On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:06:02 +0200, Paul Sand <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>From: Ray Audette <[log in to unmask]>
>>..excess glucose cross-binds with
>>protein molecules in the eye limiting normal resiliancy of the lens.  This
>>stiffened lens would not flatten enough for long-range vision.

>
>So myopia is a permanent damage. No hope to reverse it by proper diet ?
>I think a few years ago on this list somebody claimed that he/she cured
>myopia with Paleo diet.

In one of the insulin articles (?) I read that the IGF (insulin like growth
factor) was it who caused the eye to *grow* too fast, thereby lenghthening
the eyeball, thereby causing shortsightedness.

A.S.