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Why do you constantly beg for subscribers? If we find value in your videos we will like and subscribe. Getting tiring hearing it on every video. You wanted 7 million subscribers now you need 10 million??
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For those of you who don't feel like watching the whole video ... This video debunks common myths about eye health, especially around blue light and floaters. Contrary to popular belief, blue light from screens doesn’t increase the risk of eye diseases, though it can affect sleep. To reduce blue light exposure, simply increase the distance between your eyes and screens. As for floaters, they’re usually harmless but could occasionally signal a retinal tear, so regular eye checkups are essential. Eye health is also strongly influenced by lifestyle. Spending more time outdoors can slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia), which is expected to affect 50% of the global population by 2050. A Mediterranean diet, rich in leafy greens and fish, helps reduce the risk of age-related eye diseases like macular degeneration. Lastly, annual eye exams can detect early signs of serious conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and even brain tumors. Take care of your eyes - they’re your window to the world!
The best part is at the very END. He was not seen by his parents as a child and he grew up to be an eye doctor to make sure that everyone can SEE ❤ Thank you 🙏🏻
Our doctor ignored my mother's chronic migraines for nearly 10 years. Tried telling her it was basically in her head because she didn't really respond to the pills he kept prescribing. After 10 years, she gave up hope. We were about to fly abroad to visit my grandparents in a couple weeks, so she decided to go get new glasses. The optometrist took one look in her eyes with a light, told her to cancel our flights and go straight to the hospital. She immediately began making phone calls to ensure my mother would be seen. She had a 6 inch diameter brain tumor that would likely have killed her with pressure changes on the flight. My brother and I were 13 and 14 and she might have died next to us on an 8 hour flight. Our optometrist saved her life. Our doctor was pissed and asked my mother why she hadn't gone to him. Like dude, you had 10 years to figure this out (the surgeon confirmed it was slow growing and had likely been there for a decade). He wasn't entirely wrong I guess. It was all in her head. 😅🤦♀️
My goodness, I clicked on this video for information about eye floaters and just had the most amazing experience to be a part of a fascinating conversation between two intelligent and sensitive men. I almost gave up a couple of times and I’m so glad that I stayed till the end of the video to listen to the question posed and to the heartfelt, amazing response. Thank you so much for posting this.
I was thinking that this must be the only eye doctor that doesn't wear glasses, but then he mentioned at the end of the interview that he does actually wear contact lenses. His interest in his own eye health and his experiences with other eye doctors inspired him to want to help other people. Lovely guy. Great interview 👌🏾
I had coke bottle lense glasses from age 13. At 45 I had LASIK surgery (my surgeon was Dr Peter Campbell a protégée of the late great Professor Fred Hollows …lucky me). I had one eye done for close up & the other for distance. Ever since, I’m now 65, I can see leaves on the very top of trees clear as a bell, and can thread a needle. (If the lighting is very poor I use magnifying reading glasses occasionally.) It changed my life and has not changed now for 20 years. So blessed.
I'm considering LASIK to correct the need for reading glasses. They suggested this same procedure. I don't understand how one out being fine tuned and the other not ...works.
@@johngatsby1473 The brain is a truly amazing organ! It adapts. I was able to drive the next day! They give you drops to use for a week or so afterwards. Seriously, do not hesitate. The procedure doesn’t hurt and only takes about 20 minutes.
@@bster007"There are no reliable scientific studies to show that oil pulling reduces cavities, whitens teeth or improves oral health and well-being,” according to the American Dental Association.
What a wonderful soul is Dr. Joseph Allen! His honesty and passion brought me to tears a couple of times. For more empathetic doctors like him in this world!
Ive been following him for a while now. Hes truthful and informative. I suffer from dry eye and starting HRT made it worse but I cannot abandon the HRT due to the health improvement for menopausal symptoms. Unfortunately I seem to be the odd woman whose dry eye got worse with the re-introduction of the hormones. Ive seen 6 neurologists and optho-neurologists, dermatologists, optometrist, psychologist, you name it. No real help. @DoctorEyeHealth
@DoctorEyeHealth Joseph, I have the utmost respect not only for your incredible wealth of knowledge as an optometrist but because at the end of the interview, you dared to be honest and showed your vulnerability! This is, as Brene Brown calls it "daring greatly": the courage of showing up and letting ourselves be seen. There is a quote in one of her books that always resonates with me when I too, felt/sometimes still feel I don't belong/am not good enough: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly" Please continue to be an inspiring leader not only in sharing your knowledge but in being your authentic self!
Ultimate in sincerity and genuine concern that others might learn from his experience. WIsh all doctors could behave like this. Wish we all could behave like this. Unfortunately in the transactional world of health care they don't have the time, even if they wanted to.
Eye flutter. Good term for intermittent eye twitching. I've done some experimenting with this. I first rigged up apiece of plex and a mirror so the eye with a light shining on it was duplicated. So if the light was on your left eye what you would see with both eyes is two left eyes but symmetrical just like looking into a mirror. If you closed the right eye, you'd still see two open eyes. And if you closed the left eye... you'd be looking at two closed eyes. I used mirrors because 15 years ago latency lag in video was too long to trick your brain. This was of course an application of Dr Ramachandran's phantom limb pain therapy. It worked. The condition I was playing with was that minor eye twitching we get from time to time. In the past washing my face, eye drops, taking a nap or just waiting would make it go away. When I tried the mirror trick, doubling the non twitching eye, it went away, and even though I didn't wash, etc.. and it didn't come back. Later, after reading 'Cross your arms and trick the pain,' in a Hilary Mantel novel I tried using a finger of the hand from the twitching side to very lightly rub the same area of the non twitching eye. Information, feeling it, not massaging it. This too worked. Basically I was feeding a signal to the other side of my brain and probably overriding the twitch loop. What I also noticed as I did these things is that the frequency of eye twitching seemed to almost completely go away. It was like I was learning to turn off the twitch loop. What I surmised is that when our eye or face has a minor twitch, whatever caused it isn't as critical to it continuing to twitch then that it's twitching. It continues twitching because it's twitching. This seems to also happen with hiccups. Tinnitus which I have more frequently as I age also goes away if I rub, other hand again cross body, gently right in front of the ear that isn't ringing. If they're both ringing it still works doing each in turn. A more known method is to gently tap on the base of your skull in the back. But my tinnitus is minor, but it also comes back, so I almost never bother.
I'm a 78 yrs old non smoker, had floaters for donkeys yrs. Solution for me: Cut down on alcohol & keto diet with eggs every day. My supplements include zinc, omega3, benfotiamine (B1). Been floater free for 10 yrs.
I developed floaters about 2 years ago, first in one eye, and then the other. At the beginning of this year I went carnivore, gave up most plant foods. I've been detoxifying from plant oxalates, mostly from my eyes, but my floaters have almost completely gone. I've also reversed my pre-diabetes symptoms and lost some weight very easily. I'm not surprised that going keto has improved your health. We now eat an unnaturally high amount of carbs, our species has been eating mostly meat and fish etc for the majority of our evolution.
Wow I did not expect that last question to be answered with the depth, vulnerability and sharing invaluable early experiences that I (and likely many people here!) can relate/connect with. Thank you Joseph, Steven, the team recording & editing behind the podcast, and the community here, for creating and sharing space for these conversations. 😊
Thank you so much! I felt a bit vulnerable after that but I have spent some good time reflecting and journaling and it's helped me to dig deeper into what experiences have influenced who I am. Appreciate that you found value in me sharing it. Cheers
@@DoctorEyeHealth Joseph, I have the utmost respect not only for your incredible wealth of knowledge as an ophthalmologist but because at the end of the interview, you dared to be honest and showed your vulnerability! This is, as Brene Brown calls it "daring greatly": the courage of showing up and letting ourselves be seen. There is a quote in one of her books that always resonates with me when I too, felt/sometimes still feel I don't belong/am not good enough: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly" Please continue to be an inspiring leader not only in sharing your knowledge but in being your authentic self!
Same surprise at the end! It was really powerful and profound and stopped me in my tracks. I didn't move while listening to it. Steven really brings this out of people because he's such an empathic listener.
Awesome podcast. Thank you. I am 67 and learned so much. Joseph is amazing. I was so emotional at the end when he spoke about his early life and loneliness. What a lovely man, and ironical that his early life paved the way for his brilliance today.
