The No.1 Eye Doctor: They’re Lying To You About Blue Light! The Truth About Floaters! Turn This Phone Setting On To Save Your Eyes!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Are we on the brink of widespread vision loss? Dr Joseph Allen reveals how we can protect our eyes and see better for life. Dr Joseph Allen is an optometrist and leading expert in eye health. He is the creator of the ‘Doctor Eye Health’ YouTube channel and host of the podcast, ‘Eye Give A Damn!’. In this conversation, Dr Joseph and Steven discuss topics such as, the link between eye health and overall health, the foods that affect your eyesight, the misconception about blue light, the impact phones and technology has on our vision, and the best supplements for eyesight. (00:00) Intro (01:36) Who Is Dr. Joseph Allen? (02:45) Is Our Eye Health Improving? (03:55) How The Environment Impacts Your Eyesight (05:02) Why We Don't Value Our Eyesight Until It's Too Late (06:15) Surprising Conditions Dr. Allen Finds During Eye Exams (10:31) Does Everyone's Eyesight Deteriorate Over Time? (12:01) Why The World's Eyesight Is Getting Worse (16:22) How Much Screen Time & Reading Is Safe For Your Eyes? (19:50) The Role Of Vitamin D In Eye Health (20:41) Can Short-Sightedness Be Reversed? (23:58) Do Eye Exercises Actually Work? (24:50) Can Your Parents' Eyesight Predict Yours? (30:11) Can We Really Do Eye Transplants? (32:02) How To Make Better Choices For Eye Health (35:02) Best Phone Features To Protect Your Eyes (39:56) Causes Of Eye Bags & Dark Circles (46:10) Do Cucumbers Really Help With Eye Bags? (48:32) Eye Bag Treatments That Actually Work (49:10) Can Red Light Therapy Improve Your Eyes? (54:10) Best Ways To Cure Dry Eyes (57:05) Can Red Light Therapy Help With Myopia? (58:42) Is It Safe To Stare At The Sun? (01:00:53) What Is Sun Gazing And Should You Try It? (01:02:06) Is Blue Light From Devices Damaging Your Eyes? (01:03:36) What’s The Best Diet For Eye Health? (01:06:53) Do Carrots Really Improve Your Vision? (01:08:26) Is Omega 3 Beneficial For Your Eyes? (01:13:48) What Is Dry Eye And How To Treat It? (01:15:30) The Best Superfoods For Eye Health (01:16:15) Does Sugar Harm Your Vision? (01:17:03) Why Diabetics Suffer More With Eye Problems (01:19:21) What Causes Eye Twitching And How To Stop It (01:21:15) What Is Glaucoma And Can You Prevent It? (01:23:32) What Are Eye Floaters And Should You Be Worried? (01:26:29) Can Pineapple Really Cure Eye Floaters? (01:29:43) What To Do If You Get Something In Your Eye (01:31:07) How Often Should You Have An Eye Test? (01:31:42) The Most Important Eye Health Tip We Missed (01:33:15) What's Your First Ever Important Memory? Follow Dr Joseph: Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/HwQGGf1GmNb Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/A5YCy57GmNb YouTube - https://g2ul0.app.link/QhMgF14GmNb Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: WHOOP - https://join.whoop.com/CEO PerfectTed - https://www.perfectted.com with code DIARY40 for 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a lot of misconceptions around how we get bags under our eyes. I always assume it's
0:03.7	their stress and I haven't been sleeping. So I did research to look into this and a lot of people don't know this, but it's actually...
0:09.9	Really? So if I never want to get bags and my eyes again, what is the natural easy solution? Try this.
0:16.2	Dr. Joseph Allen is the board certified eye doctor. Helping millions of people understand eye health and
0:21.4	unlocking the secrets behind achieving sharper
0:24.0	and healthier vision.
0:25.0	I really want to talk to you about so many misconceptions because I don't know what's true.
0:28.7	Sure.
0:29.7	Okay, so my vision loss being inevitable.
0:31.7	Is that true?
0:32.5	Unfortunately, there are changes that occur with age that will change your eyesight and vision.
0:37.0	But there's a lot of things that can help prevent and slow down progression and we'll go into them.
0:41.4	And then every once in a while my eyelid myokymia.
0:45.8	So that is your threshold of your stress.
0:48.2	Get more sleep and stop drinking so much caffeine.
0:50.3	What about blue light?
0:51.3	Is that harmful?
0:52.4	The blue light that comes from your digital screens has consistently shown in research to not increase the risk of aging eye diseases.
0:58.0	And research on using blue light glasses shows that it could just be placebo effect, but if you're worried about how blue lights
1:03.9	affecting you, just moving your phone back twice as far will decrease your blue light exposure
1:08.0	by 75%. And more people are starting to care about that eye health than ever before.
1:12.0	But is our eye health getting better or worse?
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