The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet, Second Edition: An Innovative Program that Detoxifies Your Body's Acidic Waste to Prevent Disease and Restore Overall Health

158 Achieving pH Balance to Treat Specific Ailments

How Glaucoma Develops

The interior of the eyeball is fi lled with a transparent jellylike fl uid called

vitreous humor. The pressure this thickened fl uid exerts is what gives the

eyeball its balloonlike contour. There is another, far smaller amount of

fl uid in the eyes that is more watery than vitreous humor, called aqueous

humor. Located in a tiny chamber between the pupil and the lens, it does

what the thick jellylike fl uid can’t do. It fl ows, and as it does so, it drops

off nutrients and oxygen for the cornea and picks up waste products. The

waste-fi lled watery fl uid fl ows out of the chamber into a narrow canal

and from there to the outside of the eye. This elimination process works

well—unless the drainage canal becomes so clogged with waste that the

fl uid can’t drain out of it. In a clogged canal or duct, this waste-fi lled

fl uid builds up and puts pressure on the vitreous humor in the interior

of the eyeball. The vitreous humor, in turn, puts pressure on the retina

in the back of the eye. If the pressure is great enough, it destroys the

retina’s nerve cells (the rods and cones) and causes blindness.

Eliminate Acidic Waste to Treat Glaucoma

The only way to save the eyes from going blind in glaucoma is to unclog

the waste-fi lled duct so as to relieve the pressure on the retina. Massive

doses of vitamin C can do this. Dr. Michele Virno, in an experimental

research study, used 0.5 g of ascorbic acid for every 2.2 pounds of body

Steve was saved by immigrating to the United States where

he was given antibiotic treatments that cleared up his infection.

But he suffered one aftereffect of the infection years later:

glaucoma.

His ophthalmologist wanted him to use eye drops, but Steve

insisted on trying natural remedies fi rst. He took vitamin C,

biofl avonoids, and bilberry liquid extract. He also took the rest of

the supplements on the “Suggestions for Glaucoma” list (see end

of this section) for three months. After about six months, tests

showed the pressure in his eye had dropped to 15, which was

within the normal range.