Causes of Eye Problems: High Blood Sugar & Insulin – Dr. Berg

Did you know that high blood sugar and high insulin can cause eye problems? Watch this short video to learn more about the connection between high blood sugar and your eyes.

in this video we’re going to discuss how high sugar or high insulin can destroy your eyes okay so number one it affects something called the retina the retina is the back part of the eye it’s all nerve tissue it’s kind of extension to the brain so it’s where all the information comes in it’s transmitted into the brain so there’s a condition called diabetic neuropathy where the tiny little blood vessels get damaged and they leak and they basically starve off the retina okay this is one of the leading causes of blindness all right then we have the macula the macula is a central part of the retina okay it’s a smaller part of it and you can have a condition called diabetic macular edema why because the leaking blood that happens in the vascular system around this nerve tissue then you have something called macular degeneration now I’ve done videos before on this where I talk about the carotenoids and lutein which are phytonutrients in cruciferous vegetables can greatly help protect the macula so that way you can actually eat donuts and candy and cookies as long as you’re consuming that cruciferous you’re totally okay and I’m totally just kidding you you can’t do that okay you want to get the sugar out of the diet get the junk out of the trunk and then you want to start consuming cruciferous vegetables so you can actually heal the inside of the eye okay so then we have the lens of the eye you can get cataracts that’s where you get this cloudiness because this little piece of protein starts clouding the lens and things become blurry and then you can’t see and then you have to get surgery on that high sugar and we’re high insulin can also affect the fluids to dehydrate the eye cause dryness which is a common symptom of pre-diabetic and actual diabetics where you have this like it’s just like there’s sand in the inside of the eye or underneath the eyelid or there’s something in the eye like a foreign object or it’s really dry and sticky okay it’s high sugar and then you have glaucoma which is basically pressure inside the eye it’s like a little pressure cooker that’s destroying the nerves because there’s too much pressure in there and that also comes from high sugar as well so if you know of anyone that is starting to see lured vision or double vision or having eye issues definitely give them this video because I put a link down below on how you can start lowering your blood sugars by eating better alright thanks for watching hey guys I want to personally invite you to a new Facebook group that I just started called dr. Berg’s Kido and in a minute fasting lab ok so I created this so we can share our successful actions what worked what didn’t work the results so I put a link down below so go ahead and sign up and I’ll see you inside