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Ancestral diet can prevent macular degeneration

STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Physicians are taught that macular degeneration is an inevitable consequence primarily caused by aging and genetics, and has always existed at high prevalence. This, it turns out, is not true

Projections suggest 196 million people will have macular degeneration by 2020, and it’s expected to increase to 288 million by 2040

Before 1925, there were no more than about 50 cases of macular degeneration in all of the world’s literature. By 1940, it was becoming slightly more common. By 1975, 8.8% of Americans over the age of 52 had macular degeneration, which was approximately 4.5 million people

Research by Dr. Chris Knobbe, an ophthalmologist, reveals macular degeneration is a disease primarily induced by a westernized diet

Knobbe recommends an ancestral diet; you can eat anything you want, provided it’s real food, made from scratch without polyunsaturated vegetable oils or trans fats. Refined white flour or sugar should also be minimized

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/07/14/meal-plan-to-prevent-macular-degeneration.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20190714Z1&et_cid=DM301431&et_rid=662525625