"National Eye Institute's AREDS Study Finds High Levels of Antioxidants and Zinc Reduce Risk of Advanced Macular Degeneration and Vision Loss"

From the desk of Warren Ringold, M.D.

Dear Friend,

Few people are aware that macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease and that it is the leading cause of blindness for those aged 55 and older in the United States, affecting more than 10 million Americans.

According to a recent poll, Americans dread blindness more than any other disability. Recent studies indicate that by the year 2025, the population of people over the age of 65 in the United States will be six times higher than in 1990.

The reason - "baby boomers" are aging and overall life expectancy is increasing. Since many people diagnosed with macular degeneration are over age 55, the number of cases of macular degeneration in the U.S. will increase significantly as baby boomers age.

In January 1997, Dr. Carl Kupfer, then the Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, stated publicly that macular degeneration will soon take on aspects of an epidemic!

If you are concerned about age related macular degeneration either because you already have it OR you want to do everything you can to protect your eyes against vision loss...then this is the most important letter you'll ever read!

Here's why:

The National Eye Institute has reported that currently there is only one established method that may slow the progression of dry age related macular degeneration (AMD) from intermediate to advanced AMD (source: National Eye Institute Website.)

ONLY one!

AMD is the leading cause of permanent blindness in people over the age of 55. There is no known macular degeneration cure nor is there any known way to reverse macular degeneration.

This is a frightening time for many baby boomers who do not wish to lose their vision as they age.

If you're reading this you may be one of the millions of patients who have heard these frightening words from your eye doctor, "you have macular degeneration."

Or perhaps you are looking for the best solution to help maintain healthy eyes with the hopes you NEVER hear those words from your physician. As of today, there is no cure for macular degeneration, no way to prevent macular degeneration, and no way to reverse macular degeneration.

Either way, if you are like millions of others who are concerned about macular degeneration because you want to slow your intermediate macular degeneration from advancing or because you want to take every precaution to maintain healthy eyes then you need to read every word on this website.

Macular Degeneration is a horrifying medical condition. If you're already suffering from macular degeneration, believe me I know how you feel.

Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in the United States for individuals over the age of 55, and the number of cases is growing dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers.

Perhaps like you, I am a baby boomer. I was born in 1948, and I have family members, friends, and many patients who have learned that they have macular degeneration.

What is Macular Degeneration?

More specifically this disease is called Age Related Macular degeneration (AMD). It is a disorder resulting in slow and progressive damage to an area of the eye called the macula.

There is a macula in each eye and the macula is part of the retina. This area is the most sensitive vision processing center in the eye.

The retina is the portion of the eye that sends light to the brain. The macula allows for very fine and clear vision.

The disease can occur in one eye or both; however, if it develops in one eye, there is a higher risk that it will develop in the other eye as well.

Understanding that the disease is one that is progressive is very important. Once you have been diagnosed with the illness, there is only one thing that can be done to prevent the disorder from worsening.

I'll get back to this in a moment, but first it's important to understand more about AMD.

There are two types of AMD. There is the wet form and the dry form.

The wet form consists of only about 5% - 10% of AMD cases and usually presents with some distortion of vision and lines might look wavy instead of straight.

It is caused by the formation of new blood vessels under the macula that leak; thus the wet form.

Some patients with wet AMD can lose significant vision in a very short period of time. All of the current medical therapies have been directed at the wet form of AMD, including injections.


Here is what a grid looks like with normal vision.	Here is what a grid may look like when suffering from AMD.

What is Dry AMD?

The dry form is the most prevalent and is 90% - 95% of the AMD cases and is caused by the break down of the light sensitive cells in the macula. It is more slowly progressive.

The most common symptom of dry AMD is slightly blurred vision. You may have difficulty recognizing faces. You may need more light for reading and other tasks. Dry AMD generally affects both eyes, but vision can be lost in one eye while the other eye seems unaffected.

One of the most common early signs of dry AMD is drusen. Drusen are yellow deposits under the retina. They often are found in people over age 60. Your eye care professional can detect drusen during a comprehensive dilated eye exam.

Dry AMD has three stages:

Early AMD. People with early AMD have either several small drusen or a few medium-sized drusen. At this stage, there are no symptoms and no vision loss.

Intermediate AMD. People with intermediate AMD have either many medium-sized drusen or one or more large drusen. Some people see a blurred spot in the center of their vision. More light may be needed for reading and other tasks.

Advanced Dry AMD. In addition to drusen, people with advanced dry AMD have a breakdown of light-sensitive cells and supporting tissue in the central retinal area. This breakdown can cause a blurred spot in the center of your vision. Over time, the blurred spot may get bigger and darker, taking more of your central vision. You may have difficulty reading or recognizing faces until they are very close to you.

If you have vision loss from dry AMD in one eye only, you may not notice any changes in your overall vision. With the other eye seeing clearly, you still can drive, read, and see fine details. You may notice changes in your vision only if AMD affects both eyes. If blurriness occurs in your vision, see an eye care professional for a comprehensive dilated eye exam.


Normal vision.	The same scene as viewed by a person with age-related macular degeneration.

The National Eye Institute Reports That "High-Doses" of Antioxidants May Reduce Progression of Age Related Macular Degeneration...

According to the U.S. government's National Eye Institute, for those of us with the dry form, only nutritional supplementation is of any help.

The National Eye Institute (NEI) did a large study that showed very convincing evidence that certain antioxidants slow the progression of AMD, however, they did not conclude that this may prevent macular degeneration altogether. There is no evidence that antioxidants or zinc act as a preventative to macular degeneration.

NEI director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. reports, "At present, the only established way to decrease the risk of vision loss in people with large drusen (early AMD) is to take daily supplements of vitamins and minerals as used in the NEI-supported Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)."

Sieving continued. "This study found that high-dose antioxidant vitamins and minerals (vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, zinc, and copper), taken by mouth by people at risk of developing advanced AMD, reduced the risk of progression to advanced AMD by 25 percent and the risk of moderate vision loss by 19 percent."

These antioxidants can be found in foods that you eat every day. They can also specifically be found in certain eye vitamin and nutritional supplements.

Why Should You Listen to Me?

It can be hard to know who to believe on the Internet these days. It's like day after day you get pitched hype after hype. There is so much nonsense out there. The outrageous claims being made on websites and in emails are exhausting most of us and eliminating our belief in what could be credible and helpful resources.

I'm as sick and tired of all these false claims as you are... believe me!

That's EXACTLY why I put up this site... so that you, my friend, can be sure to get accurate information that is credible and reliable. So if you're wondering what makes me and this site different than all those other sites out there, then let me explain why you should listen to me.

Warren Ringold MD

My name is Warren J. Ringold, M.D.

Here are several reasons why you should believe what I say:

I'm a medical doctor who graduated from the elite University of Michigan Medical School-- not some kid who decided to put up a website one day to pitch some so-called 'Miracle Cure' to your AMD.

My private medical practice has been thriving for over 30 years and tens of thousands of patients have been successfully treated in my clinic. My medical practice did more than $5,000,000 in business in one year alone because I'm good at what I do for a living.

As a physician, I have successfully treated hundreds of patients suffering from AMD.

On almost a daily basis I am exposed to patients suffering from AMD. Believe me I know how scary this disease is!

My fellow colleagues have elected me as Chief of Family Medicine at our major Metropolitan Hospital-- this election demonstrates the confidence that the medical community has in me and my performance.

I have 30 years of medicine under my belt-- nothing beats experience. There's nothing that I haven't heard or treated and this real-life, clinical experience, can't be learned by reading some text book or website.

I suffer from AMD.

I have been on the Medical Executive Committe as well as the Quality Committe of a major hospital that has been voted as one of the TOP 100 HOSPITALS in the United States for Cardiovascular Care.

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I have spoken to the medical community at a rate of $1,000 per hour.

As you can see, I'm no slouch and my credentials speak for themselves.

"Trust is one of the most important qualities within the relationship between a doctor and patient. Dr. Ringold has a remarkable bedside manner, and he exudes confidence. When he told me I would be cured of my colon cancer more than 15 years ago, I quite simply stopped worrying. I trusted him. Now here I am 15 years later with something called macular degeneration, and he told me I would not go blind because of a macular degeneration eye vitamin supplement that would protect my eye. I know I have to take PRESERVE MAC FORTE the rest of my life, and I am happy to do it because Dr. Ringold told me to take it. After all he was right about the colon cancer, and I trust that he will be right about my eye."

Margaret O.
Michigan

My sister has wet macular degeneration.

She was diagnosed about a year ago and her condition was so advanced that it required the immediate intervention with the medication that is injected directly into the eye ball.

Because I found out that I have the beginnings of AMD as well, I decided to go to work and develop a formulation that would be helpful to me and people with dry AMD.

When I realized that I had developed something better than the item being recommended by leading ophthalmologists, I decided to offer it to other people afflicted with AMD.

"I see patients with macular degeneration on a daily basis. It hurts me to give people the news that their vision is going to deteriorate over time. However, 95% of the cases fortunately are dry AMD and the progression can be slowed with proper antioxidants.

For years physicians like myself have recommended a popular over the counter vitamin. Dr. Ringold's supplement has more of every single important ingredient than the most popularly sold macular degeneration product.

I strongly endorse PRESERVE MAC FORTE, and I recommend that patients with macular degeneration use this for the rest of their lives as well as people who want to prevent AMD."

--L. Scott Feiler, M.D.
Opthamologist and Cornea Specialist
www.InsightLaser.com

Introducing....

Preserve Mac Forte^TM

If you have been diagnosed with AMD, you have assuredly been told to take some type of eye vitamin to support healthy eyes. It is important to find a nutritional supplement that contains the necessary antioxidants discovered in the AREDS study that showed hope for slowing the progression from intermediate to advanced macular degeneration. Although there is no such thing as a "macular degeneration vitamin," there are supplements that contain the antioxidants from the National Eye Insititute's AREDS study.

My eye vitamin formulation contains more of every necessary item than any other formulation that I have found. I take it every day, and I want you to do the same thing. It is my goal to slow macular degeneration from progressing to the advanced form.

It is my goal to help you from ending up like my dear sister.

The name of my product is PRESERVE MAC FORTE. This preparation is filled with what I believe to be the perfect combination of the necessary levels of antioxidants and zinc-- similar to what was found to be helpful in The National Eye Institute's AREDS Study.

It has more lutein, copper, zinc, vitamin E, and vitamin C than the leading preparation. It is also enriched with a number of other items that promote ocular health. It is the best eye vitamin that I've found to help protect your eyes from vision loss.

I am banking on proper nutrition to save me from going blind, and I have used my skills as a physician to find the absolute best eye vitamin product on the market.

The reason that nutritional items are of use is really quite easy to understand. Most of the essential ingredients are powerful antioxidants, which effectively were discovered during the AREDS study to slow the progression of macular degeneration. It is important to understand that eye vitamins such as this are not a macular degeneration treatment nor are they a macular degeneration cure. Only drugs approved by the FDA can have claims of treating macular degeneration or curing macular degeneration. At this moment in time no FDA approved drug exists.

Antioxidants fight chemicals that are known to cause tissue breakdown or tissue injury. It is thought that people who have AMD have chemicals at work in the macula that are injuring these important cells slowly and insidiously.

The antioxidant power of PRESERVE MAC FORTE goes to work quickly to break down these destructive chemicals with the hopes of slowing the advancement of the AMD, and preventing macular degeneration from progressing.

The formulation of my eye vitamin supplement contains powerful antioxidants in a unique blend that gives you a great deal of healing power.

PRESERVE MAC FORTE contains more of every single important ingredient than the most widely prescribed and recommended eye vitamin supplement on the market.

The leading store bought brand doesn't even contain Beta-Carotene, which is one of the antioxidants specifically mentioned in the National Eye Institutes report!

Here is a comparison of PRESERVE MAC FORTE versus the leading store bought brand that is currently being recommended by doctors:

PRESERVE MAC FORTE vs. Competition

Ingredients	Competitor	PRESERVE MAC FORTE
Vitamin A ( 67% as Beta-Carotene)	none	15,000 IU
Vitamin C	60 mg	500 mg
Vitamin E	30 IU	200 IU
Thiamine	none	25 mg
Riboflavin	none	25 mg
Niacin/Niacinamide	none	60 mg
Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine HCI)	none	25 mg
Folic Acid	none	200 mcg
B-12	none	200 mcg
Pantothenic Acid	none	100 mg
Calcium (from Calcium Citrate)	none	100 mg
Magnesium (from Magnesium Citrate)	none	200 mg
Zinc	15 mg	20 mg
Selenium	none	200 mcg
Copper	2 mg	3 mg
Manganese	none	3 mg
L-Taurine	none	400 mg
Quercetin Bioflavonoid	none	50 mg
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine	none	200 mg
Bilberry Extract (fruit)	none	40 mg
Ginkgo biloba Extract (leaf)	none	40 mg
L-Glutathione (reduced)	none	25 mg
Green Tea (leaf)	none	50 mg
Rutin	none	15 mg
Hesperidin	none	10 mg
Lycopene (from Lycopene Complex)	none	1 mg
Lutein	6 mg	10 mg

Like you I am committed to preventing macular degeneration from worsening, and like you I will be taking antioxidants for the rest of my life. It is the most effective macular degeneration vitamin option currently available to us.

PRESERVE MAC FORTE is better than the leading store bought eye vitamin brand. It contains "high-doses" of the essential ingredients that are recommended by the National Eye Institue (NEI) to help slow the progression of macular degeneration.

"I have been taking Ocuvite from the stores for years. When I compared the ingredients with your formulation, I was shocked to see how much more your supplement contained! I have switched to Preserve Mac Forte and have more peace of mind that I'm doing everything I can to prevent macular degeneration from worsening. I want to be able to see my great grandchildren grow."

Walt,
Michigan

I strongly encourage you to chose the PRESERVE MAC FORTE eye vitamin for your ocular health as well as your ongoing peace of mind. It is necessary to take an eye vitamin if you have dry macular degeneration and want to slow the progression of AMD, or possibly stop macular degeneration from getting worse.

If you choose this nutritional supplement you can rest assured that you are doing exactly what your ophthalmologist wants you to do-- you are taking an eye vitamin with high levels of antioxidants and zinc to help protect your eyes from vision loss.

You are taking each and every one of the most important nutritional supplements known to help with AMD, and you are taking safe doses that are larger and more diversified than the leading product.

I take this product every single day, and I will take it every single day for the rest of my life. I have chosen this product and am having it formulated by what I consider to be the most trustworthy source in the United States.

The laboratory that produces PRESERVE MAC FORTE is located in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They are the manufacturers of an incredible variety of nutritional supplements.

They have the highest manufacturing practices and certifications that can be awarded to supplement suppliers.

That is why I have chosen to place my trust with them to produce PRESERVE MAC FORTE.

As a physician I have a good understanding not only of the disease process but also of the treatment options for dry macular degeneration.

I am placing the future of my vision health in this vitamin product. Please consider joining me so that you, too, can gain the benefits of this important and healthy supplement.

"I have been a patient of Dr. Ringold's for many years. I have always been impressed at how open he was to discussions about vitamin supplementation. When I got diagnosed with macular degeneration three years ago, he promised me he would work hard to find the best eye vitamin supplement on the market for me to take. He has delivered on his promise with the development of his PRESERVE MAC FORTE vitamin. I have trusted him with my health care for a long time, and I trust him completely when he tells me that this is the best product on the market when it comes to protecting my eyes. I will use PRESERVE MAC FORTE for the rest of my life."

Richard B.
Michigan

How Do Supplements Help?

You may begin to slow the progression of this horrible disease (age related macular degeneration) immediately by the use of the proper nutritional items.

Any leading ophthalmologist will tell you that you need an excellent source of Beta Carotene (vitamin A), copper, zinc, vitamin E, vitamin C, and lutein to slow the progress of macular degeneration.

More importantly, they will tell you to begin the proper supplementation immediately to prevent vision loss. Just imagine what life would be like if you were to slowly lose your vision in one or both eyes!

I suspect that blindness or the thought of blindness frightens you as badly as it frightens me. Living in a sightless world would be incredibly difficult.

"Preserve Mac Forte is the answer to my prayers. After being diagnosed with age related macular degeneration (AMD) over two years ago, I am doing everything I can to prevent further damage to my eyes or loss of vision. Having an effective eye vitamin supplement available to take on a daily basis is just what I need. Thank you again for making this product available. It is the eye vitamin that I recommend to my friends."

Sue
Michigan

"When I found out that there was no known age related macular degeneration treatment for my AMD, I was really frightened. I am not a big believer in vitamins. My aunt had gone blind with macular degeneration, and now I was diagnosed at the age of 54. Nothing made me feel better than when Dr. Ringold explained to me how vitamin and mineral supplementation helped protect the macula. He made it understandable, and he removed my fear. When he told me that he also had a product to help me, I knew right then and there that I could relax. I have gone to him for more than 25 years, and I trust him with my life......so I sure can trust him with my vision."

Joyce G.
Farmington, MI

Okay, What's The Cost of
Preserve Mac Forte?

First of all, I don't feel that you can put a price tag on your vision, do you?

As of today, there is no known method to treat nor prevent Age Related Macular Degeneration. However, it is ESSENTIAL to be taking the proper supplement that contains vital vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to help maintain healthy eyes and protect your eyes against vision loss.

Remember it is the ONLY established way that the National Eye Institute says can help you reduce the risk of vision loss if you have macular degeneration.

However, there are several products out there and you will find an huge discrepancy between the amount of ingredients from supplement to supplement.

It's true that you will also find a discrepancy in prices.

Unfortunately, a high quality product with the maximum ingredients usually costs more than a lesser quality product holding less ingredients.

This is true in the case of my supplement as well.

While PRESERVE MAC FORTE may be a bit more pricey than the lesser quality store bought brand, you can be confident that you are doing everything you can to protect your eyes and your vision.

If you are trying to protect your eys from vision loss, then don't you want to have MAXIMUM protection and not minimal protection? Of course you do!

Preserve Mac Forte contains more of all the good ingredients recommended by an ophthalmologist to fight macular degeneration.

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