I had cataract surgery due to T2 diabetes in 2014. Then I was informed by my opthamologist earlier this year I would probably need another surgery for my remaining good eye.
From my research, there is only anecdotal evidence of improvements in retinopathy, damage nerve cells in the eyes, through Intermittent Fasting. Nothing for prolonged. I also queried an endocrinologist, who is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California’s Medical School if he was aware of any credible studies. Nope.
However, there is evidence of prolonged fasting generating stem cells that are converted to new cells to replace dead cells in the major organs cannibalized during a prolonged fast from work done by Dr Valter Longo of the Aging Institute at USC and whose work is currently in human clinical trials. Also prolonged fasting has been shown to reverse neuropathy, which is nerve damage to the feet that can lead to ulceration and and amputation. I can personally vouch for the veracity of improvements in neuropathy as I suffered from that condition from my recently reversed T2 diabetes.
Before beginning my treatment protocol, based on fasting principles, I got the dreaded pin cushion feeling in both feet from the ankles down. Now, 8+ months later the tingling feeling is gone with only residual damaged cells remaining in small areas in the bottom of some toes and the pads under the big toes that I hope to be rid of with subsequent prolonged fasts.
When I met with the opthamologist it was back in early February. By that time I had completed a 40 and a 21-day. We agreed to a re-examination in June/July when I will have completed an additional 2 more 21-day fasts, one of which I completed on the 10th earlier this month. So we will see …
