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    How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too!
    How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too!
    How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too!
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    How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too!

    By Alan N. McClain

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    How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too! empowers you to: Learn how you can turn back the early stages of macular degeneration with a daily regimen of healthy foods, exercise and quality rest, selected supplemental vitamins, and amber sunglasses -- affordable and easy! Feel great every day with more energy, better vision, and a very positive view on life! See how your vision improves. Boost your daily energy levels and radiate happiness to those around you -- see how it all can be attained in this easy way, reachable and in a low cost manner. Enjoy higher vitality, with energy to pursue your interests and a happier way of life. This can inspire those around you to achieve the same. Learn to avoid unhealthy foods, bad habits, and sun exposure that can harm your eyesight. Experience improved vision.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHillcrest Media Group
    Release dateJun 5, 2017
    ISBN9781634136792
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      How I Beat Macular Degeneration in the Early Stages and How You Can, Too! - Alan N. McClain

      Table of Contents

      Introduction–My Own True Story – Can This Be Yours, Too?

      What Is This Thing Called Macular Degeneration?

      Why Are Eye Doctors So Enthusiastic About This?

      Benefits–See Better, Feel Better, & Be At Your Best

      A Simple Eye Test – The Amsler Grid

      Risk Factors For Macular Degeneration

      Protect Your Eyes From The Sun – Here Is How

      Most Healthy Foods For Your Eyes, And Foods To Avoid

      Foods That Are Best – The Healthiest Choices For Your Eyes

      FOODS TO AVOID – why these are not good for your eyes

      Helpful Supplemental Vitamins And Minerals

      Tips For Preparing Food Quickly – For Busy People

      Medications And Supplements That Can Affect Your Vision

      Water – So Important For Your Health

      Exercise And Sleep

      Kitchen Tips

      A Word About Taste And Fast Food

      Bonus Tips – For The Previously-Unsolvable Problems

      Sources

      Additional Reading

      Look For The Healthiest Foods In Markets Now

      How I Beat

      MACULAR DEGENERATION

      in the Early Stages

      AND HOW YOU CAN, TOO!

      Alan N. McClain

      Copyright © 2015 by Alan N. McClain

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

      This book is intended to be informational and by no means should be considered a substitute for any advice from a medical professional, whom the reader should consult before beginning any diet or exercise regimen and before taking any dietary supplements or other medications. It is possible that some individuals may suffer allergic reactions from the use of various dietary supplement preparations or the mediums in which they are contained.

      If such reactions occur, consult your physician. The author and the publisher expressly disclaim responsibility for any adverse effects from the use, application, or misunderstanding of any information contained in this book and for any loss, damage, or injury caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by any application of any food or food supplement discussed in this book. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the statements in this book. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

      Products mentioned have been independently tested over long time frames, and they are in regular use. Neither the author nor the publisher has received any form of compensation in any way from any of the manufacturers or suppliers. Trademarks mentioned in this publication are the property of their respective owners. The mention of these trademarks is for identification purposes only and is not intended to imply that their owners have sponsored, endorsed, are connected to, or are otherwise affiliated with the author or the publisher.

      ISBN-13:9781515250500

      Website -

      BeatMacDegen.com

      or

      BeatMacularDegeneration.com

      Chapter 1

      Introduction–My Own True Story – Can This Be Yours, Too?

      This was me. Will you be next for this age-related problem? It was relatively unknown prior to the year 2000, but now some doctors are calling it a growing epidemic. Here is how you can beat it back in its early stages, see much better, and feel bet ter too!

      Like most health-conscious people, I went in for my yearly eye examination at a very up-to-date optometrist’s office, and the doctor told me that I had something called drusen on the retinas of my eyes. Drusen are waste compound spots on the retina, where the drainage is not working well. I had been careful about my health and food for 30 years, and I was about age 64 at the time, feeling great as always.

      The doctor explained macular degeneration and how it can blur the central vision we need to read, recognize faces, and drive. What really disturbed me was that I heard that "aside from a few drugs which help a little in the late stages, there is nothing we can do for you." That really got my attention! She referred me to a retina specialist for an examination.

      The retina specialist did an eye test using a dye that is injected into a vein in the back of the hand, and it makes any drusen show up as bright gold flecks in a photograph of each retina. The test is called a fluorescein angiography. He showed me the images of my retinas on a viewing screen and he said casually, There are some drusen.