Listening to Dr. Allen was not only informational for me, but revealed to me what I'd been experiencing all my life; the lack of value and self-worth, I finally understand the why of a lot of things in my life. I would just like to thank him personally for his honesty and willingness to share so much of his personal life experiences because I have a new perspective and new outlook on life( I am crying). Thank you so much, you've no idea of what an impact listening to you has had on my life at 65 years old. You are a brilliant doctor and a wonderful person and I sincerely hope that life is all better now and I... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
I just want to hug all the inner children out there who wanted nurturing and encouragement when it was most needed. When my daughter was growing up I always made a point of telling her "YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE." You know why? Because I never heard it once when I was growing up.
This is one of the many things I loved about my Dad. He lost his job for "spending too much time" on patients. He knew that the machines were not always as thorough as him manually checking patients and asking them questions, getting to know them, making sure nothing neurological was happening as well. He got a new company to hire him within 2 weeks called, My Eye Doctor.
Thanks! I'm a person with any eye problems and am partially blind being able to read fingers at a max of about 4 ft from my face. This was a fantastic interview. People should really take this to heart and reflect and do everything possible to preserve your vision.
Absolutely, I'm so glad I discovered Dr. K and specially Steve's Channel a year ago while being still a young 22yrs old guy, so much stuff I'm glad to find out early c:
41:20 - beautiful story of how his optometry came about. Interestingly desiring to be "SEEN" and mattering is also interesting when it comes to EYE SIGHT and optometry! If you are blind, you can not "see". If you ignore and deny another, you can not "see" them as they are INVISIBLE TO YOU! His profession of vision and his personal stance is so linked together and the desire for everyone to see and to be seen is very deep!
My partner is legally blind due to Stargardts disease. Him & all of his siblings lost their vision before they were all 10. It’s genetic. Both parents have to carry it to pass it..
I've watched Dr. Allen before (since I have dry eye and he has presented great info on the condition). But in this interview, I saw him in a whole new light ... especially in the last part where he answered the question left by someone else. He sounds like an honest, all-round great guy. i wish him continued success.
I have been subscribed to Dr. Allen's Doctor Eye Health for quite some time and he is my "go to" for eye health information. I enjoyed this interview with him so much. What an incredible man. My admiration for him has grown even more.
Love how some of these questions reach deep within the guest, and really make an impact - like the closing question here. Incredible to get to watch people opening up like that. Just stating the obvious, you have a real gift for this Steven.
My life was saved by my eye doctor. He urged me to dilate my eyes and he found signs of what he thought might be diabetic retinopathy. I was not diabetic. Turned out I had Chronic Myloid Leukemia (CML). The few symptoms I had were explained away by my 3-4 days a week in boot camp fitness. If I had ignored it, it would have gone acute and I would likely be dead by now. I take a pill every day and live my life with a normal life span. I am currently fighting meibomian gland dysfunction. But understanding it really makes a difference! I’m managing it much better and have no damage to the surface of my eye! Still fighting the blurry eyes daily. But there is hope.
@@MyFocusVaries I’ve had good luck with 8 min hot eye compresses every morning followed by eyelid massage. Then at night I use a peep club eye wand thingy that has heat, vibration and red light.
😢I am wondering about the excess of tears without emotion. It is so constant that I have to constantly dab my eyes with a tissue. Skin around the eye is dry and increase in puckering/wrinkles. This is happening in only left eye now.
That deep dive at the end about remembering feeling worthless and unloved. Rings true for heap's of us. You did things differently than the ones who opened you up to self doubt. They are actually a gift in our life. Causing us to grow and expand and create a better us and world. Love the ripples. You are wise beyond your years. Thank you for not only helping us to see 🙈 better but also to track underlying illness and stomp out the issue before it causes more damage. Namaste 💖🙏🏻💖
Interesting points! It’s amazing how much misinformation is out there. 'Health and Beauty Mastery' by Julian Bannett totally changed my perspective on what we’re told about health and wellness. Highly recommend for anyone who wants the full story!
This man deserves a serious hug and reminder that he is MORE than enough. Also so true Doc, as soon as I got contacts, I became confident and then immediately became good looking!
Sorry to hear that Dr Josep Allen was bullied by his elder brother when he was young. I was also bullied by my family members when I was a kid. Hope he can move on and forget all these unpleasant memories. Take care！ 🙏
Dr Joseph, so sorry you felt this way. You have value, you are enough just exactly as you are. Thank you for all your information and help. So appreciated.
I used to have a lot of eye floaters and when I started using castor oil on my lashes to help them grow, the floaters went away!! I don't know for sure, but the floaters never came back. Love the Doctor.
Pushing the screen back when I work from home and wearing under corrected by -.25 to credit my vision to 20/25 has me at 20/30 without glasses. I was at 20/70 last year.
I was fitted for contacts at 13 - I’m so old, they were “hard” lenses due to astigmatisms - and I can remember on the way home, telling my mom, I didn’t know pine trees had needles for leaves - I had never seen them before! Can truly empathize with the thick glasses issues and how contacts so greatly help with self image. TFS.
This was my experience with my first eye exam at 8-9 years old! Leaves had edges, multiple edges. Trees were not just green globs. My mom cried, though, because I could, "Never be pretty with glasses!" Years later, I had cataract surgery. When I left the clinic, I saw birds flying over a nearby estuary and stopped in my tracks. They were beautiful. I had missed seeing them for years, but without knowing it.
That sounds like my nephews. They were born with extreme myopia. It’s genetic. The older boy’s poor eyesight wasn’t detected until he started school. Despite high intelligence and an advanced vocabulary, he was failing all his classes except for P.E. His teacher noticed him squinting, so she moved his seat to the front of the room. When he still squinted and his grades did not improve, she notified my sister. She took him to the GP who referred him to a pediatric ophthalmologist. He got glasses, those really thick Coke bottle kind made of real glass. On the way home in the car, he made all kinds of amazing discoveries, like leaves on trees, wires on telephone poles, he could see the people in other cars, see letters on street signs, see the lights going on and off on traffic lights! He was so enthralled he wanted to wear them to bed so he could see his dreams better! His school performance immediately improved. He was able to catch up to above grade level in a three months. He recently turned 55 and wears glasses to this day. When his brother was born, my sister had him tested when still in infancy. He got baby glasses, by then plastic lenses were just becoming available. He, too, was myopic and also wears glasses.
Thank you for telling your early youth story. I can relate to the brother who bullied. You are so worthy of all the things life has to offer. You are helping ppl to learn how important their eyes are, and what affects them. My best to you.
Best answer to the final question of the interview. What an honest, genuine answer that reflects how many of us have felt at sometime in our lives. Such awareness around the human experience... beautiful.
I absolutely LOVE Dr Allen. He was my eye doc at his former clinic. He was so compassionate, truly heard me, and wrote up a detailed summary to send my primary documents doc to help me figure out what is going on in my health. I miss him. He truly is one of a kind and in so happy he gets to help so many others with his knowledge.... while still seeing people in a small Midwestern town. I still go to that clinic. We talk about him. He's missed.
The thing with these interviews is I never get enough, especially as background learning (listening when I'm working), except when it's Jordan Perterson on the seat. He is always worth a watch. Amazing job here. Always lots to learn.
1.42:45 I am crying. Such a brilliant, beautiful man should never have been made to feel unwanted. Thank you for dedicating your life to helping others. You are worthy!
What an inSIGHTful interVIEW! I will FOCUS more on my eyecare. - very eye awaking today. Thank you Dr. Joseph❣️ We see you… you are bringing so much value - God CLEARLY has His hand on your life. 🙏🏼
OMG - I am a subscriber to Dr. Allen's channel. Have always enjoyed him, but listening to the answer to the question left for him I AM IN LOVE! Thank you.
Thank you for hosting this amazing speaker. How brave of this scientist to promote his findings among all the naysayers. I have a degree in biology and clinical nutrition and have followed these ideas all my life. As a result, I have reversed many, various conditions that cropped up over a lifetime. My favorite comment from a family doctor, upon seeing that I dropped my A1C from 6.3 to 5.8 was ," How did you do that?" I wanted to say,, " No thanks to you!" I always get copies of my labs and review them myself because over the years, I have yet to have a doctor that evaluates the results as I do. Very sad indeed. Thank you again!
Wow... how Dr Allen was incredible, how much strength he has to be vulnerable and honest when he answered the previous guests question really hit home for me. I love all the eye care information! Thank you!!
