An adjunct to the previous video, Ben adds additional information about blood sugar control, blood pressure and digestion.
“All of the general strategies that we use for building muscle, for building the connective tissue in the digestive system, for building healthy strong collagen in the skin, are going to be applicable to building the macula.
Number 1: that involves keeping inflammation down and that always means “digestive health”. If you have any digestive issues, those need to be corrected. Above and beyond fat metabolism… food intolerance, food allergies, things getting into the blood though the digestive tract via leaky gut syndrome, all of that needs to be addressed. That means all of your building strategies for the digestive system, including glucosamine, chondroitin and cartilage (if you are using Youngevity products, the Gluco-Gel Caps). Bone soup, for example, is a wonderful source of cartilage…
The Second Element, especially when it comes to inflammatory issues, is blood sugar and there is a very intimate connection between, what is called, dysglycemia (or messed up blood sugar, diabetes and pre-diabetes) and macular degeneration. In fact macular degeneration is thought to be a component of what’s called “metabolic syndrome”… So, you’ve got to take care of your blood sugar, if you’re dealing with macular degeneration.”
