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Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to hello@drsamberene.com. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode.

I want to take a question. This is from Jared and he is dealing with halos around lights. He also has blurred vision, and he seems like his eyes are getting worse and worse. And he also has a significant floaters and he went to his doctor and he was diagnosed with something called posterior vitreous detachment. And he’s also got dry eye. And Jared also writes that he has had LASIK surgery about five years ago. And at first the surgery was really, really good. But now he needs glasses both at distance and near. And he’s struggling. Well, you know, I talk a bit about eye surgeries. And, you know, the more you avoid eye surgeries, I think the better it is, unless you really have to get it. Cataract surgery would be the one that I would say is a pretty safe, successful surgery. So with LASIK surgery, we’re changing the refractive error in the eyeball, but many times because there is a source or a cause of the prescription in the eyeball.

And that is based on mental habits and emotional habits anyway, reasons why we develop a prescription. And there’s the body prescription and there’s the eye prescription. And many times even though you do LASIK surgery, and it fixes the prescription in the eye, the prescription and the body wins out. And this is what’s happening in this case. So the good news here is that doing some physical IO therapy reeducation, where you’re doing some exercises to increase visual coordination, peripheral vision, visual relaxation. These are really time tested exercises that can help change the situation and you can actually reduce your myopia you can reduce your astigmatism. And the way I see physical therapy as a relates to, you know, post LASIK is that it’s the same thing as getting some type of physical therapy after you’ve had any kind of surgery. And surgeons tend to recommend physical therapy because there’s an integration process that needs to happen once the surgeon has done their job. In fact, I don’t really know of many surgeries that doctors do, where physical therapy is not recommended afterwards, but not an eye care. So what you can do is you can go to my website, and there’s a section on AI exercise protocols, and the one you would want to work with is the one for nearsightedness. And it’s a 90 day program, it’s about three exercises a day, it’s free. And you can do start doing those exercises in there a combination of activities that will increase your flexibility, your peripheral vision, your visual coordination. And it will start to get you to integrate what the surgery did to your eyes with your mind and your brain. And once you do that, and once you start moving in that direction, you’re definitely going to get clearer eyesight, and better lubrication and moisturization in your eyes, and it’s going to turn the tide for you. It’s also important just as a reminder that you’re getting really healthy nutrients, you know, I

can easily say if you do the rainbow diet of vegetables, that you have a really good chance of feeding the eyes in a way that they need. You know, with all the screen time that we’re all doing. We’re running marathons every day and it’s draining and stressing our eyes we’re not getting the nutrients that we need. Blue light is interfering with, you know the the health of your eyes. So that’s why you need to really boost your antioxidants, vitamin A obviously, things like the current noise I talked about lutein, Xanthan and Astra Xanthan, you know you can make a morning smoothie where you add some ginger root and Tumeric roots and kale, maybe some lime or lemon to get some vitamin C. And then adding things like celery and cucumber and maybe red bell pepper, you know, it’s good to get the red, orange, yellow green vegetables, get it in your Vitamix, a little coconut water and hit blend and that could be a drink that you could start doing variations of that on a daily basis.

We need more antioxidants. You know the eyes have one of the highest metabolic needs of the body and carbohydrates and sugars are definitely a no, no. So you’ve got to reduce or eliminate those and at the same time, increase your healthy fats. That’s really, really important in the overall scheme of things. So Jared, if you need more information, email us at Hello at Dr. Sam burn.com. And thanks so much for the question. All right, I I’m flashing through here. And there’s a question from Denise. And she’s asking about drusen. So drusen is a series or set of fatty deposits that start to accumulate around the retina, sometimes it’ll even accumulate around the optic nerve. Denise, there’s a video blog I did not too long ago, it’s several minutes on what causes drusen. And what are some things that you can do to neutralize or slow down the drusen that may start forming. Bottom line is that as long as the drusen is staying away from the macula, which is the center part of the retina, and also the optic nerve, it’s just something that the doctor watches.

