AMD Insight
A Metabolic Lens on Macular Degeneration
What if the deposits destroying your vision share the same root cause as heart disease? A groundbreaking framework for understanding—and potentially reversing—age-related macular degeneration.
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The Core Thesis
AMD is fundamentally a metabolic and vascular condition.
Drusen—the yellow deposits beneath the retina—share a remarkable molecular fingerprint with arterial plaques. Both contain the same lipids, cholesterol, and inflammatory proteins. Both form in tissues experiencing chronic stress and compromised blood flow. This book explores what that parallel means for treatment.
What's Inside
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Introduction
The observation that started it all: drusen and plaques share the same composition. What if they share the same causes?
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Understanding Macular Degeneration
The architecture of vision, why the retina is the most metabolically demanding tissue in your body, and how AMD develops.
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The Root Cause
Modern diets, seed oils, chronic stress, and the metabolic dysfunction underlying AMD. The "displacing foods of modern commerce."
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DHA, Light, and the Paradox of Protection
Why AMD patients may be hurting their eyes by avoiding the very light they need. The evolutionary context of vision.
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Restoring Mitochondrial Function
Photobiomodulation, NAD+ precursors, melatonin, and the power plants of the retina.
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The Critical Role of Carbon Dioxide
The misunderstood molecule. Why CO₂ is essential for oxygen delivery and how breathing patterns affect your eyes.
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Optimizing Oxygen Delivery
Blood viscosity, heat therapy, erythropoietin, and multiple pathways to retinal oxygenation.
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Addressing Systemic Factors
AREDS2, zinc, astaxanthin, resveratrol, vitamin K2, and the inflammation connection.
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Mobilizing Repair
Stem cell mobilization, telomerase activation, fasting, exercise, and the body's regenerative capacity.
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Lifestyle Interventions
Diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and the foundations of retinal health.
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Anti-Aging Interventions
Senolytics, peptide bioregulators, GLP-1 agonists, and emerging research.
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Putting It All Together
Practical protocols organized by evidence level, risk tolerance, and budget.
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Conclusion
From "watch and wait" to taking action. A reason to hope.
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