When I worked in an ophthalmologists office it was truly life changing, I will never take my vision for granted after what I saw. Take care of your vision and health 💕
One day I noticed that I had a blind spot in my vision. I did a little test by moving my hand while keeping one eye closed and noticed I lost my hand on the upper right side. I don't know why but my little voice told me call he eye doctor. I called immediately and they had me come in ASAP. within 10 minutes my eye doctor told me I needed to a Retina specialist and that I would be having surgery within 3 hours. My Retina was tearing and could detach is what I was told. I had Retina surgery that morning. I was so scared. My doctor told me I was extremely lucky that I noticed such a change in my vision and had I not noticed it most likely my retina would have detached and I would have lost my sight in that eye. They did all 4 procedures to make sure my Retina would stay intact and recovery was HELL. It has been 6 years since my surgery and everything is good. I did develop cataracts which is quite common after Retina surgery.
There’s a simple chart, a grid with a red dot in the center. You can test yourself, each eye separately then both together. It’ll detect retina problems as well as macular degeneration, also, simple astigmatism.
Oh your story at the end bought tears to my eyes Your amazing and wonderful Look after yourself my stress caused a mini stroke in my 50’s then this year a twisted bowel and l eat healthy and exercise. My son said mum your stressful life from birth then marriage etc and lots of trauma is a play in your body. Last 4 months lm meditating and breathing eating well and exercising and living a happier life with no more therapist as it was keeping me thinking of my past. Meditation never done and breathing exercises l feel like a new woman 😊
Many thanks The diary of CEO. Since I’ve started watching ur Channel I become more powerful in terms of many ways in life. I’ve been stuck with many things of struggle but I’m grateful for this channel has been helped me a lot throughout my bad moments.
I totally understand how Dr Allen felt as a kid. I have lived those feelings most of my life. Change from that is hard. Thank you for validating this sad fact ❤
Traditional doctors in India explain reversal possibilities of myopia in children by simple eye exercises of looking at an object close by and then focusing on something far away alternatively 25/50 times twice a day.. The eye muscles get lazy since we are no longer seeking food or looking for threat. So outdoor for 2 hrs would help. Unfortunately traditional ayurveda and traditional doctors are no longer in favour. Personally 25 years ago this helped reduce the number by 2 points. The near sighted number reduced but the axis and cylinder number appeared.
@nonlinearthinking thank you for this information. Ayurvedic medicine knew that the lymphatic system extended into the brain, modern medicine only 'discovered' it about 10 years ago! Modern day scientists have way too much faith in what they refer to as 'their knowledge'.
We've been doing this in America decades ago. I was wearing glasses at 5. I was on an eye exercise regiment for 3 years. I'm 51 and haven't needed glasses since I was 8 years old. However my siblings developed eye issues several years later. They weren't given eye exercises and they still wear glasses till this day. When I was a kid doctors tried to cure. Somewhere along the way optometry became a money grabbing industry.
I felt that the last few minutes of the podcast was the most "eye-opening" experience. 01:33:49 , thank you for that Dr. Allen. I share very similar experiences growing up.
1:41:20 - beautiful story of how his optometry came about. Interestingly desiring to be "SEEN" and mattering is also interesting when it comes to EYE SIGHT and optometry! If you are blind, you can not "see". If you ignore and deny another, you can not "see" them as they are INVISIBLE TO YOU! His profession of vision and his personal stance is so linked together and the desire for everyone to see and to be seen is very deep!
I have Retinitus Pigmentosa and I didn’t see any section about it to my knowledge. I know it’s somewhat rare but definitely needs to be checked. I didn’t know I had it until I lost the majority of my peripheral vision.
That is so very kind of you to say. My grandfather and father always placed a high value on intellect and education, and I think I have always tried to make them proud. Cheers.
Spectacular interview and exploration of the subject matter as always. Final question and answer were just so open and sincere. I'm constantly impressed by the interview style and the benefits of letting the person completely answer the question without interruption or interjecting ones own notions before the answer is completed. Huge Life Lesson there. Kids today.... I'll leave it at that. We learn by listening and demonstrate that we highly value that person by doing so. Just so impressed. Thanks as always for the effort that you and your team put forth to make this channel a great success.
It's amazing that this doctor cared so much about this patient that he followed up with her. I was told i have blood behind my eye years ago. I didn't really have money to further check but I did go once for further exam and they basically said they thought it might just be some dried up blood and will go away. I didn't go back. I still have problems with that eye where i can't see clearly like something is in it. I get pain around it and headaches. I was checked for diabetes back then andthe blood work came back fine . I know something is wrong but i can't afford to do anything. I have high pressures too
My ophthalmologist told me to stave off cataract surgery until I’m much older and “blinder” because it’s a once in a lifetime surgery. He also told me that my body can cloud the new lenses quickly and then I would have vision issues sooner and become blind sooner before my normal age would have created. I’m 56. Everyone is different. I’m happy for you though.
Using glasses to correct vision locks in the deformation of the eyeball and causes problems to only get worse. People need to learn to relax and exercise their eyes rather than running out and being fitted for glasses when they begin to have vision issues. See William Bates MD, Better Eyesight without Glasses.
This is a surprisingly good interview with Dr. Allen. He really underlined the importance of eye health and how it relates to the mind and body. The last closing question was very insightful and I believe anyone can relate to his feeling as a child, especially outcasts or 'nerds.' Kids can be judgemental and cruel, and just wearing glasses would knock you down a few pegs. When I transitioned to glasses in 5th grade during the 90s, there was only a handful of kids in my school that had them. Unanimously they were all quiet, socially anxious, and avoided. That is very much the person I was in school. But it was better than not being able to see, it was very jarring when my eyesight became unmanageable. I was incredibly versed academically and have been able to help people in result.
I am grateful for the opportunity to learn more about eye health. I am a diabetic with retinopathy, and in 2021, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, I suddenly lost vision in my right eye. My eye vessels were bleeding, and I was in significant pain. I underwent cataract surgery on both eyes and received six anti-VEGF injections (Lucentis). I couldn’t see for a month and became nearsighted. I now have a monofocal lens from the cataract procedure. In 2023, I had an eye stroke in my left eye, and now I cannot see due to blood covering the retina. My retina specialist has recommended a vitrectomy, but I am concerned about the risk of losing vision in both eyes if I proceed with the surgery. It has been difficult to accept my limited vision, but I am grateful that I can still see my daughter and continue working despite my condition. I would like to know if there are ways to slow the progression of the bleeding in my eye vessels without surgery, as the procedures and aftercare are also costly.
Wonderful guest; he is informative, insightful, and a very clear communicator. Please have him back at least annually for updates on eye health and vision related issues.
Drinking A table spoon of apple cider vinegar in water every morning got rid of my floaters and I believe improved my eyesight. Prob cause the floaters are gone
Push your screen back. Simple hack to avoid close up. Also I wear under corrected glasses by -.25 to correct my vision to 20/25. I was 20/70 visions and now at 20/30 from doing this.
I developed a large amount of floaters, to the point they were interfering with my vision. I was refered to a retina specialist. He assured me it was correctable, and had performed numerous surgeries. Had one eye corrected , and the following month the other eye. That was over 7 years ago, and no problems since. He was a great Doctor !!
Great interview, no pun intended but it really opened my eyes to the importance of eye health. What really got me though, was his reply to the question left by the previous guest at the end, holy heck that hit home on levels i wasn't expecting. Thanks for what you do sir, truly appreciate it
When I was 11 years old, I saw floaters while looking in a medicine box mirror. I found that moving my eyes could affect the floaters. I am now 77 years old and still have floaters and can change my focus to see them. Am I weird? I truly enjoyed this posting. Please 🙏 keep us informed on what is going on with us.
i have been doing the same thing, and depending on the light, the floaters become quite three dimensional, have played with my floaters since my teenage years, am 60:now.
They are also building smaller houses with small living rooms so we sit closer to the TV. They keep making the streets smaller, often one-way in our neighborhoods, so we're extra stressed and spend less time looking in the distance. This doctor is really good! To hear that this handsome man had a lonely childhood where he did not feel he mattered, is heartbreaking. Yet, he triumphed over that through therapy and became the beautiful soul that he is today, who helps every person in the world with his knowledge. So inspirational! Thank you for making this video!
Growing up in the late 60's and 70's, at school it was so unusual for anyone to wear glasses that I can still remember the one person who did. If we weren't in class we were playing sport outdoors. No screens of course and life was also much slower paced and far less stressful.
