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Description The diagnosis of macular degeneration does not have to mean a sentence of progressive loss of sight. Beating Macular Degeneration With Nutrition is the story (well-documented from medical sources) of how superior nutrition, avoidance of damaging influences and lifestyle improvements can save your sight. This book gives eight principles for beating macular degeneration Superior eye nutrition Protect your eyes from high blood glucose Protect your blood vessels, especially those in the eye Protect your eyes from damaging light Avoid eye-damaging drugs Avoid and eliminate toxins Exercise and how it helps the eyes Pursue peace: promote activity of the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system and decrease activity the sympathetic (fight or flight) nervous system. Practical information for implementing these principles includes advice on putting superior eye nutrition into practice and 95 recipes. All recipes are diabetic- and food allergy-friendly and 87 are gluten-free. No sugar is used in this book; recipes are sweetened with the new neutral-tasting stevia extract, pure monk fruit extract or agave. Also included is information about eye-protecting sunglasses, real blood sugar control, helpful lifestyle practices, conventional treatment for AMD, and finding expert nutritional help for implementing and personalizing the treatment of your eyes and health. When the author's husband was diagnosed with intermediate stage dry macular degeneration, she remembered hear