3 Myths About Our Eyes

Today I am sharing 3 common myths I hear about our eyes. These are super common ideas that I hear all the time, so let's debunk them. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. If you have any questions, submit them to [email protected] or you can now text me! Text ‘Join’ to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask your questions! SUMMARY KEYWORDS eyes, glasses, prescription, lens, doctor, myth, lenses, genetics, wear, eye exam, myths, neutralize, contacts, reversing, genes, clarity, cataracts, magnification, vision, improve 00:01 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 [email protected]. Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity Podcast. Today I'm going to talk briefly about three myths that you might hear from your eye doctor that actually aren't true. So here's Myth number one, the eyes can only deteriorate as you age. Well, I think that this is a real disservice, that's done to people. Because a lot of times when people start developing eye problems, especially over the age of 50, the company line by doctors is, well, it's just age, your eyes are only gonna get worse. And clinically, you know, being in practice for over three decades. I have a lot of patients in their 60s 70s 80s and even early 90s that are improving their vision, things like reversing cataracts, reversing macular degeneration, neutralizing or reversing glaucoma. Those are the main ones, but even reducing their dependency on glasses, you know, I have an 84 year old right now, who's gone from a really strong progressive lens magnification prescription, wearing it full time to now she's just using her computer glasses and a reading glasses. But her prescription keeps going down, it's kind of funny, because every six or eight weeks, she comes in and says, you know, I can't see out of these glasses. And when I do an exam on her, I go, Wow, your eyes are actually getting better. And we have to keep reducing the magnification. She's 84 years old. And I have hundreds of people probably at this point 1000s of people who've been able to improve their vision as you get older. So there's this myth that's perpetuated that the eyes only deteriorate as you age. Hey, it's not really true. Alright, here's Myth number two genes are the only factor that affect eye health. Well, you know, in the mainstream, epi genetics, has really become popular with a lot of functional medicine doctors, holistic physicians, scientists. And what epigenetics really says is that the environment can change the way your genes express. So this idea that well, because your mother or grandmother or great grandmother had XYZ condition, that certainly doesn't mean that you're going to get it now. There's some tendencies there. So you can be proactive, you can change your lifestyle, your diet, your stress response, your sleep. And in doing those things, you can change the way your genes express themselves. And I'm speaking specifically about your eye health, but it could be throughout your entire body. So when the doctor says, Well, you've developed cataracts and runs in your family, it's all genetics. That's false, that's not really true. You There are many, many things that you can do just eat better, more antioxidants, wear blue blockers get out in the natural sunlight, you know, there's so many things that you can do to neutralize genetics. So that's number two. And then Myth number three,