About Chris A. Knobbe, MD
Chris A. Knobbe, MD
Physician, Researcher, Public Health Advocate
Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus
Ophthalmologist, Author, Speaker
Founder & Director
Ancestral Health Foundation
Cure AMD Foundation™
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Abbreviated Biography
Chris Knobbe, MD, is a physician, public health advocate, researcher, ophthalmologist, and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Knobbe is known primarily for his research, publications, and presentations connecting Westernized diets causally to numerous chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancers, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, autoimmune diseases, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Dr. Knobbe’s research has focused greatly on ‘vegetable oil’ (industrial seed oil) dangers and their unequaled contributions to Westernized disease.
In the field of ophthalmology, Dr. Knobbe is known for his revolutionary hypothesis and supportive research regarding the potentially blinding eye disease, AMD. Knobbe’s hypothesis holds that AMD is driven by processed, nutrient-deficient, and toxic foods, of which seed oils are the most pernicious and deleterious.
Dr. Knobbe has delivered numerous presentations at CME events and has been a frequent presenter for the Ancestral Health Symposium, the Weston A. Price Foundation, the American Academy for Oral and Systemic Health (AAOSH), the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry (AAPMD), the Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society (OWNS), Low Carb Denver, Low Carb Sydney (Australia), Metabolix (Israel), the Public Health Collaboration (PHC) UK (England), the Symposium for Metabolic Health, and the Macular Degeneration Association. He has given a number of keynote presentations for various organizations, including AAOSH, AAPMD, and OWNS.
Dr. Knobbe is the author of two books in the field of nutrition: The Ancestral Diet Revolution (2023) and Ancestral Dietary Strategy to Prevent and Treat Macular Degeneration (2016).
Dr. Knobbe is Founder and Director of both Ancestral Health Foundation and Cure AMD Foundation, nonprofit organizations with goals of treating and preventing chronic disease. Dr. Knobbe’s goals are altruistic and humanitarian, as he seeks to end preventable heart disease, cancer, blindness, and many other chronic diseases, through the profoundly beneficial effects of ancestral dietary strategies. He accepts no compensation for his roles in directing the nonprofit organizations, and all book royalties help to fund the research activities and operations of these organizations as well.
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