Want to Keep Your Eyes in Tip-Top Shape? Here’s How
3/31/202617 min
As more of us spend our days staring at screens, keeping our eyes healthy matters more than ever. This week, Dr. Sanjay Gupta digs into the small habits, smart food choices, and the right eye drops that can help protect your “super peepers” for the long run. Plus, we dig into why one listener feels weak even while staying active -- and why the difference between strength and muscle mass matters. This episode was produced by Leying Tang and Jennifer Lai. Showrunner: Amanda Sealy Senior Producer: Dan Bloom Technical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSanjay Gupta· Host0:00
[music] Hey there. Welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta. Thank you so much for joining us. Really appreciate it. As you know by now, this is the show where I get to hear from you and then answer your health questions. My producer, Lai Ying, is with us today. Who do we have up first?
Leying Tang0:20
Hi, Sanjay. A listener named Deb Jones from Kentucky has a question about eye health. Here's what she wants to know.
Deb Jones0:27
Dr. Gupta, I just love your podcast, and I learn something every time I listen. I've been on a, an eye healing journey. I've had four different surgeries on my eyes and just have a lot of anxiety about, um, getting older. Any advice about how to protect our, our super peepers, as I like to call them, and keep them in the best shape that we can? Eye exercises, vitamins in general, drops, whatever. I, I would love to hear about protecting that precious resource.
Sanjay Gupta· Host1:04
Well, Deb, first of all, thank you for listening. I'm so glad you learn something every time you listen. That's the goal of this podcast. And you're asking a really important question, Deb. I think a lot of people worry about this, especially as we get older or if we've had other eye issues in the past. So your question's important, especially now that so many people are spending so much time looking at screens all day long for work,