Somebody not wearing glasses doesn't mean that they couldn't improve their sight with glasses. I went through full school + university before getting glasses for a hereditary condition I've had all along. All your anecdote says is that people didn't get glasses for some reason or another, that doesn't inherently mean that they had better eyesight. It's the same with many other non-deadly illnesses. A higher rate of treatment can mean that either a) it indeed has a higher rate of occurrence, but it can also mean that b) people are more likely to get themselves checked, c) it is being diagnosed more accurately, or d) it is being treated more often after having been diagnosed.
@@pmHidden where I come from we had school health checks in those days - sight, hearing and vaccinations. If anyone had a problem it was picked up early.
Outdoor time is the only place to get intense infared wavelengths. And the only place to get UV range. A B and C. I blame the lack of uv in our eyes being a monumental problem. Jack kruse educated person here. Love that man
Great information thanks 😊 I use Organic Castor Oil for my Dry Eyes and it works better than eye drops for me. Plus l would rather have something natural for my eyes I rub castor oil on my eyelids when l go to bed with castor oil and helps me sleep as well I have had stressful life and inflammation in my body this would be a reason for my dry eyes. Castor Oil penetrates through the skin.
Pure Castor oil got rid of my dry eyes completely. Just putting it on my eyelid at night healed it in less than a week. I wasn't even trying to get rid of dryeye.
I have blue eyes and I always thought them to be sensitive to sunlight. I always wore sunglasses since childhood, but I stopped wearing them altogether last year and my eyes adjusted very well. I live in a bright desert climate and being outside without sunglasses does not bother me at all. This is particularly convenient for riding a bike, because my presbyopia now prevents me from seeing my cycling computer without glasses. Now I just ride in my bi-focal glasses without any tint or transitions... We've been lied to about cholesterol, red meat, sunlight, blue light. I even started tanning outside again. I hope we can also discuss how Daylight Savings (another government promoted scam) is affecting our health.
Thank you so much for this fascinating video! I am a 68 year old woman who has been careful with my eyes over the years. Getting an eye exam is so important. I hope that our government can add vision and dental to our health benefits sooner, rather than later. I have to pay out of pocket, since I can't afford a decent vision/dental insurance. It's difficult on a fixed income and Medicare does not cover those important aspects of our health and our lives in general. I have to choose eating over that kind of insurance. It's not right that we as American's have to suffer because basic vision/dental is not affordable to so many of us. Both are such a critical aspect of having a decent time in our golden years. It's just so basic. We can do better! Keep up the great work that you do on your channel! WE need this!
Thank you so much for this video! Having worked with over 30K clients over 10+ years, we are thrilled to see information on eye health being talked about more in the public sphere. Eye health is of utmost importance to us on a daily basis. It would be wonderful if as much emphasis is as put on dental health, skin health, etc. is put on proper eye health. Note: There are only so many topics in eye health that can be covered in one video, however one very important thing we would have loved to have seen discussed in this video is routine eye hygiene. In our experience, very few people understand basic eye hygiene and how to properly take care of their eyes on a daily basis. We are taught how to brush and floss our teeth, apply sunscreen properly, etc. but very rarely are we taught how basic eye care. It would be so helpful for so many people. Keep up the great work you are appreciated!! 💕💕 @DoctorEyeHealth @TheDiaryOfACEO
Really helpful advice, thank you! I think Dr Allen is definitely an overcomer and I'm so proud of how far he has come on his journey. It just goes to show that challenges and hard times can still bring the best out of us. Like many things in life, I think we sometimes take our eyesight and good vision for granted. I became more aware about the importance of looking after my eyesight after my parents developed diabetes. Taking my mum to her annual eye check ups made me realise how blessed I am to have good vision. There are some things that doctors can't treat, so it's definitely worth protecting and taking good care of them, as best as we can ❤️
I’ve got a favour to ask! If you enjoy this, please double check that you’ve liked the video and subscribed to the channel! Thats a small way you can help us carry on doing this ❤️🙏🏾 really appreciate you!
Why do you constantly beg for subscribers? If we find value in your videos we will like and subscribe. Getting tiring hearing it on every video. You wanted 7 million subscribers now you need 10 million??
@@Pepper.123 had a bad day ?
you inspire me everyday sir! I just started watching your podcasts... Please put a donation button . This is podcast are priceless and i know i will be rich in a few months and years because of the insights I am getting here. God bless you and your family!❤❤
Can you invite someone who says that he cured his Myopia and taught others to do the same? I think they should be able to speak for themselves.
I'm a subscriber from almost a year, dear Steven. I love your podcast. I learned many things about health, brain, the science of happyness, healthspam and many other subjects ❤
For those of you who don't feel like watching the whole video ...
This video debunks common myths about eye health, especially around blue light and floaters. Contrary to popular belief, blue light from screens doesn’t increase the risk of eye diseases, though it can affect sleep. To reduce blue light exposure, simply increase the distance between your eyes and screens. As for floaters, they’re usually harmless but could occasionally signal a retinal tear, so regular eye checkups are essential.
Eye health is also strongly influenced by lifestyle. Spending more time outdoors can slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia), which is expected to affect 50% of the global population by 2050. A Mediterranean diet, rich in leafy greens and fish, helps reduce the risk of age-related eye diseases like macular degeneration. Lastly, annual eye exams can detect early signs of serious conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and even brain tumors.
Take care of your eyes - they’re your window to the world!
what time segment is this?
@@scpk2246 This is a simple summary of the entire video. So that you or others can save the time to watch the whole video.
thank you I fell asleep and missed nothing, thanks for confirming that ❤
@@lindsay.newman yw ❤
"simply increase the distance between your eyes and screens"
There's about 1.5 arms distance between me and my monitor, that's good enough right?
The best part is at the very END. He was not seen by his parents as a child and he grew up to be an eye doctor to make sure that everyone can SEE ❤ Thank you 🙏🏻
Our doctor ignored my mother's chronic migraines for nearly 10 years. Tried telling her it was basically in her head because she didn't really respond to the pills he kept prescribing. After 10 years, she gave up hope. We were about to fly abroad to visit my grandparents in a couple weeks, so she decided to go get new glasses. The optometrist took one look in her eyes with a light, told her to cancel our flights and go straight to the hospital. She immediately began making phone calls to ensure my mother would be seen. She had a 6 inch diameter brain tumor that would likely have killed her with pressure changes on the flight. My brother and I were 13 and 14 and she might have died next to us on an 8 hour flight. Our optometrist saved her life. Our doctor was pissed and asked my mother why she hadn't gone to him. Like dude, you had 10 years to figure this out (the surgeon confirmed it was slow growing and had likely been there for a decade). He wasn't entirely wrong I guess. It was all in her head. 😅🤦♀️
Wowww
Was that a meningioma ?
No pun intended 😊
@imanmagdy153 I believe so. It has been a while, but I do vaguely recall that word. I was 14 back then. I'm 35 next month so it was a long time ago.
@@talysharawlins94I hope your mother never went back to him again. She should’ve sued him!
My goodness, I clicked on this video for information about eye floaters and just had the most amazing experience to be a part of a fascinating conversation between two intelligent and sensitive men. I almost gave up a couple of times and I’m so glad that I stayed till the end of the video to listen to the question posed and to the heartfelt, amazing response. Thank you so much for posting this.
I was thinking that this must be the only eye doctor that doesn't wear glasses, but then he mentioned at the end of the interview that he does actually wear contact lenses. His interest in his own eye health and his experiences with other eye doctors inspired him to want to help other people. Lovely guy. Great interview 👌🏾
I had coke bottle lense glasses from age 13. At 45 I had LASIK surgery (my surgeon was Dr Peter Campbell a protégée of the late great Professor Fred Hollows …lucky me). I had one eye done for close up & the other for distance. Ever since, I’m now 65, I can see leaves on the very top of trees clear as a bell, and can thread a needle. (If the lighting is very poor I use magnifying reading glasses occasionally.) It changed my life and has not changed now for 20 years. So blessed.
Im so glad for you. My eyes have been perfect all my life. My very favorite body parts.
@@margaretjames1579 ❤️ appreciation is part of the spice of life!
I'm considering LASIK to correct the need for reading glasses. They suggested this same procedure. I don't understand how one out being fine tuned and the other not ...works.
@@vitalishus Any side effects, floaters, etc. after surgery?
