Dr Karan Explores10 Tammi 2025

You’re Blinking Wrong (And Other Eye Health Mistakes) - Dr Joseph Allen

💬 “ Eye health, your vision, is so much more than just, ‘I think I see well’. There's way more going on.” ~Dr Joseph Allen

⚡️ Dr Joseph Allen, aka Doctor Eye Health, is an optometrist in the US with a massive following on social media, where he shares science-backed ways to protect your eyes.

⚡️ In this episode Joey and I explain why it’s time to get serious about eye health, as poor eyesight is on the rise globally, bringing many other problems with it.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡︎ Why half of the world is expected to have myopia (nearsightedness) by 2050

➡︎ How screens are making us blink less (and why that’s bad)

➡ What to do about eyelid twitches, bags and dark circles

➡︎ What foods, diets and supplements work for better vision

➡︎ The best ways to get proactive about your eye health now

📕 Chapters

(1:00) Dr Allen’s inspiration

(3:45) Do glasses make your eyes worse?

(8:40) The myopia epidemic

(15:06) Lifestyle changes to improve eye health

(17:06) Sunlight and eye health

(21:53) Are blue light blocking glasses any good?

(26:12) Red and orange lights at night

(28:03) Best foods for vision - the carrot myth

(32:33) Supplements and eye drops

(36:35) Intermittent fasting and eye health

(39:45) How to deal with dry eyes

(46:58) The 20/20/20 rule

(49:00) How stress affects the eye

(57:00) When should you get checked out?

📱 Connect with me:

TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan

Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr

📱 Connect with Joseph

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/doctoreyehealth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctoreyehealth/?hl=en

🔥 Get my free weekly newsletter filled with easy to action health tips, interesting facts and science to fill your curiosity: https://drkaran.beehiiv.com/subscribe

🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook

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