What I love about this report is the modesty and uncertainty about her own improvement. The same woman reports visiting her friend and seeing her new bangs on her forehead when she turned her head into he sunbeam coming in from the window. To quote my own dialogue line from a play I wrote: I doubt Curcumin is responsible for these test results…” “You must have had a bad day two years ago. What was the eye doctor’s response to this test finding?: Well, she didn’t have any vision to measure two years ago. Also, she scored correctly on identifying black and white squares with her bad eye. She saw the first two lines of the Snellen chart. I SPICE NEWSLETTER #12Ī recent Curcumin experimenter with 99% vision loss with a recessive FAM gene type reports her latest doctor eye exam from Wills eye institute. To join the I SPICE experiment, email Steve at: to get a sense for Steve and the amazing work he is doing on our behalf, check out his December 8 e-bulletin, which I’ve pasted below. The more data we can collect and information we can share – the closer we all are to seeing our world. It’s been so empowering to be on this journey with Steve and the other RP participants and if you are interested, we would love to have you join. Based on the positive results of a research study utilizing the amino acid N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) for RP treatment, some of us I SPICE participants are also starting to add it into the experiment mix. In the meantime, Steve is tracking a curcumin macular degeneration study being conducted by the University of Illinois. According to Steve, the foundation is now considering a curcumin RP study. But I am excited about the results because they span several RP mutations - something that has now caught the attention of FFB.

My curcumin experiment has so far only yielded occasional, inconsistent increases in visual acuity. Not everyone has experienced vision gains.

A couple have even received a boost in their night vision. Others have seen a jump in visual acuity and color. Of the thirty participants who took part in the survey, fifteen reported vision improvements. And the first survey results – tallied over Thanksgiving weekend – indicate that curcumin with ginger does indeed improve RP eyesight. Steve’s ever-growing I SPICE group currently consists of 56 RP participants who are all experimenting with different combos of curcumin, black pepper and ginger.

Hippie Boy by Ingrid Ricks