@@johngatsby1473 The brain is a truly amazing organ! It adapts. I was able to drive the next day! They give you drops to use for a week or so afterwards. Seriously, do not hesitate. The procedure doesn’t hurt and only takes about 20 minutes.
Do one about dentistry. That industry looks like it's stuck in the XXth century.
You should change your dentist then. Easier said than done I know
Amen
oil puilling with mct oil will save u trouble.
😂😂honestly
@@bster007"There are no reliable scientific studies to show that oil pulling reduces cavities, whitens teeth or improves oral health and well-being,” according to the American Dental Association.
What a wonderful soul is Dr. Joseph Allen! His honesty and passion brought me to tears a couple of times. For more empathetic doctors like him in this world!
Thank you so much for that! Really appreciate it.
Ive been following him for a while now. Hes truthful and informative. I suffer from dry eye and starting HRT made it worse but I cannot abandon the HRT due to the health improvement for menopausal symptoms. Unfortunately I seem to be the odd woman whose dry eye got worse with the re-introduction of the hormones. Ive seen 6 neurologists and optho-neurologists, dermatologists, optometrist, psychologist, you name it. No real help. @DoctorEyeHealth
@DoctorEyeHealth Joseph, I have the utmost respect not only for your incredible wealth of knowledge as an optometrist but because at the end of the interview, you dared to be honest and showed your vulnerability! This is, as Brene Brown calls it "daring greatly": the courage of showing up and letting ourselves be seen. There is a quote in one of her books that always resonates with me when I too, felt/sometimes still feel I don't belong/am not good enough: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly" Please continue to be an inspiring leader not only in sharing your knowledge but in being your authentic self!
Possibly low carb or keto could help you. Good luck.
We do exist, I promise
Wow. His answer to the personal question was so brave.
Damn dr. K left a good question it was a powerful moment
Ultimate in sincerity and genuine concern that others might learn from his experience. WIsh all doctors could behave like this. Wish we all could behave like this. Unfortunately in the transactional world of health care they don't have the time, even if they wanted to.
I skipped here to see the question Dr. K left, was not disappointed.
Bravo 👏
His experience as a child resonates with me. I was that girl 😔
Optometrist here. This guy is pretty spot on.
Same hereee🤗
He really is
"stigmatism"? is he a real doctor?
Eye flutter. Good term for intermittent eye twitching. I've done some experimenting with this. I first rigged up apiece of plex and a mirror so the eye with a light shining on it was duplicated. So if the light was on your left eye what you would see with both eyes is two left eyes but symmetrical just like looking into a mirror. If you closed the right eye, you'd still see two open eyes. And if you closed the left eye... you'd be looking at two closed eyes. I used mirrors because 15 years ago latency lag in video was too long to trick your brain. This was of course an application of Dr Ramachandran's phantom limb pain therapy. It worked.
The condition I was playing with was that minor eye twitching we get from time to time. In the past washing my face, eye drops, taking a nap or just waiting would make it go away. When I tried the mirror trick, doubling the non twitching eye, it went away, and even though I didn't wash, etc.. and it didn't come back.
Later, after reading 'Cross your arms and trick the pain,' in a Hilary Mantel novel I tried using a finger of the hand from the twitching side to very lightly rub the same area of the non twitching eye. Information, feeling it, not massaging it. This too worked. Basically I was feeding a signal to the other side of my brain and probably overriding the twitch loop.
What I also noticed as I did these things is that the frequency of eye twitching seemed to almost completely go away. It was like I was learning to turn off the twitch loop.
What I surmised is that when our eye or face has a minor twitch, whatever caused it isn't as critical to it continuing to twitch then that it's twitching. It continues twitching because it's twitching. This seems to also happen with hiccups.
Tinnitus which I have more frequently as I age also goes away if I rub, other hand again cross body, gently right in front of the ear that isn't ringing. If they're both ringing it still works doing each in turn. A more known method is to gently tap on the base of your skull in the back. But my tinnitus is minor, but it also comes back, so I almost never bother.
Ha!
I'm a 78 yrs old non smoker, had floaters for donkeys yrs.
Solution for me:
Cut down on alcohol & keto diet with eggs every day.
My supplements include zinc, omega3, benfotiamine (B1).
Been floater free for 10 yrs.
Where do you get your vitamins?
I developed floaters about 2 years ago, first in one eye, and then the other. At the beginning of this year I went carnivore, gave up most plant foods. I've been detoxifying from plant oxalates, mostly from my eyes, but my floaters have almost completely gone. I've also reversed my pre-diabetes symptoms and lost some weight very easily. I'm not surprised that going keto has improved your health. We now eat an unnaturally high amount of carbs, our species has been eating mostly meat and fish etc for the majority of our evolution.
@@Jen.KA good balance of both meat and veggies and fruit. Leave processed foods alone
I got rid off the floaters with 2 grams of Taurine daily ..😊
Yeah, I got rid of my dry eye completely by eating fewer carbs overall.
Wow I did not expect that last question to be answered with the depth, vulnerability and sharing invaluable early experiences that I (and likely many people here!) can relate/connect with. Thank you Joseph, Steven, the team recording & editing behind the podcast, and the community here, for creating and sharing space for these conversations. 😊
Thank you so much! I felt a bit vulnerable after that but I have spent some good time reflecting and journaling and it's helped me to dig deeper into what experiences have influenced who I am. Appreciate that you found value in me sharing it. Cheers
@@DoctorEyeHealthI believe many of us can relate to what you were saying about your earlier years. Thank goodness for contacts! 🎉😊
@@DoctorEyeHealth Joseph, I have the utmost respect not only for your incredible wealth of knowledge as an ophthalmologist but because at the end of the interview, you dared to be honest and showed your vulnerability! This is, as Brene Brown calls it "daring greatly": the courage of showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
There is a quote in one of her books that always resonates with me when I too, felt/sometimes still feel I don't belong/am not good enough: "It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly"
Please continue to be an inspiring leader not only in sharing your knowledge but in being your authentic self!
I’m basically a ball of tears now
Same surprise at the end! It was really powerful and profound and stopped me in my tracks. I didn't move while listening to it. Steven really brings this out of people because he's such an empathic listener.
Awesome podcast. Thank you. I am 67 and learned so much. Joseph is amazing. I was so emotional at the end when he spoke about his early life and loneliness. What a lovely man, and ironical that his early life paved the way for his brilliance today.
Listening to Dr. Allen was not only informational for me, but revealed to me what I'd been experiencing all my life; the lack of value and self-worth, I finally understand the why of a lot of things in my life. I would just like to thank him personally for his honesty and willingness to share so much of his personal life experiences because I have a new perspective and new outlook on life( I am crying). Thank you so much, you've no idea of what an impact listening to you has had on my life at 65 years old. You are a brilliant doctor and a wonderful person and I sincerely hope that life is all better now and I... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
I just want to hug all the inner children out there who wanted nurturing and encouragement when it was most needed. When my daughter was growing up I always made a point of telling her "YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE." You know why? Because I never heard it once when I was growing up.
You will find here on YT that Dr Berg and Barbara O’Neill are amazing inspirational people too 🌸
This is one of the many things I loved about my Dad. He lost his job for "spending too much time" on patients. He knew that the machines were not always as thorough as him manually checking patients and asking them questions, getting to know them, making sure nothing neurological was happening as well. He got a new company to hire him within 2 weeks called, My Eye Doctor.
He REALLY gave real life answers about himself. Very nice to hear!
Thanks!
I'm a person with any eye problems and am partially blind being able to read fingers at a max of about 4 ft from my face. This was a fantastic interview. People should really take this to heart and reflect and do everything possible to preserve your vision.
Absolutely, I'm so glad I discovered Dr. K and specially Steve's Channel a year ago while being still a young 22yrs old guy, so much stuff I'm glad to find out early c:
41:20 - beautiful story of how his optometry came about.
Interestingly desiring to be "SEEN" and mattering is also interesting when it comes to EYE SIGHT and optometry!
If you are blind, you can not "see".
If you ignore and deny another, you can not "see" them as they are INVISIBLE TO YOU!
His profession of vision and his personal stance is so linked together and the desire for everyone to see and to be seen is very deep!
My partner is legally blind due to Stargardts disease. Him & all of his siblings lost their vision before they were all 10. It’s genetic. Both parents have to carry it to pass it..
