Eye Diseases 163degeneration by 40 percent as compared to those who eat such foods
less than once a week. Blueberries have also been shown to slow the loss
of vision in macular degeneration, probably for the same reason that
carrots do: the pigment in the blueberries is absorbed by the rod cells,
enabling them to soak up the light rays refl ected on the retina. When
individuals don’t have enough pigment to absorb all the light rays that
fall within the range of the macula, it’s diffi cult for their eyes to adjust
to extremes of light. Either bright light hurts their eyes or they have
trouble seeing in the dark.
Toxins such as tar and nicotine in cigarette smoke have ultimately
the same effect on the rod cells in the eyes as too little pigment or too
much acidic waste. The individual who smokes one or more packs of
cigarettes a day is 2.4 times more likely to develop macular degenera-
tion than someone who has never smoked. Nicotine destroys oxygen,
which causes the cells to become infl amed and deteriorate. Unfortu-
nately, longtime smokers who give up smoking seldom reduce their
chances of getting macular degeneration. The tar and the nicotine in
the cigarettes have already damaged the macula.
The breakdown of its communication system also helps destroy
vision in the macula. This system, embracing all the cells in the macula,
works only as long as the ions (electrically charged atoms) “jump” from
one macula cell to the next, leaving behind an electrical charge. When
the macula cells lose the ability to vibrate, it’s a sign that this “electri-
cal” network is broken and the cells have lost touch with each other.
Nutritional supplements can help repair the macula cells, but they
can’t recharge the cells’ batteries. There is a device, however, called
Frequency Specifi c Microcurrent (FSM), that can. It delivers an electri-
cal current to the injured eye cells by way of tiny electrodes attached to
acupuncture sites near the eye. These electrodes vibrate at the same
frequency as the injured cells. The tissues (the muscles, tendons, bone)
and conditions (scar tissue, infl ammation, enzyme- or mineral-starved
tissue) each have their own frequency, and the device’s microcurrent
frequency can be adjusted to match them.
The electrical currents emitted by the FSM, which are the same
frequency as the degenerated macular cells, have been shown to increase
the production of energy in these damaged cells by 500 percent. With
this expanded energy, the injured macular cells can neutralize intracel-