September 22, 2021 - EyeClarity Podcast
One question I get asked all the time is, ‘can you reverse cataracts.’ The answer is convoluted and isn’t the same for everyone, but here is a little bit more about my process and some steps you can take that might actually help prevent and reverse cataracts. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com.
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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@drsamberene.com. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode.
So let’s talk a little bit about, can you actually really reverse cataracts? You know, I get this question every day on social media. So you can tell from my gray hair. I’ve been doing this a few years. And when I first started out in practice, my first practice was in the Philadelphia area. That’s where I grew up in Pennsylvania. And I affiliated with a holistic eye doctor, in Philadelphia, his name was Dr. Ellis Edelman. And I started working in his practice when I was 28 years old, he was 62 at the time, and I began counseling patients when they would come for an eye exam, and I would see their cataracts.
And I would just offer them some very basic dietary recommendations. You know, like, reduce your sugar, eat more vegetables, have some berries in the summer, stop eating artificial sweeteners and processed foods. And within three months, when I’d had them come back, I find that a high percentage of people had reversed their cataracts. And so I was 2829 30 years old, just getting into practice, way back then, I saw that just by changing your diet a little bit, you could improve your lens health. And of course, today, if we fast forward, I have a lot more sophisticated techniques. So, therefore, my percentage of helping people reverse cataracts is even higher. But when I go into the literature, because I know some people like the science, Harvard Medical School, actually has a specific program called the ocular regenerative Regenerative Medicine Institute.
And they’re doing ongoing research on developing methods to regenerate eye tissues from a variety of diseases from glaucoma, macular degeneration, corneal disease, and even ocular cancer. I know most of you found out about cataracts, and you may have been surprised when the doctor told you you had cataracts because you ate pretty well, you had a pretty healthy lifestyle. And then when you ask the question, well, are there any integrative things that one can do to improve lens health, either from a preventative place or proactive place, you’re probably met with a pretty terse, know that we’re just going to watch the cataract ripen, I like to use that word ripen. And once it right ripens, we will take it out. And it’s all because of your age. So I’m going to show you a lot of ways to tap into your regenerative abilities. Now, when I lecture to regular doctors, a lot of times they start laughing when I use the words, eyes, and regeneration in the same sense sentence. But there are some scientific principles that you can’t argue with. The first is that you are not destined just by your DNA.
I often say this, that you don’t have to live out your genetic destiny. Just because your mom and dad had XYZ disease. That doesn’t mean that you’re going to get it. I’ve had 1000s of patients who’ve told me that their parents, their grandparents, all had cataracts. And yet here they’re 75 they’re 80 years old. And they don’t have cataracts. I can think of a lady right now is 82 years old. She came to see me when she was 79. She had a severe cataract in her left eye and a had cataract in a right eye.
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And she came to see me because she was really upset because her eye doctor was bullying her and forcing her into a surgical procedure that frankly, she wasn’t ready for. She was not interested in it. And so she sought me out. And within a year, cataracts in the left eye which was severe, went completely away 100% and then the right eye, the cataract one away about 99%, and she still comes to me, she’s a local Santa Fe resident, so I’m able to see her and she’s been coming to me for about three years now.
And every week I look at the lens in the right eye and it’s like 99% the cataract is gone. The left eye The lens is completely clear. So, age is not an excuse. And you can regenerate and improve not only your eyes, but your body even as you get into older age. So from the food you eat, the environment you live in the lifestyle you lead. You can improve your eyes, your vision, and this has a positive effect on your health.
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