I’ve heard multiple testimonials of people improving their vision with a carnivore diet.
My wife was diagnosed with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). She was misdiagnosed for years until she had a routine eye test.
I've watched Dr. Allen before (since I have dry eye and he has presented great info on the condition). But in this interview, I saw him in a whole new light ... especially in the last part where he answered the question left by someone else. He sounds like an honest, all-round great guy. i wish him continued success.
I have been subscribed to Dr. Allen's Doctor Eye Health for quite some time and he is my "go to" for eye health information. I enjoyed this interview with him so much. What an incredible man. My admiration for him has grown even more.
Stay TRUE
Love how some of these questions reach deep within the guest, and really make an impact - like the closing question here. Incredible to get to watch people opening up like that.
Just stating the obvious, you have a real gift for this Steven.
This was so beautiful- most vulnerable answer I’ve seen in the closing question. God bless this man 🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for that. Appreciate it.
trust me there are lot of natural and healthy ways to improve eye bags and older looking eyes that he doesn't even touch on...,
OMG THE EYE DOCTOR INTERVIEW, WHAT A SPECIAL, SPECIAL PERSON
My life was saved by my eye doctor. He urged me to dilate my eyes and he found signs of what he thought might be diabetic retinopathy. I was not diabetic. Turned out I had Chronic Myloid Leukemia (CML). The few symptoms I had were explained away by my 3-4 days a week in boot camp fitness. If I had ignored it, it would have gone acute and I would likely be dead by now. I take a pill every day and live my life with a normal life span. I am currently fighting meibomian gland dysfunction. But understanding it really makes a difference! I’m managing it much better and have no damage to the surface of my eye! Still fighting the blurry eyes daily. But there is hope.
I have MGD. I'm looking into getting a red light mask because light therapy seems to be one of the long lasting therapies.
@@MyFocusVaries I’ve had good luck with 8 min hot eye compresses every morning followed by eyelid massage. Then at night I use a peep club eye wand thingy that has heat, vibration and red light.
The doctor talked a lot about dry macular degeneration but said nothing about wet macular degeneration and difference between both conditions.
😢I am wondering about the excess of tears without emotion. It is so constant that I have to constantly dab my eyes with a tissue. Skin around the eye is dry and increase in puckering/wrinkles. This is happening in only left eye now.
That deep dive at the end about remembering feeling worthless and unloved. Rings true for heap's of us. You did things differently than the ones who opened you up to self doubt. They are actually a gift in our life. Causing us to grow and expand and create a better us and world. Love the ripples. You are wise beyond your years. Thank you for not only helping us to see 🙈 better but also to track underlying illness and stomp out the issue before it causes more damage. Namaste 💖🙏🏻💖
Interesting points! It’s amazing how much misinformation is out there. 'Health and Beauty Mastery' by Julian Bannett totally changed my perspective on what we’re told about health and wellness. Highly recommend for anyone who wants the full story!
Can you elaborate more?... I just tried looking up reviews for this book. There are very very few and the ones I found say it's a scam.
This man deserves a serious hug and reminder that he is MORE than enough.
Also so true Doc, as soon as I got contacts, I became confident and then immediately became good looking!
❤
And I’m better looking w glasses.
Sorry to hear that Dr Josep Allen was bullied by his elder brother when he was young. I was also bullied by my family members when I was a kid. Hope he can move on and forget all these unpleasant memories. Take care！ 🙏
i had never heard of sibling bullying until now. it sounded frightening. i wonder how common this is
@@PHlophepretty common
@@PHlophe it happened to me too.
Dr Joseph, so sorry you felt this way. You have value, you are enough just exactly as you are.
Thank you for all your information and help. So appreciated.
I love his honesty with his earliest memory, very raw and vulnerable.
I used to have a lot of eye floaters and when I started using castor oil on my lashes to help them grow, the floaters went away!! I don't know for sure, but the floaters never came back. Love the Doctor.
Castor oil is a miracle!
Im using castor oil on my eye lids too and my floater has gone
Definitely going to try this.
@@paulachin9130 Floaters are inside the eye; nothing you do to your lashes will affect them.
Castor oil penetrates deep into the layers of the skin, unlike other natural oils. That’s why it might help.
Who else stopped the video at 37:55 to turn the screen distance notification setting on??😮😂😂. This was an absolutely fascinating episode! 👍🏻👍🏻👏👏
No. I'm not addicted to my phone. Rather than turn the distance setting on, turn your phone off and look at something else instead.
Happy to hear you learned something! Yeah I have turned that setting on. Try to push things back a bit.
Pushing the screen back when I work from home and wearing under corrected by -.25 to credit my vision to 20/25 has me at 20/30 without glasses. I was at 20/70 last year.
I’ve had it on for a few months, it’s so bloody annoying. But you do get used to it. Push through!
I did 🙄but I need to upgrade my I pad 😔
I was fitted for contacts at 13 - I’m so old, they were “hard” lenses due to astigmatisms - and I can remember on the way home, telling my mom, I didn’t know pine trees had needles for leaves - I had never seen them before! Can truly empathize with the thick glasses issues and how contacts so greatly help with self image. TFS.
This was my experience with my first eye exam at 8-9 years old! Leaves had edges, multiple edges. Trees were not just green globs. My mom cried, though, because I could, "Never be pretty with glasses!" Years later, I had cataract surgery. When I left the clinic, I saw birds flying over a nearby estuary and stopped in my tracks. They were beautiful. I had missed seeing them for years, but without knowing it.
I had the same amazing moment when seeing trees became clear!
I had hard contacts too in 8 th grade. Later went to soft when came out. Had lasik in my late 40’s. My glasses were like coke bottles. What a miracle!
That sounds like my nephews. They were born with extreme myopia. It’s genetic. The older boy’s poor eyesight wasn’t detected until he started school. Despite high intelligence and an advanced vocabulary, he was failing all his classes except for P.E. His teacher noticed him squinting, so she moved his seat to the front of the room. When he still squinted and his grades did not improve, she notified my sister. She took him to the GP who referred him to a pediatric ophthalmologist. He got glasses, those really thick Coke bottle kind made of real glass. On the way home in the car, he made all kinds of amazing discoveries, like leaves on trees, wires on telephone poles, he could see the people in other cars, see letters on street signs, see the lights going on and off on traffic lights! He was so enthralled he wanted to wear them to bed so he could see his dreams better! His school performance immediately improved. He was able to catch up to above grade level in a three months. He recently turned 55 and wears glasses to this day.
When his brother was born, my sister had him tested when still in infancy. He got baby glasses, by then plastic lenses were just becoming available. He, too, was myopic and also wears glasses.
Thank you for telling your early youth story. I can relate to the brother who bullied. You are so worthy of all the things life has to offer. You are helping ppl to learn how important their eyes are, and what affects them. My best to you.
Best answer to the final question of the interview. What an honest, genuine answer that reflects how many of us have felt at sometime in our lives. Such awareness around the human experience... beautiful.
I absolutely LOVE Dr Allen. He was my eye doc at his former clinic. He was so compassionate, truly heard me, and wrote up a detailed summary to send my primary documents doc to help me figure out what is going on in my health.
I miss him. He truly is one of a kind and in so happy he gets to help so many others with his knowledge.... while still seeing people in a small Midwestern town. I still go to that clinic. We talk about him. He's missed.
The thing with these interviews is I never get enough, especially as background learning (listening when I'm working), except when it's Jordan Perterson on the seat. He is always worth a watch.
Amazing job here. Always lots to learn.
1.42:45 I am crying. Such a brilliant, beautiful man should never have been made to feel unwanted. Thank you for dedicating your life to helping others. You are worthy!
Such a pleasure to listen to these podcasts. I love how Steven lets people talk and actually listens. 🙂
Same!
@@DoctorEyeHealth refreshing!
💯 he's the best podcaster out there
What an inSIGHTful interVIEW! I will FOCUS more on my eyecare. - very eye awaking today. Thank you Dr. Joseph❣️ We see you… you are bringing so much value - God CLEARLY has His hand on your life. 🙏🏼
Such a sweet, real, caring, authentic man. Great interview. Wish I could have him as my eye doctor!
OMG - I am a subscriber to Dr. Allen's channel. Have always enjoyed him, but listening to the answer to the question left for him I AM IN LOVE! Thank you.
❤Thank you so so much!!!
What a lovely human! Proud to be sharing this little planet with this ilk:)
Cheers!
