Diabetes and Your Vision: Why Blood Sugar Affects Your Eyes

If your blood sugar is running high, you have probably heard a warning about your eyes. In this episode, Dr. Scott Saunders explains why vision problems and type 2 diabetes are so closely linked, and what you can actually do about it. The short version is that diabetes is an energy problem, and the retinas are some of the most energy-hungry, sensitive tissue in the body.

Dr. Saunders walks through why eating sugar can make your vision go blurry by literally changing the size of your eye, what those steroid shots in the eye really do, and the antioxidants behind the AREDS2 research. He then takes an hour of viewer questions on potassium, beans, L-carnitine, cataract surgery, and how long to stay on phase one of the Diabetes Solution Kit.

In this episode, Dr. Saunders covers:

• Why type 2 diabetes is really an energy problem, and why the retinas feel it first
• How eating sugar can blur your vision by shrinking and swelling your eye
• Why diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults
• What the steroid shots in the eye actually do, and their hidden cost
• The antioxidants from the AREDS2 research, and how they support eye health
• Everyday nutrient gaps that still show up today: vitamin A, vitamin D, zinc, and iodine
• Straight answers on potassium levels, beans, L-carnitine, and phase one timing

Timestamps

• 2:43 — Why type 2 diabetes threatens your vision: it is an energy problem, not just high sugar
• 8:26 — "My vision is fine until I eat sugar, then it goes blurry"
• 8:39 — How sugar blurs vision: osmotic pressure shrinks and swells the eye
• 10:49 — What the shots in the eye are, and why steroids come at a cost
• 11:04 — Antioxidants and the AREDS2 study: protecting the retina from free radicals
• 13:40 — A look at what is inside EagleEyeVision
• 14:41 — Who actually needs a vision supplement, and the truth about deficiencies
• 15:36 — Vitamin A is the number one cause of blindness worldwide
• 16:58 — Common deficiencies today: vitamin D, zinc, and iodine
• 19:52 — High potassium: what it means and why it matters
• 21:55 — Are beans a problem for type 2 diabetes?
• 23:47 — How long should you stay on phase one?
• 26:13 — Do you need a special diabetes eye exam?
• 27:04 — L-carnitine for type 2: does it help, and how much?
• 30:37 — CinnaChroma dosing: daily versus five days on, two days off
• 40:52 — When a sinus infection causes inflammation in the eye
• 47:40 — Why macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetes all trace back to energy
• 48:56 — When plain broccoli spikes blood sugar 30 points

Products mentioned in this episode — use code Saunders25 for 25% off:

• EagleEyeVision
• CinnaChroma
• TurmericBP+
• Diabetes Solution Kit

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