Why You Must Take These 30 Nutrients to Maintain Good Eye Health

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, Medicine, 810564, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, we dive into the role of nutrition in maintaining good eye health with Dr. Rudrani Banik. You’ll hear us discuss: 1. The 30 nutrients that keep your eyes healthy 2. Macular carotenoids for eye protection 3. Why you need more than beta-carotene for healthy eyes 4. How to reduce eye strain and blue light exposure Dr. Rudrani Banik is a Board-certified Ophthalmologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist with fellowship training and expertise in Functional Medicine. Skilled in ophthalmic surgery and Botox, she specializes in treating headaches and migraines. Dr. Banik is also the author of three books on eye health and nutrition: "Beyond Carrots: Best Foods for Eye Health A to Z," "Dr. Rani's Visionary Kitchen: Over 200 Recipes For Healthy Vision," and "Dr. Rani's Plant-Based Visionary Kitchen: Over 130 Plant-Based Recipes for Healthy Vision." Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	Today on the root cause medicine podcast. Did you know that macular degeneration is the number one
0:07.3	neurodegenerative disease in the world? So the eye is a part of the brain. It's actually an
0:11.8	extension of the brain. So macular degeneration is a neurodegenerative condition. It's more common
0:16.6	than Alzheimer's and Parkinson's combined. That's how common it is. I think they estimate that about
0:21.6	11 million people in the U.S. have macular degeneration, maybe 200 million people around the world
0:26.9	have macular degeneration. It's really common. And what happens is that there are deterrentive changes
0:32.6	underneath the retina that happen. And if you think about it from a functional medicine
0:36.9	perspective, what's the
0:38.1	root cause of what's going on here? It has to do with oxidative stress. It has to do with
0:42.7	mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation. So there are these three factors that kind of work together
0:47.6	to cause changes in the maculate. Hi guys. We're back with another two-part series to share with
0:53.7	you today. We are interviewing Dr. Rudrani Banach, who also goes by Dr. Ronnie. She is a neuro-optimologist with over 20 years of experience, and she's the founder and owner of Envision Health NYC. Now, I love her book Beyond Carrots, and she's also that two other books called Visionary
1:11.4	Kitchen, where she teaches people about the importance of natural interventions like nutrients,
1:16.1	herbs, and lifestyle in helping to improve their vision and build their resilience against
1:21.3	eye disorders.
1:22.9	We're going to go through it all in this episode.
1:25.6	Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something
1:27.7	that comes up pretty often on this podcast. And that, of course, is lab testing. You see,
1:33.2	testing is one essential way to understand the root cause of an illness. If you're an integrative
1:38.0	or functional medicine practitioner, chances are you're placing a ton of orders with a ton of
1:43.4	different labs.
1:47.2	The Rup Cause Medicine podcast is created by Rupa Health.
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