Interview with Margaret Romero

I had a great chat with Margaret Romero that I wanted to share. She's a functional medicine consultant specializing in things like lupus, thyroid, and GI issues. So we have a nice discussion about some of the things I'm doing especially in holistic vision care. 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! Learn more about Margaret Romero Instagram | Podcast SUMMARY KEYWORDS eyes, people, pinkeye, compresses, floaters, red light, microbiome, retina, health, vitreous, eyedrops, msm, inflammation, castor oil, reduce, called, ocular, age, helpful, study 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'd like to welcome you to another EyeCarity podcast. So today I want to share an interview with Margaret Romero. She actually interviewed me on Instagram Live recently. And Margaret. She's a really cool person. She was Columbia trained as a nurse practitioner. She's a functional medicine consultant, specializing in things like lupus, thyroid, GI issues, she's got a podcast called The sacred medicine podcast. So we have a nice discussion about some of the things I'm doing especially in holistic vision care. So I hope you enjoy it. Enjoy the show. Thanks for tuning in. 00:43 So I'm excited to talk about some of these AI issues. I see them constantly, constantly at the urgent care and I worked there when one day a week so why don't you just give us a quick, like, snippet on who you are and what you do. 01:00 Okay, so my name is Dr. Sam Berne, and I'm a Holistic optometrist. I've been in practice over 35 years, and have a lot of great methods to help people improve their vision, especially as we get older, I work with infants, elders, everybody in between. And my belief is you don't have to live out your doctor's diagnosis. And you can improve your vision at any age. I love it. So we'll leave it at that 01:30 so much for being here and sharing your wisdom with us today. So one of the things that I see so much of and tell me why this is, is pinkeye. Every, every week that I'm at the urgent care, people come in with pinkeye. And I know, you know, conventional medicine, you know, it's just a bacterial infection, and you give tobramycin or whatever bacterial drops for it. And that's it. And I want to know why I see this so much more in the winter. And it what can we do to prevent it? Is there something we can do that does not require antibacterial drops? 02:15 Sure, so pinkeye, or better known as conjunctivitis is super contagious, and especially with kids, you know, you just rub your your eye a little bit, and all of a sudden, if you've got a bacteria, and you know, this is this is related to something which I call the ocular microbiome. So we have a microbiome in the body, but we also have an eye microbiome. And so when our eyes dry out, yeah, there's I did a, a, an article in mind body green about ocular microbiome and I can send you the link. Anyway. So if your contact lens where if you use like eyedrops that have a lot of pr...