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Why I don't have glaucoma, even
though it's common in my family.
by Mark Lamendola,
Lifetime eye owner
My grandfather had glaucoma. Even my mother's last two dogs had cataracts. But my eyes are
so far from glaucoma risk, the disease is not even on my radar. Why is this?
The air puff test for glaucoma gives back a number that represents pressure. The higher
that number, the more likely you are to have glaucoma. That pressure results from a
clogging of a port in the eye. My eye pressure is way below normal.
Now, let's look at how I am beating glaucoma, so that you may do the same.
- A diet low in saturated fats (not necessarily low in fat) helps prevent the
vascular constriction that leads to glaucoma. To protect your eyes, eat a diet low in fats
that are saturated or hydrogenated. Fats and oils are good for you, but saturated
fats are not--they adhere to the walls of your blood vessels. Interestingly, unsaturated
fats help scrub saturated fat-plaque from your blood vessels. So, a diet high in flaxseed
oil and fish protects your eyes.
- Of course, smoking is a major problem. It doesn't matter if you smoke directly
(cigarette in your mouth) or indirectly (cigarette in someone else's mouth)--smoke is
smoke and there is no mechanism that renders it harmful only to the person doing the
smoking. If you value your eyesight, don't smoke or be smoked on.
- Sugar is also a culprit. This list isn't very long, don't worry. But do limit the
amount of sugar in your diet. This substance is responsible for a huge number of diseases
of both body and mind--your body was never equipped to deal with the insulin rush caused
by sugar. Think of sugar as a diabetes pill--the more sugar you eat, the more likely you
are to have diabetes.
- A disciplined program of regular, intense exercise
does more than just develop strong bones and muscles. Those of us who engage
in such a program experience what's called "the pump" and have a look that's
called "vascularity." What's going on here is the intense demands placed on
the muscles also put demands on the blood vessels that feed them. Better
circulation means faster removal of waste and toxins. This is good for the
eyes, too.
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Additional thoughts on glaucoma and the eyes
Preventing glaucoma through intelligent choices is commendable.
But it's pointless if not accompanied by intelligent choices in
other areas.
A common example is lawnmower use. If you see a person mowing a
lawn but not wearing industrial-grade eye protection, you are seeing
a person doing something that's monumentally stupid. I could be
"kind" and say it's merely ignorant, but ignorance isn't an excuse
here. All lawnmower manuals tell the user to wear hearing and eye
protection. Common sense says that when you're around rotating
machinery, your eyes need protection. It is not an intelligent
choice to expose your eyes to whatever may fly off the lawnmower
blade and, given the right angular trajectory, bypass the
lawnmower's deflection shields to hit your eye.
In what other preventable ways can your eyes be injured? Driving
with your car windows down means you are exposing your eyes to
whatever flies in at whatever speed you are driving (unless you're
wearing suitable glasses). At highway speeds, this is seriously
dangerous. And it wastes fuel.
Your eyes are not replaceable. So think about your various
activities and what dangers they may pose to your eyes. Then
determine what you can do to protect your eyes from those specific
dangers. And the same applies to your hearing. Profound hearing loss
is not a normal part of aging. In the USA, it has become so due to
very poor hearing protection practices. If you must raise your voice
to have a conversation, it's time to wear hearing protection. When
does this happen? While mowing, vaccuming, leaf-blowing,
snow-blowing.... |
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Some key points about health:
- Health care and medical care are two entirely different things.
- Health is what you protect or damage via the decisions you make.
Medicine is an attempt to fix disease or injury. Current medical practice
generally works against health; good health practices support good medical
outcomes.
- Health care requires attention to what you eat, how you exercise (and
when), how much rest you get, how you handle stress, and how you manage your
environment for toxicity.
- There is no real mystery to what behaviors and decisions improve or
degrade health. Poor decisions are typically made due to carelessness and
willful ignorance rather than not having access to "the secret."
- Exemplars of health are all around us, but the most famous was probably
Jack LaLanne. We do have role models.
- We also have common sense. Obviously, eating a diet rich in
nutrient-dense, low-calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables is a better
choice than eating a diet low in nutrients but rich in toxins (such as corn
sweetener and hydrogenated oil).
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