Cataracts are the clouding of the lens in the eye, which sits underneath the iris and the pupil.

Cataracts are the most common cause of vision loss in people over 40, and are the main cause of blindness in the world.

So, What Actually Causes Cataracts?

There are three main components that you really need to know about.

• Toxicity and congestion
• Nutritional deficiency, or a lack of circulation that stops the nutrients getting to where they need to be
• Congestion in the lymph system and in circulation to the eyes.

A lot of times, people will develop a condition called glaucoma or cataracts, and there’s a lot of belief that they both happen for the same reason – either due to damage, toxicity, congestion, or nutritional deficiency. So, I want to talk about all three of these things.

How Can You Prevent Cataracts?

1) Detoxify your body

First and foremost, you need to remove any toxicity from your environment.

This is going to be things like artificial sweeteners and colours, excess fats, fried foods and things that are carcinogenic to your blood and lymphatic system. You need to overhaul and improve your diet and lifestyle in general.

And when I also say “remove toxicity”, this might also include a level of detoxification that comes from doing a fast, a colon cleanse or a liver cleanse that will really clean the body out.

The liver is directly related to the health of our eyes. This is why if you go out drinking too much, they’ll literally say, “He drank ‘til he was blind.”

When you drink too much alcohol and it messes with your liver, it shuts down enzymes that actually provide very specific qualities to your eyes for eyesight.

Often when you clean your liver, your eyesight improves. So, you need to remove the toxicity, detox everything out of the body, and then focus on nutritional efficiency.

2) Boost your nutritional levels

A key nutritional component specifically related to eye health is keratin. We have alpha keratin, beta keratin, and retinol, and these can typically all be found in green, leafy vegetables.

Carrots are a great source of beta keratin, which provides retinol for the body. There’s been research from Baylor University showing that simply eating one medium-sized carrot every single day enhances blood flow to your eyes by about 26%.

I have a product called Greens that provides a massive amount of alpha keratin, beta keratin, and retinol, so you can get all those nutritional components in just 2 teaspoons a day.

3) Eye exercises

The last one is going to be eye exercises you can do that focus on pressure points to drain the fluids, release pressure, correct your vision and, potentially prevent glaucoma and cataracts from getting worse, if they are an issue for you already.

Now, I believe that with the right amount of detoxification and fasting, you can actually reverse the damage and prevent cataracts from ever showing up. If you do these things, your body will actually remove the toxicity and rebuild all of the components so that you can have clear eyesight once again.

I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it. 

If you feel like you might need a bit of support to get things going, you should check out my Free Community on Facebook – a whole community of like-minded souls who want to improve their health. And if you would like some one-on-one support, then definitely reach out to one of my Tolman Health Coaches!

The last thing I’ll mention is that there’s science from the University of Southern California that proves when you do three days (or more) of a water fast, your body releases embryonic-style stem cells. These stem cells have the ability to replace weak and damaged tissue in the body, and especially in the eyes.

So, I’d highly recommend looking into fasting, detoxing, getting the right nutrition, and getting rid of those cataracts so you have 20/20 vision.