Essential Books
The Clot Thickens
The definitive case that cardiovascular disease is fundamentally about endothelial damage and clotting—not cholesterol. Essential reading for understanding the vascular parallels to AMD. Kendrick's framework directly informed the drusen-plaque connection explored in AMD Insight.
View on Amazon →Doctoring Data
How to read medical research critically. Learn to spot the statistical tricks, cherry-picking, and conflicts of interest that distort the literature. Essential for evaluating any health claim—including the ones in AMD Insight.
View on Amazon →Deep Nutrition
The case against seed oils and modern industrial foods. Shanahan's work on polyunsaturated fatty acids and metabolic dysfunction provides crucial context for understanding dietary contributors to AMD.
View on Amazon →Survival of the Fattest
The role of DHA and shoreline nutrition in human brain evolution. Cunnane's research explains why the retina—an extension of the brain—depends so heavily on marine-derived nutrients.
View on Amazon →The Oxygen Advantage
The science of breathing, CO₂ tolerance, and the Bohr effect. McKeown's work on functional breathing directly informs the carbon dioxide chapter of AMD Insight.
View on Amazon →Key Researchers
Dr. Ray Peat
Physiologist & Researcher
Pioneering work on thyroid, metabolism, and the dangers of polyunsaturated fats. His framework connecting cellular respiration to chronic disease underlies much of the metabolic approach.
Dr. Nicolas Bazan
Neuroscience Center, LSU
Discovered neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1), the protective molecule synthesized from DHA that helps protect retinal cells from oxidative damage and inflammation.
Prof. Michael Crawford
Imperial College London
Decades of research on DHA and brain evolution. His work connecting human cognitive development to shoreline habitation explains the retina's dependence on marine nutrition.
Dr. Michael Hamblin
Harvard Medical School
Leading researcher in photobiomodulation. His work on red and near-infrared light therapy provides the mechanistic foundation for light-based AMD interventions.
Dr. Chris Knobbe
Ophthalmologist & Researcher
Author of "Ancestral Dietary Strategy to Prevent and Treat Macular Degeneration." Directly addresses the role of seed oils in AMD development.
Dr. Yandell Henderson
Yale Physiologist (1873-1944)
Pioneer in understanding carbon dioxide's role in oxygen delivery. His work on the Bohr effect and tissue oxygenation remains relevant to understanding retinal blood flow.
Online Resources
Ray Peat's Articles
Free essays on metabolism, hormones, and the bioenergetic approach to health. Dense reading but foundational for understanding the metabolic perspective.
raypeat.com →PubMed
The primary database for biomedical literature. All 180+ references in AMD Insight can be explored further through PubMed.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov →