Lipid Disorders and RP

There is a connection between the amino acid taurine and the abosrption of fat soluable vitamins, like Vitamin A. I remember reading somewhere, years ago, that RP is associated with lipid disorders. I also know of a naturopath who does blood work on a wide variety of people who have a variety of eye conditions. He has stated that, without fail, there are blood sugar abnormalities.

With regards to lipid processing, This makes sense. Faulty uptake of the amino acid taurine would lead to the malabsorption of Vitamin A, This leads to a breakdown of the chemistry needed in order to maintain retinal function which leads to cell death of the photoreceptors....Explains why Berson found that mega supplementation with Vitamin A has some impact on maintaining visual function some of the time. However, mega supplementation does not get the job done nor does it addres the underlying metabolic deficit which makes it necessary.

Taurine and Retinal Disease- Patent

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=US1998026106&DISPLAY=DESC

http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/1110527/AM_Petrosian

Petrosian's theory on the relationship between taurine and fat-soluable vitamins essential for vision:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11128549?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Would have been nice if they had not tested tuarine along with both Vitamin E and Dilitiazem, but interesting all the same:

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13940577

Phytochemicals

http://www.phytochemicals.info/

Two books on my wish list:

http://www.amazon.com/Nutrigenetics-Nutrigenomics-Review-Nutrition-Dietetics/dp/3805577826/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1220925547&sr=11-1

http://www.amazon.com/Phytochemicals-Nutrient-Gene-Interactions-Mark-Meskin/dp/0849341809/ref=sid_dp_dp

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17045449

Dr. Amy Yasko claims to already work with nutrient-gene interactions in her practice. Hmm.....She could be ahead of her time or making false claims. Either way the premise is interesting.