Fat, Cholesterol and Macular Degeneration. Eyes Part 2

Research has proven that fatty blobs in the bloodstream being deposited on the macula initially cause both types of macular degeneration. Lipids are naturally occurring compounds that are soluble in various solvents but insoluble in water. Fat is one of the lipid compounds. A certain amount and certain types of fats are essential to health. Proteins are basic components of body structure and necessary for rebuilding tissue, etc., among other things. Liprotein is a word that means fatty proteins and that's where this whole thing begins to get a little sticky.

When we have an excess of fat and protein in the diet we also have excesses in the bloodstream. Cholesterol, a sterol, is a fat like substance. Cholesterol is essential for many bodily functions including patching weak areas in the arteries and veins. In order to do the patching, cholesterol has to be somewhat sticky and insoluble. Cholesterol is synthesized in the body from various components, mainly in the liver. Cholesterol usually makes up a large percentage of fatty blobs that are deposited in the macula, the same blobs that are the cause of macular degeneration. Love is truly blind and we can be blindly in love with or go blind from, a diet excessively high in fat and protein.

Oriental medicine says there's a connection between the eyes and the liver, so do metaphysical teachers and practitioners. In metaphysics the liver is seen as the seat of anger. If we have liver problems we can literally be blind with anger. If we don't like what we see in our lives (eyes) we become chronic complainers and angry (liver). Looking at the Mother -Child Law from Oriental medicine we find that if the liver is malfunctioning the pancreas is the organ next in line in the cycle of destruction. When the pancreas is malfunctioning, as in diabetes, the next in the cycle of destruction is the kidneys. Kidney problems almost always accompany diabetes. I seem to be straying from the original subject but there is a connection. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness. One of the leading causes of diabetes is a poor diet, one that's high in fat and protein.