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Andrew Huberman
Apr 27, 2023
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AMA #6: Eye Health, Why We Yawn & Increasing Motivation
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Behaviors
Daily Distance and Variable-Distance Viewing
“you want to make sure that you view things both close up and far away across your day.”
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2:20
Daily Distance and Variable-Distance Viewing
Behaviors
“you want to make sure that you view things both close up and far away across your day.”
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10:42
Morning Sunlight and Daily Outdoor Light Exposure
Behaviors
“you really want to view morning sunlight, not through a window or windshield, don't wear sunglasses for that, try and get as much sunlight as you can in your eyes early in the day, never stare at any light so bright, it's painful to look at”
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16:45
Smooth Pursuit Eye Exercises
Behaviors
“you could go onto YouTube if you like and put smooth pursuit eye task and do this for a few minutes each day if you're trying to keep your vision strong... by doing that smooth pursuit task for a bit each day, maybe just a minute or two”
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18:48
Near-Far Eye Exercise
Behaviors
“holding out a pen or pencil in front of your eyes... and focusing very intensely... to the tip of the pen, and then moving that pen closer and closer and closer to your eyes... and kind of play right around that threshold where it's hard to keep it in focus... Doing that for even a minute or two”
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22:13
Vitamin A
Supplements
“Most people will be able to get enough vitamin A from their nutrition and won't require it from a supplement... Getting some additional vitamin A from a foundational supplement or vitamin mineral supplement is probably not going to be an issue unless you've really taken far too much of that vitamin A”
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24:11
Lutein
Supplements
“it does appear that supplementing with certain things like lutein... can potentially help with some instances of age-related macular degeneration... the dosage that's been explored in a couple of studies is 10 to 20 milligrams per day.”
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24:39
Blueberries
Diet
“these zeaxanthines come from certain fruits like blueberries”
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24:52
Avoid Cigarette Smoking
Behaviors
“if you're really aiming to get a healthy diet, you're avoiding cigarette smoking.”
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24:56
Healthy Diet for Eye Health
Diet
“by healthy diet, I mean getting sufficient amounts of vitamin A and lutein through food sources.”
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27:06
Zeaxanthin
Supplements
“I don't know of any evidence that supplementing with additional lutein, zeaxanthin, and astaxanthin can be dangerous at all. So for those of you that are really interested in maintaining or improving your vision, that might be an area that you want to explore.”
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27:06
Astaxanthin
Supplements
“I don't know of any evidence that supplementing with additional lutein, zeaxanthin, and astaxanthin can be dangerous at all. So for those of you that are really interested in maintaining or improving your vision, that might be an area that you want to explore.”
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28:33
Discuss Eye Exercises Before Using Prism Lenses
Behaviors
“One thing you'll really want to discuss with that ophthalmologist or optometrist is whether or not there are exercises that you could do to overcome that issue without the need for a prism.”
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29:53
Use a Weaker Prescription
Behaviors
“you can be overly reliant on these things like a crutch in a way that perhaps you want to do a little bit of work to try and overcome, and then maybe work with a weaker prescription.”
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30:47
Red Light Exposure for Age-Related Vision Decline
Behaviors
“red light and near infrared light together, or maybe even separately when viewed for even just a minute to three minutes once, or maybe two or three times per week maximum... for people 40 years or older”
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32:27
Red Light Device
Tools
“What you're looking for is a red light unit that provides red light and maybe far and near infrared, excuse me, light as well. So something in the 650 to 720-ish nanometer range.”