What is a balanced diet? Is it a diet made up of “four basic foods” as you were taught in grade school? Or is it the “seven basics” as it is sometimes advised? Whichever it is, meat has always been considered the most basic food. We have all been brainwashed for years with the pseudoscientific slogan “high protein—low carbohydrate.” We believe that we should eat as much protein as possible. We are living in an era of the high-protein cult!

When I recently met Dr. Karl-Otto Aly, M.D., the prominent Swedish doctor, upon his return from an extensive lecture tour in the United States and asked him, ‘What is singularly the most memorable impression of your trip?” he had an immediate answer:

“The American high-protein craze! Not only the general public, but even so-called health enthusiasts are so thoroughly brainwashed on the question of protein in their diet, that, to my mind, this point alone may be held responsible to a great degree for the deplorable state of health of the American people.”

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Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in adults from 20 to 65 years of age in the USA. It involves dilation and bleeding of the veins in the retina which can also lead to retinal detachment.

These ailments are often associated with diabetes, hypertension, sarcoidosis, toxoplasmosis, or syphilis. Corrective surgery, often by laser, is very costly but frequently recommended as the only conventional therapy. Most cases treated with CMO have responded exceptionally well, eliminating the need for surgery.

Just what autoimmune processes, if any, are being affected by CMO in these diseases has yet to be determined. We have so much more to learn about the secret mechanisms of CMO and its broad range of influence on so many ailments.

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