S12 EP30: What Screens Are Doing to Your Eyes
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Want your vision to last a lifetime? Well if your eyes feel dry, tired, or gritty by 3 p.m., this episode is your wake-up call. Dr. Pam Theriot, an optometrist and TEDx speaker, joins us to uncover what your eyes have been trying to tell you about screen strain and those makeup wipes you are using. We dig into how nutrition, hydration, and even your nightly skincare routine affects your vision, plus simple hacks to make your eyes happy. Discover the prepare, perform, and preserve method, why you should blink more than you think, and how the right omega-3s could be your eyes’ new best friend. Your vision deserves more than neglect. Now’s the time.
Dr. Theriot’s Links:
TEDx: https://youtu.be/YuJnZgdW5Hs
(00:00:00) Welcome to the podcast. Meet Dr. Pam Theriot
(00:02:00) Training for a marathon with dry eyes
(00:04:30) The omega-3 connection to eye comfort
(00:07:15) How screens are aging your eyes
(00:10:30) The 3-step eye plan
(00:15:30) Why you need an eye doctor and not just drops
(00:19:45) Toxic ingredients hiding in your makeup
(00:25:30) Nutrition, vitamin A, and anti-inflammatory support
(00:33:30) Blue light, sleep, and your circadian rhythm
(00:36:00) The biggest mistake most people make
(00:37:39) Where to find Dr. Pam and her guides
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| 0:00.0 | But all the things that we're doing to our lashes, like permanence, like curling them and tinting |
| 0:07.0 | them, dyeing them, extending them, it's all chemicals that are really should not be up |
| 0:14.1 | close and personal to your eyeballs. So I would avoid that. Getting on a regimen that is clean makeup will actually, things that can nourish |
| 0:23.5 | your lashes will actually allow them to grow longer and stronger. |
| 0:31.7 | Hey everybody. We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past couple of months. The amount of |
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| 1:09.2 | episodes. Hi, guys, and welcome back to the Th Thick Eyes Save Lives podcast. I'm Kelsey and I am excited to |
| 1:15.9 | have our first eye specialist guest onto the podcast today. Welcome Pam Terrio. Pam, |
| 1:23.7 | welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having me, Kelsey. I'm really excited to talk about this subject. |
| 1:30.0 | We haven't covered it before, and you are a leading expert in this field. |
| 1:35.1 | And I'm, like, going to be able to go over kind of like all of your accolades. |
| 1:39.0 | But listening to your TED talk was very interesting to me because I'm health conscious. The people who |
| 1:46.1 | listen to my podcast are health conscious. And I am an eye neglecter. |
| 1:53.8 | Self-proclaimed eye-neglector. And as I started listening to your podcast, I was like, I wonder what drove her to this, |
| 2:03.9 | as I started listening to your TED Talk, I was wondering what drove you to kind of this eye |
| 2:08.3 | obsession. |
| 2:09.5 | Because I do feel like it's like the, we use our eyes obviously so much. |
| 2:14.7 | But we seem to neglect this. |
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