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June 15, 2004 |
| Vision Health
Red Light Therapy for AMD Red light therapy is being used in a revolutionary new way to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The most exciting part of this research is that it flies in the face of the current belief that AMD cannot be cured. Even the nutritional approaches focus on prevention rather than treatment. I am particularly impressed by the success of the treatment in women of advanced age, as it is much more difficult to truly heal or regenerate healthy tissue in the elderly. Charles McGee, M.D., an innovative researcher in the field of colored light therapy and the developer of the X Light, shared several case histories with me regarding individuals who used red light therapy to successfully treat AMD, including one 80-year-old woman with intermediate AMD. After using a red LED (light emitting diode) in each eye for 10 minutes each day for several months, her vision improved perceptibly. No one has determined exactly how red light therapy benefits AMD. I suspect that red light works in part by improving the production of a high-energy compound called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) within the cells of the eyes, thereby promoting the healing process. We know that red light stimulates energy production within the mitochondria, the energy-producing powerhouses of your cells. And the mitochondria work by trapping energy from the food you eat and later releasing it as ATP. Since ATP is the energy your cells need to fuel virtually every chemical reaction within your body, increased amounts of it would benefit all of the body’s cells, including those in and around the eye. I would love to see more research done in the area of colored light therapy for eye disease, since it holds so much promise. It is entirely likely that the red light therapy can be used to help our bodies create energy so every tissue and organ system can run more efficiently. Unfortunately, we are probably years away from having significant, major studies performed in this area. In the meantime, if you are interested in the use of red light therapy to treat AMD, I suggest you seek a physician who has experience with colored light therapies, rather than try to treat AMD with colored light on your own.
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