June 14, 2022 - EyeClarity Podcast
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.
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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. Another one I would add would be gingko bilberry, these are things that help increase the retinal circulation, which is the name of the game. Now another one I like is L lysine, which is an essential amino acid. Our body cannot make lysine but it’s a very important building block for making proteins in the body. And it’s very important for retina health. Now the retina is about 50% fatty acids. So you want to make sure you’re getting
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2020 500 milligrams a day of omega threes. Again, we don’t produce Omega three, and we tend to eat too much of omega six and not enough Omega three, Omega six would be things like olive oil. So omega three is really important for macular dystrophy and just eye health in general. And then finally, my eye exercises work really well. You know, when you’ve got a vision problem, when you start doing physical therapy, you’re creating new stimulation and accessing new parts of your vision. And in doing that, it opens up the brain and the eyes and the body in terms of your movement, your memory, your depth perception, your focus, your cognitive ability. And so Consider the physical light therapy exercises. And I would do my 90 Day eye clarity program for the macular health, macular degeneration. And some of those exercises include eye stretching, enhancing peripheral vision, you know, sometimes you can reduce some of the macular deficit deficits. By increasing the awareness in your peripheral vision, we actually get depth perception from our peripheral vision, better balance, better orientation, better memory, all of those things come through the periphery.
Remember, the macula makes up less than 1% of the real estate of the retina. So even though you do have this macular dystrophy going on, if you start engaging the other 99% More, which none of us are doing, you will start to see your vision expands, you have more confidence, you feel emotionally better about it, you’re more secure, there’s more consistency, and how you see things. So the physical therapy exercises I think are critical and helping you neutralize your relationship to the macular dystrophy, and it will give you more vision. Remember to wear blue blocking glasses, this may be like blue, putting a screen blue blocking screen over your digital device or indoor wearing blue blocking glasses. I would definitely use sunglasses outside, except early in the morning or late in the day. So you’re getting some natural sunlight. Another one that’s not talked about is vitamin d3. Vitamin D is a pro hormone. And it has many positive effects like immune system health, but it also helps the retinal capillary circulation. And so looking for things that improve the microcapillary circulation of the retina is really where you need to go in being able to neutralize this condition. So that’s our show for today. I want to thank the listener for the question. I think it’s an important one. And everybody I wish you well until next time, take care.
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