Modern Eye Care: The Gut-Eye Axis, Oculomics, HRT & More
The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Kate Kresge
4.8 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This episode features Dr. Neda Gioia, OD, CNS®, IFMCP, a pioneer in integrative eye care who blends optometry, clinical nutrition, and functional medicine to advance preventive vision strategies. Clinicians will learn how gut-eye axis mechanisms, AI-driven oculomics, sex-hormone transitions, and nutrient patterns influence ocular inflammation, retinal biomarkers, and whole-system health. Dr. Gioia illustrates how modern imaging (including emerging AI models), stool and hormone testing, and nutrient evaluation can support earlier identification of risk patterns and more personalized, prevention-forward care for patients across the lifespan.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the root cause medicine podcast. I always emphasize with eye care, your vision is not |
| 0:07.7 | the reason to see an eye care provider. You can have clear vision and have a sick eye. |
| 0:17.5 | Well, hello there and welcome to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm your host for today, |
| 0:20.8 | Dr. Kate Kreske. And today we're diving into one of the most exciting |
| 0:24.0 | frontiers in modern integrative medicine, how the eye can reveal the health of the entire body. |
| 0:29.9 | My guest, Dr. Netta Joya, is a pioneer in blending optometry with functional medicine and clinical |
| 0:34.9 | nutrition. |
| 0:35.9 | Today, she's here to share how the gut eye axis, sex-specific hormone changes, and AI-powered |
| 0:42.1 | oculomics are reshaping preventive care. |
| 0:45.3 | We'll explore how microbiome shifts may influence ocular inflammation, why perimenopause |
| 0:50.4 | and menopause deserve far more attention in visual evaluations and how a simple |
| 0:55.0 | retina photograph may soon offer insights into cardiovascular, neurological, and even biological age |
| 1:01.1 | patterns. If you're a clinician who loves connecting systems and staying on the leading edge, |
| 1:06.2 | this episode will absolutely expand the way you think about ocular health and give you a whole new |
| 1:10.9 | lens for supporting your patient's metabolic and inflammatory resilience. Let's get started. |
| 1:15.9 | Before we get started though, I've got a special question for the practitioners in the audience. |
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| 1:43.4 | refills and lab ordering with interpretation, to evidence-based protocols |
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