saving your eyesight relies on an integrated whole-body health approach that incorporates the following elements:
- Diet
- Nutrition
- Lifestyle
- Emotional Health
- Cardio Exercise
- Eye Exercises
- Alernative therapies such as Acupuncture and Micro Current Stimulation
Along with giving your body the building blocks and tools it needs to fight disease, all of the above work to accomplish three primary goals: reduce inflammation throughout your body, increase blood flow and circulation to your eyes, and dispose of the waste buildup in your eyes—referred to as drusen by eye specialists.
Here are some great websites & documentaries focused on diet, lifestyle, and diseases:
- Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare: A powerful documentary about how changes in diet and lifestyle can reverse disease
- Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead : A great documentary about two guys who reversed their autoimmune disease through green juicing and is now leading the charge to halt and reverse disease through diet and lifestyle.
- Kris Carr: Her story of successfully battling stage 4 cancer with diet is powerful and she now offers great recipes, books and information.
- Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods to Autoimmune Disease
- Whole30.com – A website dedicated to promoting health through diet. It offers a 30-day anti-inflammatory cleanse diet with great recipes and inspirational stories about people who changed their diet and took back their health.
- Natural Eye Care: I love this website because it offers a comprehensive diet, supplement and lifestyle resource guide for RP, including free acupressure/eye exercises.
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