Thank you for hosting this amazing speaker. How brave of this scientist to promote his findings among all the naysayers. I have a degree in biology and clinical nutrition and have followed these ideas all my life. As a result, I have reversed many, various conditions that cropped up over a lifetime. My favorite comment from a family doctor, upon seeing that I dropped my A1C from 6.3 to 5.8 was ," How did you do that?" I wanted to say,, " No thanks to you!" I always get copies of my labs and review them myself because over the years, I have yet to have a doctor that evaluates the results as I do.
Very sad indeed. Thank you again!
How did you lower your A1C?
Just blown away by his answer to the last question. I had this as a child and still do in my early 70s.
Wow... how Dr Allen was incredible, how much strength he has to be vulnerable and honest when he answered the previous guests question really hit home for me. I love all the eye care information! Thank you!!
When I worked in an ophthalmologists office it was truly life changing, I will never take my vision for granted after what I saw. Take care of your vision and health 💕
This is a great guest. The older I am, the more I know how important my eyes are to me. I see my Optometrist twice a year. Take care of your eyes.
One day I noticed that I had a blind spot in my vision. I did a little test by moving my hand while keeping one eye closed and noticed I lost my hand on the upper right side. I don't know why but my little voice told me call he eye doctor. I called immediately and they had me come in ASAP. within 10 minutes my eye doctor told me I needed to a Retina specialist and that I would be having surgery within 3 hours. My Retina was tearing and could detach is what I was told. I had Retina surgery that morning. I was so scared. My doctor told me I was extremely lucky that I noticed such a change in my vision and had I not noticed it most likely my retina would have detached and I would have lost my sight in that eye. They did all 4 procedures to make sure my Retina would stay intact and recovery was HELL. It has been 6 years since my surgery and everything is good. I did develop cataracts which is quite common after Retina surgery.
There’s a simple chart, a grid with a red dot in the center. You can test yourself, each eye separately then both together. It’ll detect retina problems as well as macular degeneration, also, simple astigmatism.
Oh your story at the end bought tears to my eyes
Your amazing and wonderful
Look after yourself my stress caused a mini stroke in my 50’s then this year a twisted bowel and l eat healthy and exercise. My son said mum your stressful life from birth then marriage etc and lots of trauma is a play in your body. Last 4 months lm meditating and breathing eating well and exercising and living a happier life with no more therapist as it was keeping me thinking of my past. Meditation never done and breathing exercises l feel like a new woman 😊
Wow amazing video, that last ten minutes was so deep. Joseph seems so genuine and intelligent its crazy, what a great interview good pick!
What an amazingly bright young doctor, so obviously passionate about his work and who has been so authentic in sharing his personal story in the end.
the last moment was amazing. You never know what makes people tick or how you might touch a person's life by a similar encounter.
Many thanks The diary of CEO. Since I’ve started watching ur Channel I become more powerful in terms of many ways in life. I’ve been stuck with many things of struggle but I’m grateful for this channel has been helped me a lot throughout my bad moments.
What a gem. That last part was so raw and honest and it’s so impactful to see men being open like this. ❤
I totally understand how Dr Allen felt as a kid. I have lived those feelings most of my life. Change from that is hard. Thank you for validating this sad fact ❤
His answer to early memories was one of those moments !
Being vulnerable takes courage.
Traditional doctors in India explain reversal possibilities of myopia in children by simple eye exercises of looking at an object close by and then focusing on something far away alternatively 25/50 times twice a day.. The eye muscles get lazy since we are no longer seeking food or looking for threat. So outdoor for 2 hrs would help. Unfortunately traditional ayurveda and traditional doctors are no longer in favour. Personally 25 years ago this helped reduce the number by 2 points. The near sighted number reduced but the axis and cylinder number appeared.
The exercise includes looking extreme left and right, up and down. 11 am 4 pm, then 2 pm & 8pm
@nonlinearthinking thank you for this information. Ayurvedic medicine knew that the lymphatic system extended into the brain, modern medicine only 'discovered' it about 10 years ago! Modern day scientists have way too much faith in what they refer to as 'their knowledge'.
Yes, people who talk about reversing myopia now, even in adults, still suggest this exercise.
My sister trained off her glasses with simple exercises.
We've been doing this in America decades ago. I was wearing glasses at 5. I was on an eye exercise regiment for 3 years. I'm 51 and haven't needed glasses since I was 8 years old.
However my siblings developed eye issues several years later. They weren't given eye exercises and they still wear glasses till this day.
When I was a kid doctors tried to cure. Somewhere along the way optometry became a money grabbing industry.
I felt that the last few minutes of the podcast was the most "eye-opening" experience. 01:33:49 , thank you for that Dr. Allen. I share very similar experiences growing up.
Ugh! I bookmark and watch every episode. I think I’ve watched them all. The topics you pick are so fascinating!
1:41:20 - beautiful story of how his optometry came about.
Interestingly desiring to be "SEEN" and mattering is also interesting when it comes to EYE SIGHT and optometry!
If you are blind, you can not "see".
If you ignore and deny another, you can not "see" them as they are INVISIBLE TO YOU!
His profession of vision and his personal stance is so linked together and the desire for everyone to see and to be seen is very deep!
As an optician for over 30 years I found this show wonderfully informing! Thank you! ❤
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Was there anything that surprised or stuck out for you?
I have Retinitus Pigmentosa and I didn’t see any section about it to my knowledge. I know it’s somewhat rare but definitely needs to be checked. I didn’t know I had it until I lost the majority of my peripheral vision.
I fully agree with you ,Reiki🎉🎉
Fantastic guest. His intelligence is very impressive.
That is so very kind of you to say. My grandfather and father always placed a high value on intellect and education, and I think I have always tried to make them proud. Cheers.
What a lovely man. Thank you for this profile.
Spectacular interview and exploration of the subject matter as always. Final question and answer were just so open and sincere. I'm constantly impressed by the interview style and the benefits of letting the person completely answer the question without interruption or interjecting ones own notions before the answer is completed. Huge Life Lesson there. Kids today.... I'll leave it at that. We learn by listening and demonstrate that we highly value that person by doing so. Just so impressed. Thanks as always for the effort that you and your team put forth to make this channel a great success.
It's amazing that this doctor cared so much about this patient that he followed up with her. I was told i have blood behind my eye years ago. I didn't really have money to further check but I did go once for further exam and they basically said they thought it might just be some dried up blood and will go away. I didn't go back. I still have problems with that eye where i can't see clearly like something is in it. I get pain around it and headaches. I was checked for diabetes back then andthe blood work came back fine . I know something is wrong but i can't afford to do anything. I have high pressures too
Wow, so grateful he became so vulnerable, I could so identify!
I'm 54 and just had cataract surgery. Life changing and so happy to have had it this early in my life.
That makes me so happy to hear!!
Can you explain why?
Mine wasn’t so great
My ophthalmologist told me to stave off cataract surgery until I’m much older and “blinder” because it’s a once in a lifetime surgery. He also told me that my body can cloud the new lenses quickly and then I would have vision issues sooner and become blind sooner before my normal age would have created. I’m 56. Everyone is different. I’m happy for you though.
Protect dr. Joseph at all cost
Thank goodness I can see how GORGEOUS this man IS❣️😍🤓🤎✨
Using glasses to correct vision locks in the deformation of the eyeball and causes problems to only get worse. People need to learn to relax and exercise their eyes rather than running out and being fitted for glasses when they begin to have vision issues. See William Bates MD, Better Eyesight without Glasses.
@TheDiaryOfACEO this is one of the biggest learning podcasts experience. Amazing to watch and listen to
This is a surprisingly good interview with Dr. Allen. He really underlined the importance of eye health and how it relates to the mind and body.
The last closing question was very insightful and I believe anyone can relate to his feeling as a child, especially outcasts or 'nerds.' Kids can be judgemental and cruel, and just wearing glasses would knock you down a few pegs.
When I transitioned to glasses in 5th grade during the 90s, there was only a handful of kids in my school that had them. Unanimously they were all quiet, socially anxious, and avoided. That is very much the person I was in school.
But it was better than not being able to see, it was very jarring when my eyesight became unmanageable. I was incredibly versed academically and have been able to help people in result.
I am grateful for the opportunity to learn more about eye health. I am a diabetic with retinopathy, and in 2021, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, I suddenly lost vision in my right eye. My eye vessels were bleeding, and I was in significant pain. I underwent cataract surgery on both eyes and received six anti-VEGF injections (Lucentis). I couldn’t see for a month and became nearsighted. I now have a monofocal lens from the cataract procedure.
