March 20, 2023 - EyeClarity Podcast
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.
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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@drsamberne.com.
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, I love this one, the doctors will say, Oh, Ma, you have to wear your glasses, all the time, or your eyes will get worse. Well, that is just not true. Now, there are circumstances that you need to wear your glasses or contacts, like when you drive, that’s, you know, sensible, you should do that. Or when you’re reading or when you’re on the computer or when you’re, you know, measuring something and you need to see more detail. It’s not an all or nothing, it’s not black and white.
But when you start taking your lenses off, in non demanding and non threatening situations, something happens and what it is, is the your eyes, your mind and your brain start to see the world without the filtering system, meaning the lens that blocks or reinforces the symptoms and the visual problem that you’re going to the doctor for. And so by taking the glasses off, starting off, say don’t put them on right and when you wake up, you know, go downstairs and make your tea or coffee, do your meditation, maybe do your yoga practice without your lenses and and be mindful. Notice what you see and what you feel what you think there’s a real connection Between wearing your glasses, or your contacts, and what you think. And we did this all the time in the eye exercise where half people were opposite lens prescriptions, I know some of you go what opposite lens prescriptions. But in a therapeutic setting, when you wear an opposite lens prescription, it opens up your vision, it relaxes your mind, from having to keep your eyes in a straitjacket of seeing clearly at all costs. And you’re really stressing your eyes out. You know, when you’re fighting the blur and resisting the blur. Of course, you start this like locked in your bedroom on your meditation cushion, where there’s zero demand. That’s a rule a principle that I go by, if you’re going to, you know, take your glasses off or your contacts off.
And just notice what you see what you feel what you think. And you’re going to find over a period of time that your eyes are going to start to improve and you’re going to get flashes of clarity without your lenses. And this is the start of you then being able to go back to your doctor for your yearly eye exam. And he’s probably going to say something like, Wow, your your eyes are getting better. This happened to me all the time, when I used to do annual eye exams on people they would come in. And they would say, Doc, now this prescription is not working for me. And most people go to the idea that oh, my eyes must be getting worse, because the glasses don’t work anymore. And I would say to them, well, actually, your eyes don’t need as much prescription. And they will be shocked and appalled. But they would try on the weaker lens and they’d go wow, I can see all the way down to the bottom row of the eye chart. So this idea that if you don’t wear your glasses, your eyes will get worse is a total myth. So those are my three myths. I want to thank you very much for tuning in today on this short podcast, and I wish you the very best take care.
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