Eyes: The Window to Health and Early Diabetes Detection

Heal Nourish Grow Podcast

In this week's episode, Dr. Kerry Gelb shares his journey of working on his documentary, Open Your Eyes, which shines a spotlight on the relationship between diabetes and eyesight. After conducting pilot studies, he discovered there was a link between and insulin resistance. Unfortunately, there are many eye problems with diabetes. Vascular as well as other diseases could be diagnosed sooner using the eye as a source of information. The eye can now be seen as the window to your health. As Dr. Gelb traveled to film his documentary, he was able to learn more about the relationship between diet and eye diseases. Those who ate more unprocessed food and spent more time in the sun were seen to develop macular diseases of the eye at a lower rate. He spoke with experts regarding different relationships between insulin resistance and eye health. After diving deeper into learning about the eyes from a different perspective, Dr. Gelb filmed this documentary to share his insights and knowledge with the general public as well as shine a spotlight on the importance of eye health. He also shared the 20-20-20 rule for eye health, use of blue-light filtering glasses, importance of sun exposure and much more. Watch the Episode on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL 21 Day Fat Loss Kickstart: Make Keto Easy, Take Diet Breaks and Still Lose Weight: https://amzn.to/3EWXyDJWebsite: https://healnourishgrow.comDry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrowDrinking Ketones: https://hng.shopketo.comButcher Box, Clean Meat to Your Doorstep: https://butcherbox.pxf.io/c/1417040/1419746/16419Get Notified About the Fat Loss Book: https://heal-nourish-grow-llc.ck.page/ad0a682866Show Notes: https://healnourishgrow.com/podcastepisodesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/healnourishgrowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/healnourishgrowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/healnourishgrowPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HealNourishGrowTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healnourishgrowAmazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/healnourishgrowLinks to All of My Favorite Products With Discounts: https://healnourishgrow.com/shopNutrisense Continuous Glucose Monitor, code HNG20 for discount:https://www.nutrisense.ioMy favorite electrolytes: https://hng.shopketo.com/product/mitoplexUpdated Keto Calculator with Higher Protein and PSMF: https://healnourishgrow.com/keto-calculatorSix Tips for Better SleepOOler Bed Topper for Hot or Cold Sleepers (healnourishgrow at checkout for an amazing discount)Manta Blackout Sleep Mask CONNECT WITH DR. GELB Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drkerrygelb Website: http://drkerrygelb.com Open Your Eyes Movie: https://openyoureyes2020.com Twitter:https://twitter.com/drkerrygelb Open Your Eyes With Dr.Kerry Gelb (Podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-your-eyes-with-dr-kerry-gelb/id1505368923 Retinal Imaging: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/what-is-retinal-imaging OCT Angiography: https://eyewiki.aao.org/Optical_Coherence_Tomography_Angiography Episode Transcript Cheryl McColgan: Hey everyone, welcome back to the heal nourish grow podcast. I am really excited to share my guess I say that every time, but I am always really tied to share my guest with you because I think we're gonna have a really awesome conversation today with Dr. Bell about eye health. And he has been working for the last several years on the documentary that we're going to discuss in detail, and then also of special interest to my audience specifically, is he does some work with eye health and diabetes, and so… You know, I don't like to get too doom and gloom with these things, but my gosh, if saving your site isn't a good enough reason to work on your metabolic health, I don't know what is… So anyway, all that said, Welcome, you can share a little bit about yourself beyond what I just said Beyond with in your bio, how you got into being passionate about eye health and what led you to spend two years of your life trav...