August 30, 2021 - EyeClarity Podcast
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the benefits of fasting lately, so that’s what we’re going to talk about today. We cover the benefits of fasting, how it works, and who should do it. You might be surprised to know that it can provide more benefits than just weight loss. Enjoy the show! If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com.
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Hey, folks, it’s Dr. Sam. And I’d like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So in today’s show, I’ve been receiving a number of questions on the relationship of fasting, and improving your eyesight. So fasting is something that people do, primarily as a way to lose weight, that’s usually the primary goal. But one of the aspects of fasting that I really like, is how it can show you your eating habits. And when you start a fasting process, you’re eating fewer calories, and this will definitely help you lose weight. But it also has a very positive effect on many of your internal glands and organs, and specifically, the liver. And in studying Chinese medicine, I realized very early that if you have a healthy liver, you’re going to have better eyesight, less floaters, less deterioration in your eyesight when you go to the eye doctor. So they’re not going to keep increasing your prescription every year, reducing the risk of other eye conditions like cataracts, and glaucoma, or macular degeneration. So, fasting is definitely a procedure that has gained popular popularity, because it’s a way that you can take more responsibility for your health and wellness, without using pharmaceutical drugs, and or surgery. So I’m gonna do a
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caveat here, which is that a before before you do any kind of fasting process, I want you to go to your doctor, and make sure that he or she gives you the go ahead to do the fasting. So this particular information that I’m sharing is for educational purposes only. And it’s not a substitute for your medical care. In fact, certain people shouldn’t be fasting, you know, if you’re pregnant, if you have diabetes, or high blood pressure, or neurological conditions, or you’re just on medications, so you want to make sure that your doctor gives you the clearance. But I’m going to give you a couple of common ways that you can enter the process. And these are just examples. There are many ways to the top of the mountain, that’s a saying I use in terms of different procedures and processes. So let’s look at four ways that you could fast. The first is time restricted, which means that you eat for a limited number of hours and you fast for the rest of the day. And a common window of eating is between six and eight hours, probably the best known as 16 eight, where you eat for eight hours, and you fast for 16 hours. And this is a pretty safe process in entering the fasting procedure. So that would be the first option. The second option is called the alternate day plan. And as it says, You eat every other day because this means different days, week to week, you are fasting so like one option would be to follow it Monday through Saturday and take a break on Sunday. So the alternate day fasting would be number two. Number three is called the five colon two. And it’s similar to the alternate day, but instead, you pick two fasting days during the week. So let’s say Monday and Thursday. And or you could do two days in a row, whatever you know, works for you. And then you eat as you like for the other five days. But you restrict your calories on the off days to about 500 to 800 calories each day. And then there’s the periodic fasting and this is something that you could practice over a month you hit the off button over several days, I would say maybe as many as five days and reduce your calories, and then eat normally for the rest of the month. So fasting is something that can help
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balance out your insulin levels, it can replenish your cellular health. You know, there’s some studies that show that fasting can actually reverse the aging process. There have been a few studies in the New England Journal of Medicine that found that intermittent fasting showed benefits in health risks like heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. And some of the benefits included improving your metabolism, reducing inflammation, and lowering your blood sugar. In terms of the eyes, what I have found that doing something as simple as an intermittent fasting, can actually clear up your eyesight, improve your vitreous health, improve your lens health, reduce your dependency on your glasses. And it really can help you dissolve your stress levels. You know, one of the things I experienced when I fast is I tend to slow down it’s interesting the word fast, slow. So by slowing down, this means I’m replenishing I’m reject juvenile eating my nervous system, my endocrine system. And so, for eyesight, it can be very helpful. Now there’s one more conversation I want to have before I end the broadcast. And that has to do with something called ketones. A key driver in the benefits of fasting is called metabolic switching. And as you fast and you continue to burn the sugar, the body eventually taps the liver for energy in this process converts the fatty acids from the liver to ketones, which provides not only energy but it helps repair the cells and helps fight metabolic imbalances and a big one, and this is a big one that affects the eyes, oxidative stress. So the increase of ketones in the blood, something we call keto Genesis can also help regulate insulin while you’re not fasting. And I want to make one key point fasting does not mean starvation, malnourishment or dehydration, extreme caloric restriction actually does more harm than good. Now, in terms of fasting before you start, couple things, don’t do it if you’re under 18. If you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, if you’re diabetic or pre diabetic or insulin resistant. If you’re on any medication that you need to take with foods. If you have a seizure disorder, you work a night shift, or you operate heavy machinery at your job. So check it out, talk to your doctor, but it’s certainly one of the practices. I follow with my patients and it’ll make you feel great. So that’s our show for today. I want to thank you so much for tuning in. Take care!
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