In 2023, I had an eye stroke in my left eye, and now I cannot see due to blood covering the retina. My retina specialist has recommended a vitrectomy, but I am concerned about the risk of losing vision in both eyes if I proceed with the surgery. It has been difficult to accept my limited vision, but I am grateful that I can still see my daughter and continue working despite my condition.
I would like to know if there are ways to slow the progression of the bleeding in my eye vessels without surgery, as the procedures and aftercare are also costly.
I hope you haven't continued receiving the solution in the arm!
Wonderful guest; he is informative, insightful, and a very clear communicator. Please have him back at least annually for updates on eye health and vision related issues.
Drinking A table spoon of apple cider vinegar in water every morning got rid of my floaters and I believe improved my eyesight. Prob cause the floaters are gone
Eye floaters can be a symptom of fatty liver, apple cider vinegar is one of the things that is supposed to help reduce fatty liver.
@@michelechadwick3808Weird, I have them and my livers healthy. The eyedoctor says its because of a thin nethin of the eye. (Have Graves disease)
Who else looks at a screen all day long?
And hopes this episode will help somehow!? ❤
I listen and don't watch. 😊
@@dendog13 Nice ;) I should do that more! :)
It is a tough thing to get around. Taking frequent breaks can help. I now set a timer for every 25 minutes to remind me to take a break.
@@thehumanpodcastofficial UA-cam premium makes it easier. Headphones in and go walking 👍
Push your screen back. Simple hack to avoid close up. Also I wear under corrected glasses by -.25 to correct my vision to 20/25. I was 20/70 visions and now at 20/30 from doing this.
Oh, it's Dr. Joseph Allen! I'm a subscriber to his UA-cam channel. :)
Thank you! Appreciate all your support!
Vision therapy was a life saver for our family! Made it possible for my son to read.
I only found out I was dangerously diabetic at my eye exam. They saw the hemorrhaging in the scan. I was so grateful ❤
I developed a large amount of floaters, to the point they were interfering with my vision. I was refered to a retina specialist. He assured me it was correctable, and had performed numerous surgeries. Had one eye corrected , and the following month the other eye. That was over 7 years ago, and no problems since. He was a great Doctor !!
Great interview, no pun intended but it really opened my eyes to the importance of eye health. What really got me though, was his reply to the question left by the previous guest at the end, holy heck that hit home on levels i wasn't expecting. Thanks for what you do sir, truly appreciate it
❤thank you for that
We need more people telling us truth like this. Just finished The 23 Former Doctor Truths by Lauren Clarkn. She is one reavealing truth as well
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When I was 11 years old, I saw floaters while looking in a medicine box mirror. I found that moving my eyes could affect the floaters. I am now 77 years old and still have floaters and can change my focus to see them. Am I weird?
I truly enjoyed this posting. Please 🙏 keep us informed on what is going on with us.
I've seen floaters too since being a child, I'm 50 next. And I too can focus in & out on them. So we both must be weird 😂
Same here😮
i have been doing the same thing, and depending on the light, the floaters become quite three dimensional, have played with my floaters since my teenage years, am 60:now.
Not weird. Its the same for me
Great to learn from this eye doctor. He does not sell things and is open to new ideas proven in research. Great interview, thank you ❤
They are also building smaller houses with small living rooms so we sit closer to the TV. They keep making the streets smaller, often one-way in our neighborhoods, so we're extra stressed and spend less time looking in the distance. This doctor is really good! To hear that this handsome man had a lonely childhood where he did not feel he mattered, is heartbreaking. Yet, he triumphed over that through therapy and became the beautiful soul that he is today, who helps every person in the world with his knowledge. So inspirational! Thank you for making this video!
Thanks for the podcast, guest, your interview and for his heart touching answer to last guest's question.
Growing up in the late 60's and 70's, at school it was so unusual for anyone to wear glasses that I can still remember the one person who did. If we weren't in class we were playing sport outdoors. No screens of course and life was also much slower paced and far less stressful.
Absolutely in everyway!
We also didn't eat a diet of sugar filled, highly processed, chemical filled non-food.
I wish I could have experienced that time.
Somebody not wearing glasses doesn't mean that they couldn't improve their sight with glasses. I went through full school + university before getting glasses for a hereditary condition I've had all along. All your anecdote says is that people didn't get glasses for some reason or another, that doesn't inherently mean that they had better eyesight.
It's the same with many other non-deadly illnesses. A higher rate of treatment can mean that either a) it indeed has a higher rate of occurrence, but it can also mean that b) people are more likely to get themselves checked, c) it is being diagnosed more accurately, or d) it is being treated more often after having been diagnosed.
@@pmHidden where I come from we had school health checks in those days - sight, hearing and vaccinations. If anyone had a problem it was picked up early.
Outdoor time is the only place to get intense infared wavelengths. And the only place to get UV range. A B and C. I blame the lack of uv in our eyes being a monumental problem. Jack kruse educated person here. Love that man
What an articulate, sincere and intelligent young man. Thank you for this interview.
Great information thanks 😊
I use Organic Castor Oil for my Dry Eyes and it works better than eye drops for me. Plus l would rather have something natural for my eyes
I rub castor oil on my eyelids when l go to bed with castor oil and helps me sleep as well
I have had stressful life and inflammation in my body this would be a reason for my dry eyes. Castor Oil penetrates through the skin.
8:16 thanks for highlighting that there are many people who listen to audio only
Pure Castor oil got rid of my dry eyes completely. Just putting it on my eyelid at night healed it in less than a week. I wasn't even trying to get rid of dryeye.
My mother, a teacher, did not allow bullying among her children at home or school. Now I am complimented for how I can work with any person.
I have blue eyes and I always thought them to be sensitive to sunlight. I always wore sunglasses since childhood, but I stopped wearing them altogether last year and my eyes adjusted very well. I live in a bright desert climate and being outside without sunglasses does not bother me at all. This is particularly convenient for riding a bike, because my presbyopia now prevents me from seeing my cycling computer without glasses. Now I just ride in my bi-focal glasses without any tint or transitions...
We've been lied to about cholesterol, red meat, sunlight, blue light. I even started tanning outside again. I hope we can also discuss how Daylight Savings (another government promoted scam) is affecting our health.
Thank you so much for this fascinating video! I am a 68 year old woman who has been careful with my eyes over the years. Getting an eye exam is so important. I hope that our government can add vision and dental to our health benefits sooner, rather than later. I have to pay out of pocket, since I can't afford a decent vision/dental insurance. It's difficult on a fixed income and Medicare does not cover those important aspects of our health and our lives in general. I have to choose eating over that kind of insurance. It's not right that we as American's have to suffer because basic vision/dental is not affordable to so many of us. Both are such a critical aspect of having a decent time in our golden years. It's just so basic. We can do better! Keep up the great work that you do on your channel! WE need this!
Thank you so much for this video! Having worked with over 30K clients over 10+ years, we are thrilled to see information on eye health being talked about more in the public sphere. Eye health is of utmost importance to us on a daily basis. It would be wonderful if as much emphasis is as put on dental health, skin health, etc. is put on proper eye health.
Note: There are only so many topics in eye health that can be covered in one video, however one very important thing we would have loved to have seen discussed in this video is routine eye hygiene. In our experience, very few people understand basic eye hygiene and how to properly take care of their eyes on a daily basis. We are taught how to brush and floss our teeth, apply sunscreen properly, etc. but very rarely are we taught how basic eye care. It would be so helpful for so many people.
Keep up the great work you are appreciated!! 💕💕 @DoctorEyeHealth @TheDiaryOfACEO
Really helpful advice, thank you!
I think Dr Allen is definitely an overcomer and I'm so proud of how far he has come on his journey. It just goes to show that challenges and hard times can still bring the best out of us.
Like many things in life, I think we sometimes take our eyesight and good vision for granted.
I became more aware about the importance of looking after my eyesight after my parents developed diabetes. Taking my mum to her annual eye check ups made me realise how blessed I am to have good vision. There are some things that doctors can't treat, so it's definitely worth protecting and taking good care of them, as best as we can ❤️
Love your show! I learn so much from each and every episode! And your accent throws me back to the years I lived in the UK - best years ever! ❤
Dr. Allen’s honesty professionally and personally is beautiful and touching.