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Since I became an eyecare practitioner some 40+ years ago my goal was to somehow be in a position to aide patients stricken with Diabetes and Macular Degeneration.  I began to attend as many conferences as I could on the topic until I began to slowly digest the cause and effect.  In those days, no cure was on the horizon.  Only doom and gloom. I recall attending a seminar given in a hospital in Santa Monica.  I had driven 60 miles to attend a lecture on diabetes given by a world renowned physician.  At the conclusion of the 6 hours, the main theme of his lecture was diet, diet, diet, diet, and more dieting.  At first, I thought it was some kind of joke but over the years of being in practice I have come to the realization that the physician was spot on in his conclusion.  He told the small gathering of eyecare practitioners that he had failed in his lifelong pursuit of attempting to get his diabetic patients to overcome their disease.  I listened intently as he concluded that many of his patients had ended up with kidney failure, loss of limb, & blindness. I drove back to my humble home and became somewhat depressed.  I purchased many books on the subject matter and began...