Dr. Jeffery Goldberg: How to Improve Your Eye Health & Offset Vision Loss

Huberman Lab

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Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 189 minutes

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In this episode, my guest is Jeffery Goldberg, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. His clinical and research efforts focus on retinal and optic nerve diseases such as glaucoma and discovering stem cell and nanotechnology treatments to cure blindness. We discuss how to maintain and improve eye health throughout life, the advantages and disadvantages of corrective lenses, including if you should wear “readers,” the use and risks of contact lenses, considerations for LASIK eye surgery, floaters, dry eye, the importance of sunlight and UV protection and specific exercises to improve eye and vision health. Dr Goldberg also explains age-related conditions: cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; and the behavioral and supplementation-based, prescription and surgical tools used to promote eye health. This episode provides essential tools for listeners of any age and background to maintain eye health and offset vision loss. For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1 (Athletic Greens): https://athleticgreens.com/huberman Maui Nui Venison: https://mauinuivenison.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/huberman Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Dr. Jeffery Goldberg (00:03:08) Sponsors: Maui Nui, LMNT, Eight Sleep (00:06:29) Childhood & Eye Exams (00:11:36) Eye Misalignment & Recovery (00:20:38) Myopia (Near-Sightedness), Children & Sunlight (00:30:04) Sponsor: AG1 (Athletic Greens) (00:31:18) Eye Safety & Protection; Eye Hygiene (00:40:07) Adults & Eye Exams; Optometrist vs Ophthalmologist (00:46:35) Presbyopia (Age-Related Vision Decline), Reading Glasses (00:54:54) Reading Glasses: Use & Recommendations (00:58:34) Night Vision & Glasses (01:02:55) Sponsor: InsideTracker (01:03:54) Corrective Eye Glasses, Exercises (01:09:52) Near-Far Exercise & Presbyopia; Smooth Pursuit Exercise & Concussion (01:13:25) Supranormal Vision & Performance Training (01:19:11) 20/20 Vision; Visual Acuity (01:24:51) Contact Lenses: Use, Risks & Aging (01:31:34) UV Protection & Cataracts, “Blue Blockers” (01:38:20) Light Sensitivity & Eye Color (01:40:29) LASIK Eye Surgery (01:46:26) Dry Eye, Tears & Age (01:53:24) Dry Eye, Serum Tears & Preservative-Free Artificial Tears; PRP (02:00:46) Vision Loss: Cataracts, Glaucoma (02:09:23) Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Dry & Wet Forms (02:14:02) Diabetic Retinopathy, Type I vs Type II Diabetes (02:18:54) Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment, Blood Pressure (02:22:17) Glaucoma Screening & Treatment (02:28:07) Smoking, Vaping & Vision Diseases; Cannabis & Eye Pressure (02:35:13) Eye Pressure & Sleep Position (02:37:48) Macular Degeneration, Optic Neuropathies & Red-Light Therapy (02:42:23) “Floaters” (02:45:29) Eye Twitching (02:48:10) AREDS2 Supplementation & Age-Related Macular Degeneration (02:53:39) Glaucoma & Vitamin B3 Supplementation (02:58:42) Retinal Imaging & Neurodegeneration Screening, Multiple Sclerosis (03:06:30) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huberman Lab podcast where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.
0:09.0	I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
0:15.0	Today my guest is Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg. Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg is the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
0:23.0	He is a clinician, an MD or medical doctor who sees patients every week, as well as a PhD,
0:29.0	meaning a laboratory scientist who directs his own laboratory focused on understanding the mechanisms and cures for diseases of the eye and vision, such as glaucoma, retinitis, pigmentosa, and macular degeneration.
0:41.0	Indeed Dr. Goldberg is one of the world leaders in developing methods to cure blindness.
0:46.0	He is also intensely knowledgeable about all things related to vision.
0:51.0	During today's discussion, we indeed cover most all of visual and eye health.
0:57.0	You will learn, for instance, about the benefits as well as drawbacks of wearing corrective lenses, such as contact lenses or eye glasses for reading.
1:06.0	You will learn about the benefits and detriment of sunlight, meaning how it can help your vision, in fact how it can help reverse or prevent myopia near-sightedness,
1:16.0	as well as the things to be cautious about with respect to sunlight in terms of development of cataracts, which are occlusions that prevent vision.
1:25.0	We also discuss many tools for maintaining and improving vision across the lifespan, ranging from behavioral tools, so specific vision tasks and exercises for the eye that you can do,
1:35.0	that are known to improve or maintain your vision, as well as specific surgical procedures, such as lactic surgery.
1:42.0	We get into all the details of, for instance, how often to do these various eye exercises, how long the benefits are maintained, as well as age-related considerations for things like lactic eye surgery,
1:53.0	we even get into how to best clean your contact lenses, whether or not to use disposable contact lenses or other forms of contact lenses.
2:01.0	We also discuss things like dry eye and the best remedies for dry eye, and we talk about the scientific and clinical data around nutritional approaches and supplementation-based approaches for maintaining and improving vision.
2:13.0	So whether or not you suffer from floaters or dry eye, or you're considering changing your eye prescription, or you have concerns about whether or not relying on corrective lenses is impairing your vision, and you want to enhance your vision,
2:25.0	or if you're somebody who has perfect vision, today's episode is going to include science and protocols that will be highly relevant to you.
2:32.0	I should also add that if you are somebody who suffers from or who has family members who suffer from diseases of the eye that can impact vision, such as glaucoma, retinitis, pigmentosa, and macular degeneration,
2:43.0	we also delve deep into the discussion about the most advanced technologies for preventing and offsetting vision loss due to those diseases as well.
2:53.0	Thanks to Dr. Goldberg's incredible knowledge, his clarity of communication, and his generosity with that knowledge.
2:59.0	By the end of today's episode, you will be armed with all of the modern information you need in order to best maintain and improve your eye and vision health.
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