The Berne Podcast with Dr. Sam Berne
Using the eyes and vision as a portal into systemic health. Dr. Sam Berne is a progressive and empowering thought leader helping you strengthen your sight.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 347
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Podcast 43: Community Q&A
This episode answers questions related to dry eyes, contact lens solutions, eye-health supplements, and deteriorating near and far vision.
Question 1
0:21 – 6:36
Do you have an opinion on LipiFlow f…
Podcast 39: Community Q&A
Question 1
0:18 – 7:31
I am at the age where I need bifocals and I wear contacts. I also have astigmatism. What can I do to improve my eyesight?
Question 2
7:36 – 12:44
I am looking for information a…
Podcast 38: Community Q&A
Question 1
0:30 – 10:38
My 88-year-old mother is blind in one eye and is challenged in her good eye. She had severe inflammation and had cataract surgery about 20 years ago. She uses alpha glaucoma m…
Podcast 36: Community Q&A
Question 1
1:15 – 5:17
Have you written anything on the holistic management of diabetic macular edema? I am trying to help my father with this condition. I am so grateful for any direction you can pr…
Podcast 35: Community Q&A
Question 1
3:49 – 8:50
My 23-year-old daughter contracted Shingles in June 2017. She had it on her scalp, forehead, ear, etc. It went into her right eye. She is on her 3rd eye specialist and the infl…
Podcast 34: Community Q&A
Question 1
Hi, I have just been diagnosed with a problem where there is bleeding in the eye and I have type 2 diabetes. The eye doctor told me I should wait and see, and then get a new appointment …
Podcast 33: Community Q&A
0:00 – 13:05
What is the protocol for reducing a nearsighted RX? Also, how much should I ask for in terms of a prescription reduction and how long will it take to improve my myopia.
13:05 – 18:13
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Podcast 30: Community Q&A
0:00 – 5:40
How do you work around being intolerant to “sulfurs”?
5:42 – 7:65
Dr. Berne, thank you very much for valuable content and sharing your knowledge! You’re helping people so much!
I have a…
Podcast 28: Community Q&A
0:00 – 6:18
Dear Dr. Berne,
I subscribe to your emails and am a huge fan. Thank you for all you do and especially, thanks for your out-of-the-box thinking. I hope you can direct me somewhere for he…
Podcast 26: Community Q&A
Question 1:
00:00 – 10:00: I just listened to your podcast with WellnessMama and I have a four-year-old daughter who has been in glasses since she was two. They diagnosed her as farsighted and with a…
Podcast 23: Community Q&A
0:00-2:14
- “I have been diagnosed with early drusen in my retina? What foods can I eat to avoid getting macular degeneration?
2:14-14:32
- I am a medical doctor and I have been suffering double visi…
Podcast 20: Community Q&A
- “Dr. Berne, I have been diagnosed with an eye disease and I want to develop a plan from a more holistic perspective. Can you help me design a strategy to help me improve my eye condition without us…
Podcast 19: Community Q&A
- “Why am I developing floaters, a cataract, and macular degeneration? My eyes are letting me down. What can I do?”
Podcast 18: Community Q&A
- “My daughter has been diagnosed with crossed eyes and was given strong glasses? The doctor is also recommending eye muscle surgery. How is your approach different?”
Podcast 17: Community Q&A
- “I’ve been told that my eyes work fine but not working well together. When I look straight ahead of me I get double vision and it gets worse the higher up I look. Looking down I get no problems. My …
Podcast 16: Community Q&A
- “My daughter has been diagnosed with amblyopia and has had glasses since 4 years old. My son was born with an eye that crossed, farsighted with amblyopia, and has eye alignment issues. He has had gl…
Podcast 15: Community Q&A
- How can you increase lutein and zeaxanthin?
- What’s the difference between a sulfa allergy and sulfur?
Podcast 14: Report on study on omega-3 fish oil for dry-eye syndrome
- A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that Omega-3 Fish Oils are not beneficial for dry-eye syndrome. Dr. Berne shares his thoughts.
- Community Q&A questions on how to el…
Podcast 11: Community Q&A
- What is a Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD) and what can you do about it?
- What is a 4th nerve palsy?
- What can be done to reduce double vision?
- How do you reduce the intraocular pressure that is bu…
Podcast 10: Community Q&A
- How does dairy impact macular degeneration?
- What should we know about steroidal eye drops?
- What is the ocular microbiome?