“Your eyesight is bad and only going to get worse.”
This is a lie.
You can improve it with:
• Light therapy
• Eye exercises
• Supplements
• Diet
A thread on how to use these methods for sharp, hawk-like vision. 🧵
It's estimated 30-40% of the population is short sighted, yet some claim this is just genetic.
It makes no sense for evolution to favour poor vision, when 50% of our brain is devoted to it.
Think about it... everyone is staring at screens when our vision is failing...
Our vision relies on these key aspects:
→ the muscles attached to our lenses:
→ the health of our retina
→ functional nerves
→ nutrients
→ blood flow
Let's quickly breakdown a couple of hugely important aspects to maintaining the above.
The epidemic of near vision strain:
In modern life, we constantly use near vision.
This causes the ciliary muscle, attached to the lens, to contract.
It needs to relax for long-distance vision.
Chronic contraction of this muscle changes the lens shape, leading to myopia.
The epidemic of toxic blue light
Screens & indoor living expose us to blue light without the full spectrum of sunlight.
Blue light causes oxidative stress in the retina. Usually red light from the sun balances this harm from blue light.
This leads to macular degeneration.
To fix your vision, you need to reconnect with the foundations of eye health:
→ no blue light without red light or the sun's full spectrum.
→ more time relaxing your eye muscles i.e. looking at things in the distance.
What about if your vision is bad? How do we improve it?
1. Watch sunrises and sunsets
(or get red light/infrared light panels)
These spectrums of light get deep into tissues:
→ stimulates cellular repair
→ blood flow
→ reduces oxidative stress
→ reduces calfication
Key for repairing photoreceptors and the retina.
2. Eye exercises
Designed for myopia, these exercises help retrain the ciliary muscle.
Distance gazing:
Look into the distance for 15 minutes, study the horizon. Then, focus on something close for a few minutes before returning to the distance for 5 minutes.
Do this often.
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Palming:
Rub your hands together to warm them, then gently cup your palms over your closed eyes. Focus on deep breathing for a few minutes. This relaxes the ciliary muscle and relieves eye strain.
These two practices help you train your celiary muscle to relax.
3. Diet/nutrients
Your celiary muscle and retina need these nutrients:
→ Magnesium: Ciliary muscle relaxation, blood flow, reduce oxidative stress in retina.
→ B1 (Thiamine): Nerve function, protect against retinal oxidative damage.
You can feel hypothyroid, gain weight, and be exhausted but your doctor swears your thyroid labs are “perfect.”
But often your "perfect" markers are hiding a big problem.
Here's what you're not being told - and why TSH often lies - and tips on how to fix it.
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First big thing to know: you can be hypothyroid with normal blood markers.
This type of hypothyroid state happens when there's stress in the cell, which messes up your active thyroid hormone T3.
In this context, your thyroid gland can't pick up on it - so your blood markers (TSH) look normal.
So first lets explain why it even matters and how this happens. And later I'll explain what to do about it.
A quick thyroid lesson:
Thyroid hormone (T4) leaving the thyroid is a precursor to active thyroid. Think of it like foreign currency that needs to be exchanged before its use.
The exchange of that currency happens in cells throughout the body by en enzyme DIO2.
But don't worry - here's a guide for 5 major causes below:🧵
In general, sleep issues usually boil down to one of these problems: 1. Blood sugar issues 2. Immune dysfunction or histamine 3. Nutrient deficiencies 4. Neurotransmitters 5. Stress/Active Mind
Let's breakdown what to do about each:
1. BLOOD SUGAR ISSUES
Our body needs proper energy function to sleep.
A drop in brain blood glucose or a lack of glucose reserves will cause sleep issues, especially with mitochondrial issues
How to remedy this (band-aid fix):
1. One to two tablespoons of honey (bonus points for adding milk) before bed. 2. Daily step count (8k plus) 3. Magnesium glycinate, zinc glycinate, vitamin D, K2, berberine 4. Myoinositol (1.5g morning and night 5. Broccoli, cinnamon, and sufficient protein daily 6. Consume last meal heavy before 7pm 7. Plenty of morning sunlight 8. 300ml pomegrante juice daily
Perfectionism is causing chronic illness to millions.
It starts with a fear of failure, self judgment & procrastination.
And results in a fried nervous system - leading to disease.
How this happens and what to do about it:🧵
Perfectionism is VERY underrated in chronic health issues.
For example, "unhealthy perfectionism" rated highly in 66% of people suffering from chronic fatigue.
With social media, we are hyperaware of our imperfections, while comparing ourselves to perfect images we see online.
Perfectionism fries your nervous system.
As children, when we're taught mistakes are a <<threat>>, we connect our fight or flight system to the need to be perfect - making any trivial or perceived mistake a stress response event.
Fermented, crushed or in supplement form. It's incredibly powerful.
A thread on what it helps with and how you can use it for maximum benefit.🧵
During the Covid years, the media quickly labeled garlic's healing powers as misinformation.
It doesn’t make sense that it’s been used medicinally by different cultures for over 2,000 years if it has no benefits.
Why would so many cultures use it if it doesn't work?
In reality, garlic (and its derivatives), have benefits in these areas)
→ depression/chronic fatigue
→ blood pressure
→ viruses & infections
→ antioxidants
→ lipids
Let's breakdown a couple of forms of garlic that are hugely beneficial to the above.