AHS16 - Ancestral Health Symposium 2016

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in developed nations, affecting one of eleven people over the age of 50 and nearly one in three over the age of 75 in the United States, Australia, and Europe. Thus, AMD may affect as many as 22 million people in the U.S. and nearly 196 million people worldwide, with more than 2 million people already meeting the definition of legal blindness in both eyes from this dreaded condition. Since 1874, orthodox ophthalmology asserts that the etiology of AMD is unknown, but that it is strongly associated with aging and genetics. For the first time in history – a hypothesis for a nutritional etiology for AMD will be proffered – and connections drawn to certain characteristics of a Westernized diet.