      Early drusen usually call for no concern because people often have drusen as they grow older. If none are on the macula, people can live for many years without the drusen developing into serious macular degeneration.

      However, I was shocked – the bright gold flecks were all around the macula (the part of the retina where we have our sharp focus for reading, recognizing faces, and driving) in each eye. I felt instinctively that I must act immediately.

      As airplane pilots say, The alarm bells were ringing, loud and clear! At that moment, the pilot must act quickly and decisively, to avoid a disaster.

      The call to action -

      For me, this was yet another immediate challenge, and like most other people, I have faced many of them. I went home and searched my large collection of health and nutrition knowledge, studied and saved for over 30 years. I began searching through my many health newsletters and books, saved from years back.

      I found an excellent article written in 2001 by an ophthalmologist. Drusen can be the beginning stage of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).

      This put me onto the track of searching the Internet for informative books on the subject and ordering them promptly. From my studies I developed the simple daily diet introduced in Chapter 8, The Most Healthy Foods for Your Eyes, and Foods to Avoid. Chapters 9–11 add to this success.

      The results -

      Two years later I went in for another eye examination, and the drusen were gone! The optometrist was amazed. She sent me to a nearby ophthalmologist, and his fluorescein angiography retina test confirmed it – there were no drusen – I had beaten macular degeneration in its earliest stage! He was equally amazed. Both doctors could see that this was really progress!

      The combined powerful effect -

      Now you and your family members and friends can benefit from this discovery, with delicious, healthful natural foods and some small amounts of supplemental vitamins, for sharper vision, more energy, and a cheerful attitude all day.

      It is easy, and it just requires improving your nutrition and changing some habits. This daily routine is called a regimen, which is defined as a systematic course of therapy. Its greatest effects will be in the early stages of macular degeneration symptoms, and that is when we want to take immediate action to respond to any symptoms of vision problems.

      If your results are like mine, you can improve your eyesight by throwing everything you have at it, as we say when responding to an emergency. Most likely you will feel that you are seeing the world around you through two high-resolution telescopes, seeing with sharpness and detail you did not see before — what an amazing new experience!

      With this regimen there is a good chance that your eyesight will improve, but even if there is just a little improvement, you will be much more energetic and positive from applying the important health knowledge in this book. Additionally, you will feel that each day can be the beginning of something new and better.

      This is an ongoing journey

      As you look through this book you will see that it goes in many directions because it is the result of many years of study and practical problem-solving for best results in one’s health so as to be at one’s best each day. Being at our best is important to each of us in all that we do, and clearly, the end goal is to be high achievers in the things that are important to us.

      Other people around us can tell when we are on the track to good things, and we shape their thinking with what we do and say. We draw silent attention to our effective ways of being at our best, and we influence others to use their creative thinking to do the same.

      One of the early discoveries in this journey was the power of the supplemental vitamins and minerals that release energy from our good foods, giving us a steady happy, positive attitude and tone of voice — this really influences those around us. When they can see that we clearly are in a good mood, those around us respond positively, and we win their support and cheerful cooperation.

      We also win their respect and give them good ideas about how they can do the same, for a better day every day. As people in sales like to say, enthusiasm is contagious. The question is, how do we build enthusiasm? Much of it is in our nutrition. The supplemental B-vitamins, added to good natural foods, are the key. We say to the skeptics, Happiness comes in a bottle — to sum up the powerful effect of the B-vitamins in overcoming vitamin deficiencies that previously gave us a depressed, blue mood.

      The rest is in setting out each day to accomplish what we need to do in the best way and in being happy about what we are accomplishing. Now we like to say, Have a good day!

      By doing what is currently called critical thinking, we study many approaches to understanding issues and events, and then we develop a reasoned choice that meets our needs. This is the process of looking for lots of information on a subject, understanding many views of it, and arriving at a choice that seems best for each of us at the current time.

      For those of us who have been around for many years, critical thinking is what we were doing all along: Thinking for ourselves. It is a very welcome improvement over the ways things were done for many years, following what was being done at the time instead of finding new and better ways of doing things. Sometimes the pressure for conformity was so great that anyone with an idea for a better way of doing something was ridiculed and nearly laughed out of the room.

      The development of the Internet and the sharing of good ideas

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