But you know, when I think of Drew’s and I think about liver health, I think about cholesterol, I think about our fat metabolism. And that brings me to how well our liver and gallbladder are working. You know, I have seen over the years, people have difficulty processing any kind of fat soluble vitamins or nutrients. And if they increase their bile salts after a meal, this can actually start increasing or improving their fat absorption. So in your case, maybe going to a functional medicine doctor or naturopath, getting a really good blood panel seeing what’s happening with your liver and gallbladder. Also, your digestive health, because all AI problems at some level start on a systemic and metabolic level. And there are many connections for gut health and eye health, for gut health and brain health. And so your fat metabolism your cholesterol, this would be number one on my list. Number two would be the state of health of your visual function. In other words, how well you’re focusing your two eyes, how well they’re coordinating together. We call this functional vision.

And it’s much more than eyesight. So you’re going to have to either find a holistic optometrist, somebody who can test you beyond the eyesight and high health. But the key is reducing the stress in your eyes, which will reduce your oxidative stress accumulating, which reduces inflammation. So inflammation tends to really drive drusen and so you know, hydrating the eyes more. This means using things like homeopathic eyedrops daily, using MSM, eyedrops daily, maybe my MSM mist, and then in the evening, doing some compresses with maybe eyebright tea or goldenseal, some ways that you’re feeding your eyes on a hydration level, this helps reduce inflammation and indirectly, it could actually help stave off some of the drusen that might be forming.

Blue light is another factor involved, it’s going to definitely increase the inflammatory situation in the retina. So that you want to make sure that you’re, you know, you’re reducing the blue light exposure either by getting a screen on the on the digital device or blue blocking glasses, because blue light definitely is going to dry things out. At the very least I also think blue light can damage the eye tissue over time. So you know, again, you need to do everything you can to protect your eyes, because drusen is something that tends to live in a climate where there’s inflammation, oxidative stress, dehydration, and then then you’re looking at your liver health, which we talked about, check out my video blog on drusen. And you just need to type Dr. Byrne, optic drusen and it’ll give you a lot of great tips.

One other note that I would say is that the retinas made up of about 50% of fatty acids. So omega three is a really important supplement that you want to take or you can get it in foods. We don’t produce Omega three so you want to get those healthy fats in in the body in the eyes on the brain, and DHA and the EPA and Omega three is very, very helpful. So I wish you the best. Thank you so much for the question. All right, Nicole is asking about glaucoma. So Glaucoma is a vascular disease and it starts in the eye. We’re either not producing enough fluid in the eye or the fluid has an impediment in being able to circulate properly. Bottom line is that when the fluid is out of balance in the eyeball, this begins to attack the optic nerve. Glaucoma is called the silent thief, it steals your peripheral vision because it damages the optic nerve. So it’s important to do things like ginkgo and taurine. These are really taurine is a really great amino acid ginkgo is great vascular support. bilberries another one for for glaucoma. There’s an herb that sometimes I will use to help i pressure come down, it’s called Coleus Coleus C-O-L-E-U-S, there’s been small studies on the value of the herbal formula Coleus as a way to bring down the high pressure. I think acupuncture and cranial sacral therapy could be really helpful. Lymphatic Drainage lymph health is very important with glaucoma. You know, I’ve seen journal articles stating that glaucoma can start in the brain and Alzheimer’s can start in the eye and they kind of go together in terms of this vascular disease. So head trauma, eye trauma, these things tend to reduce ocular circulation dehydration tends to reduce ocular circulation. So the thing is, is that if you start really paying attention to healthy antioxidants, that boosts your you know, your retina circulation, the micro capillaries, again, the carotenoids, lutein zeaxanthin and Astra Xanthan and vitamin A is very important as well for the retina.

And then the healthy fats and oils are really essential for optic nerve health. And then don’t forget about my eye exercises my my exercises like the end palm hum, that’s the one where you rub your hands together. And you do about six or eight palming hums delicious, moist and it’s it’s really a great way to de stress your eyes. So it’s pretty simple. It’s it’s really thinking about how can you improve the circulation in the eye tissue. reducing inflammation is another way that I would do that. You can certainly look on my website. My webstore has got great supplements. Saffron curcumin would be another one that I recommend for glaucoma, my vitamin and probably the 5%. MSM eyedrops to be used throughout the day. I think all of those are very, very supportive. Alright, let’s go to Maggie. She’s asking about iridium and Saltzman nodules. They had she had them removed. She’s had a couple of eye surgeries. What causes these? How can I prevent them?

