Dr Michael Lange (Eye Health, Vision, Aging and Nutrition) - Episode 44

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Dr Michael Lange is an optometrist, nutritionist and radio personality. We talk about vision, eye health, physicals, nutrition and much more.

Dr. Michael Lange, optometrist has worked extremely hard at developing one of the top eye care centers in the country. Lange Eye Care and Associates was started on March 15, 1993 by Dr. Michael Lange. Ocala Florida was his very first location and the beginning of his dream to build a state of the art eye care center utilizing the latest in technology.

Lange Eye Care has optometric physicians and ophthalmologists on staff to provide full coverage in some locations seven days a week. Michael Lange OD, CNS , the Ocala eye doctor, worked seven days a week, 18 hrs a day for the first ten years to build such an impressive organization of eye care specialists. Dr. Lange states, “If you work hard enough, long enough and truly have a passion for what you do, you will succeed.” He adds, “To be extremely successful it takes a lot of sacrifice as well”.

Dr. Lange has been hosting his own live talk radio show called “Ask the Doctor” since April of 1993. This is a live call-in show that can be heard on multiple networks throughout the South and live video streaming throughout the world via the internet and on I heart radio and In tune Radio. The talk show is all about educating the public about the latest in eye care and nutrition.

One of Dr. Lange’s first degrees is in psychology and he is also one of a select group of optometrists in the country that is a certified nutrition specialist. The combination of psychology, optometry and nutrition enables Dr. Lange to tactfully handle just about any question that comes over the air. His unique gift of discussing even the toughest questions with patients from all over the country in easy to understand terminology has made him one of the most popular talk show hosts in Florida and around the world. Dr. Lange also has a degree in physiological optics that only enhances and further qualifies him to answer a variety of questions.

He always states, “This is for educational purposes only and never replaces a comprehensive eye exam”. He lectures to doctors and the public on the importance of proper nutrition, dietary modifications and lifestyle changes for overall health and good eye health.

Dr Lange's website: http://www.langeeyecare.com/about-us/

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 44 of Behind the Shield podcast. My name is James Gearing, and I am recording
0:05.6	this a little bit early because we have a very angry young lady bearing down towards Florida named
0:10.8	Irma, and I'm going to have to go to the station in a moment and be the crew that rides it out.
0:16.2	So this week, I really wanted to delve into the world of eye health and vision.
0:21.8	This is an area that we really don't discuss very much anywhere.
0:25.3	And in the fire service specifically in the military, we touch on hearing a lot because of the
0:30.9	noise of the sirens and the weapons and all those things.
0:34.0	But eye health, vision as an obstacle getting into the career, how to change your vision,
0:41.1	how to protect your eyes themselves.
0:43.8	This is an area that aside from you need to wear safety glasses, we just don't touch on at all.
0:49.4	So this week's guest is Dr. Michael Lang.
0:52.5	He's an optometrist here in central Florida, very well
0:55.8	respected nationally and internationally, also a nutritionist and a psychology major. So a very
1:02.3	interesting perspective on overall health rather than focusing just on the eyeballs themselves.
1:08.1	So we delve in to my story, which is basically I was told as a young man in
1:13.6	England, you can never be a firefighter because you're colorblind. Absolutely BS. So we'll talk
1:19.9	about that story. And we're going to come up with some solutions to people that have things like
1:25.2	that, the trip hazards as far as entering the profession.
1:28.8	We're going to talk about how to maintain your eye health, not just with corrective lenses
1:33.0	and those kind of things, but also nutrition, hydration areas there. So that's going to tie
1:37.2	into the overall health. We're going to talk about how to protect your eyes, what kind of
1:41.6	products are out there, what to look for if you're in
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