My Recommendations for Best’s Macular Dystrophy Disease

Best's Syndrome is macular dystrophy involving part of the retina. So today we will cover what it is, what some of the symptoms are, and how you combat it. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS macular, retina, zeaxanthin, important, vision, lutein, dystrophy, omega, acid xanthine, called, physical therapy, peripheral vision, macula, vitamin, fat-soluble vitamins, remember, eye, exercises, neutralize, health 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]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey everybody, it's Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So today I'm going to take a question from a listener who's got a condition called Best's syndrome. And this is a macular dystrophy. It involves the part of the retina called the retinal pigment epithelium. And it leads to lesions that start to surface in the macula area. And then we know the macula is the center part of the retina. It's where we see detail and color vision. So we call this condition best vitelliform macular dystrophy. And it's a hereditary condition. It's actually due to a mutation in the VMD two gene. And the mutation can only be transmitted by one patient, one parent. Without a family history of breast disease, about 25% of the best patients will have this genetic mutation. So it's important to get genetic testing early. There are different stages of this macular dystrophy. So it's important to get diagnosed early, we start to see this in children and you start to lose your sense of vision, your your visual acuity, and it can be very disconcerting. So here are some things that you can do to neutralize the deterioration of the best macular dystrophy, adding certain nutrients like lutein, zeaxanthin, acid Xanthine. These are Corrado noids that are very important to protect the macula. Remember, the macula is made up of cones. It's the part of the retina that doesn't get direct blood supply. And so it's more vulnerable to things like ultraviolet light blue light, oxidative stress, inflammation. And so increasing your lutein, zeaxanthin and ask the Astra Xanthan are essential for slowing down this condition. 16 milligrams a day of lutein, six milligrams a day of Xanthine 12 milligrams a day of Astra Xanthine. You can also get the lutein and zeaxanthin through your colorful vegetables red, orange, yellow, green, and with acid Xanthine. You get that through a marine carotenoids. So that's where salmon and you need to be careful about what you're doing there in terms of what kind of salmon you're getting. And, you know, making it as free as possible from heavy metal toxicities if you're going to do seafood. Vitamin A is also very important and zinc helps in the absorption of vitamin A. And vitamin A, lutein, and zeaxanthin are fat-soluble vitamins. Where you either need to meet eat a meal where there's some healthy fats, or supplement with omega-three fatty acids, or to make sure your liver gallbladder are working well remember the liver produces the bile and the gallbladder stores the bile and if you haven't low bile, that's going to affect your ability to absorb the fat-soluble vitamins like vitamin A important for the retina, lutein and zeaxanthin. Some other less well known nutrients. One is called vinpocetine vinpocetine. And this is from a Periwinkle plant. And it's used as a cognitive protector anti aging agent, but it enhances blood flow. And I would probably add.