Well think collagen so the eye is made of mostly collagen and water. And so on a on an eye level when we see things like to rigid limbs or Salzmann nodules. What’s happening is first of all, the eye is living in a dehydrated state so you’re not getting enough hydration. And then number two, collagen, what are some ways that you can increase your collagen health and you can do it through your diet. You can do it through the MSM eyedrops the highlight erotic eyedrops castor oil massage, so in other words, you need to really boost the hydration aspect. And the thing about especially to Regina them is they tend to grow over the eye when there’s either, you know, extreme sun exposure, ultraviolet sun exposure, or there’s just wind and dryness. If you’re not living in the desert southwest, if you’re living in a climate where there is some moisture and you’re still getting these, then your inner climate is not balanced.

And this is where again, all of your mucous membranes may be drying out. So fats and oils are so important. I love to eat an avocado a day that’s got lutein in it, healthy fats. And it’s a great source of, of foods for the eyes, especially, you know, today with all the screen time we’re doing I don’t know how much screen time you’re doing Maggie. But that’s also going to be a career a contributing factor. It’s very, very important that you get about 30 to 60 minutes of natural sunlight every day. I think that we’re told to be afraid of the sun. You don’t have to go out in the middle of the day, you can wear a hat. But natural sunlight is also critically important. So without knowing more of your history, your medical history, I will say that collagen is something that it’s so important for the joints, the connective tissue. And when we start drying out, in terms of our bodies, and the collagen is not as healthy we get things like arthritis and joint pain world also affects the eyes quite profoundly, either by getting floaters or things like pinguecula or Saltzman nodules or two regimes, those kinds of things. So start bathing your eyes with these natural eyedrops and do some of these things and you should see some improvement. All right, here’s another quick question Lucinda. She’s asking about an eye drop called Sena Naga. And so this is from the Amazon it’s a it’s a plant paste I drop. It’s very, very strong. And I would not necessarily recommend it as a first choice of healing your eyes. It’s it’s very intense and very extreme. You know, in any of these natural remedies.

First of all, the most important thing is get a baseline on what is going on with your eyes, get an eye exam, get your glaucoma checked, get your your Macula checked your prescriptions, so you know what you’re dealing with, you know, you don’t have to necessarily follow all the doctor’s recommendations. But you need to get a baseline so you know what you’re dealing with. Sometimes what we tend to do is we go online and we start researching, we start seeing different things that you know, I could do this, and I can do that. And I can do this. And you know if you can find a holistic practitioner, who can see the big picture, who’s integrative, doesn’t need to be an eye doctor, but somebody who’s integrative, who can help you sort out all the different aspects of your systemic health, your metabolic health, your energetic health. And these particular eyedrops, though, for a few people, they do create a miraculous, say improvement. For most of us, they’re too extreme. And because our eyes are in such a sensitive state to begin with, I mean, we’re all stressed out to begin with, and our eyes are even more stressed out. So the bottom line is that you want to start adding things that are going to be supportive, and make your eyes feel better. So I would hold off on that. And I would,

I would try some more gentle things that you know that I present that other other doctors present but get that baseline first. So we know what we’re dealing with. Okay, I’m gonna take another question. This is about cataracts. So this is Jenny, and she’s 65 years old, and she was diagnosed with cataracts about three months ago. The right eye is more blurred than the left eye. And so she’s asking whether or not it’s too late, or can she do some things to reverse cataracts? So the rule of thumb with cataract is that if you can still see clear enough to do your daily activities, then what you can do is you can start a protocol to improve your lens health. Two ingredients that are essential for lens health are glutathione, the master antioxidant of the body and vitamin C. For people that are developing cataracts, three things are going on.

