Does poor nutrition affect eyesight?  Does stress and trauma affect eyesight? How about our circadian rhythms and eyesight?  How to deal with light sensitivity? Is lasik "bad" ? How do you deal with contacts and glasses and keep circadian rhythms in tact? Taylor DeGroot - Doctor of Optometry weighs in on what is causing your myopia and more!

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TIMESTAMPS 

0:00 Beginning 

3:25 How did Taylor become interested in becoming an eye doctor  

4:40 Stress/trauma and myopia & dopamine 

7:00 How going outside for kids helps prevent myopia 

7:20 How artificial light contributes to eye problems 

10:20 Why red light helps our eyes relax  

12:00 Can people reverse vision problems? 

16:20 Peripheral vision & autism  

18:00 The importance of peripheral vision & why glasses can have a downside  

20:00 How glasses and contacts can be a circadian disrupter & how to get around this  

23:33 Contacts that do not block UV light  

24:49 The problem with sunglasses & how we can protect ourselves from UV light - and an alternative to sunglasses  

28:00 Why many eye conditions are not actually caused by sun exposure - including cataracts  

32:30 How nutrition impacts eye health 

33:45 Iron and the eyes 

35:15 Vitamin A toxicity  

39:00 Why more people are having more vision issues  

42:00 Are eye drops bad for your eyes & a list of some alternatives  

45:00 What causes dry eye 

46:15 Why Taylor doesn’t like LASIK 

49:00 How to mitigate lasik surgery  

50:00 How to test for your dominant eye & how astigmatism is related to posture  

53:20 How to see adrenal and thyroid issues from looking at the eyes  

55:00 Pupil dilation 

56:30 What is a good eye health routine to practice every day? 

1:00:10 What is the best nutrition for eye health? 

1:01:30 Help for dry eyes nutritionally  

1:02:30 Eye health and minerals 

1:05:28 Why melanin is so important for your eye health  

1:08:20 How to find Taylor