Podcast 154: Lecture

In today's episode, we talk about diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. I dig into what causes this and how to mitigate the effects of such a disease. Enjoy the show! If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS retina, cataracts, eye, vitreous, msm, diabetic retinopathy, blood vessels, health, retinal, inflammation, neuroprotective, lens, body, tiny blood vessels, work, call, suggest, acid xanthine, taurine, eyedrops 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. 00:02 Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. I'm going to take a question today but before I do that I want to make an announcement for my upcoming course on improving lens health. So anybody that's concerned that they're developing cataracts they've been diagnosed with cataracts are thinking about cataract surgery. This is a class for you. So this is a two-week extravaganza, and it starts September 11. And it will run for two weeks, you will get a lot of information on how to improve your lens health like one piece of advice I would give to anybody who's suffering cataracts is eliminate sugar from your diet. research studies have shown that if you are having difficulties with managing your glucose levels, if you eat foods that have refined carbohydrates, or sugars, you run a higher risk of developing cataracts. Let's say that you are having difficulties with dietary absorption and you suffer inflammation in your gut. This actually can start to affect your eye health, especially the lens of the eye. So a cataract is basically metabolic waste that starts to accumulate in the a vascular structure we call the lens Why is it a vascular? Because there are no blood vessels that run directly to the lens of the eye. So what this does, this sets up a situation especially as we age that you lose the ability to as we say, Get rid of the trash in the recycling bin and it builds up and this is the oxidative stress that creates a cataract. So I highly recommend this course this for everybody. If you want to prevent cataracts and keep your lenses clear and healthy. You can sign up on my website drsamberne.com on my Instagram bio, on Facebook, a lot of ways to get in touch with me. You can also email me at [email protected]. Yeah, and if you have to miss any of the classes, they will be video and audio recorded and you will have access to them. 60 days after the last class you also will receive 10% off on all my products on my webstore so check it out. Alright, today I want to take a question from Kara. And she is writing me from Instagram. Now it's interesting because in this this gal she is suffering diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. So the retinopathy part of it, of course, is in the retina. And diabetes really attacks the retina. She says that she's having bleeds in both eyes, and they've made her way to the vitreous, which is kind of the posterior two-thirds of the iPad sits in front of the retina. And she's been getting injections for the bleeding. Avastin is one and Lucentis is the other. These are common pharmaceutical drugs that are used, especially in wet macular degeneration, but any kind of retinopathy. These are the pharmaceutical drugs that are used that can slow down the degradation of the blood vessels. So she's really feeling compromised, and she's been on the ketogenic diet for a few years...