They’re low in those antioxidants, glutathione and vitamin C. And number three, they may be eating too many carbs or sugars, because sugar really accelerates cataracts. What a cataract is is basically oxidative stress that starts accumulating in the lens of the eye. And so, you can do a sublingual glutathione spray, you can do an eye drop called ocular med which you can get from a company called College pharmacy. I would use my MSM 5% followed by the ocular med eyedrops, so you’re working with a topically and then I would really boost your antioxidants. 2000 milligrams of vitamin C lots of antioxidants glutathione designs for health makes a very, very effective glutathione sublingual spray, most of us are, are deficient in glutathione. And we get that from our cruciferous vegetables, Selenium helps in the absorption and production of glutathione. So make sure you’re you’re getting those things, a good vitamin A, maybe a good eye nutrient supplement. blue blockers would also probably be helpful to you. And you’ll know within a couple of months, if the cataract starts going away, you will see it. And you know, it can go either way. I do have a high percentage of people who are able to stave off cataracts. But there are other people where the cataract just keeps growing and keeps growing. And they have to get the surgery. So give it a try. It’s certainly worthwhile. And yeah, there you go. So via somebody’s asking about a vegan collagen supplement, I believe there is one out there, I can’t recall it right now. But depending on where you live, if you go to your local health food store, I know I’ve seen vegan collagen supplements that you can take. So Kathy is asking a question about dry eye dry eye syndrome.

Well, dry eye is such a big problem today. And the reason is, is because we’re staring, we’re staring we’re staring right now into our screen. We’re not blinking enough, we don’t blink enough. First of all, second of all, our eyelids may be inflamed, they may be irritated, we don’t know. But the eyelids are the place where the glands live that produced the tears that create good coverage of the cornea, we actually have two types of glands we have a meibomian gland, which is by the eyelashes, and we have a lacrimal gland which is higher up higher up on the eye in the eyelid. In any case, if there’s any inflammation in the eyelids, this is going to impede the the tear production mechanism. So your corneas are going to dry out faster. We also have to deal with the fact that in the tear production, if you’ve got inflammation in the eyelids, you may not be producing the right combination of tears. And this can create an increase in evaporation. So you do get the tears but they evaporate quickly. So you can start on a symptomatic level and the topical level where you’re hydrating your eyes throughout the day. You really have to start doing that. You know right now here in New Mexico, we’re dealing with some wildfires already. And I’m getting lots of calls from people there. Their eyes are dry, they’re getting red, and it’s from the smoke in the air. So we’re asking people to increase the application of the natural eyedrops.

There are a lot of good ones out in the on the market there are Hyla tears, which are highly erotic, it tears there’s similar liason or Optique. Those are homeopathic eyedrops, very soothing, and then the the MSM eyedrops, so you want to use eyedrops throughout the day, maybe every hour or every two hours, create a loading dose, so you’re hydrating more. Next, I would do something in the evening to see if you could support better eyelid health. This could be something like a castor oil, I massage on the eyelids, or maybe doing some kind of herbal compresses. You can do warm, you can do cool. golden seal is a really good one. eyebright is another good one.

Chamomile Tea is another good one. So you want to stay away from the pharmaceuticals because they’re going to dry your eyes out even more and they suppress your immune system. So you want to do those things topically you got to boost your omega threes, probably 2000 to 3000 milligrams a day. Have a good Omega three. And then of course, you know making sure you’re you’re eating well and anti inflammatory dialect diet. Some people do paleo, some people do Mediterranean, some people do intermittent fasting. These are all ideas, you know, based on you know, the degree of the dryness, we have to bring in our thyroid health. I think thyroid health can definitely be a player in creating dry eye syndrome. And then of course, gut health, you know, what’s the state of our gut, the state of our microbiome, and you know, these are these are good places to start. And then my dry eye exercise program. Doing eye exercises every day is a powerful way for you to be proactive in improving your vision. I’ve been doing this type of work for 30 He five years and I have seen such miraculous changes with people who have done my physical therapy program. Case after case after case.

Now you have to apply yourself you have to commit to it, you have to be diligent you have to be, you know, you have to be willing to show up every day. But if you are, you can change the patterns in your eyes. And the eyes originate from the brain. So the brain and the eyes have a relationship, they go way back to a prenatal period, where all the structures of the eyes come from the brain. Therefore, there is the potential for the eyes to improve just like the brain improves, when we stimulate and use it, you know, the eyes are only an outer representation of the brain. So that’s my hot take on dry eye. And I think I’m being called so I’m gonna have to sign off here. Please send me your questions. Hello at Dr. Sam burned.com I’ll do my best to answer them either in person or on my podcast. And check out my eye mist my MSM 15% eye mist take advantage of the sale. Alright everybody. I look forward to seeing you next week. Thanks for joining me tonight. Have a good evening.

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