0:00 Video Intro 0:41 Aaron's intro 3:37 Did you notice your astigmatism? How would you identify it? 5:05 How did you end up in glasses in the first place? + current prescription 6:18 How was Aaron's reduction journey like? 8:43 How did you go about Astigmatism reductions? Time gaps? + Aaron's experience with making adding cylindrical equivalents to spherical 10:54 How hard is it to go from trusting the optometrist to making your own lens corrections? What's the learning curve like learning this stuff? 15:09 Aaron's vision in lower lighting conditions + Aaron's experience with glasses that have too much spherical 20:44 How is Aaron's astigmatism now? Is it distracting? + How can you tell you don't need this correction now where you needed it before? 27:03 The importance of patience in astigmatism 29:01 Nutrition and vision 37:24 Video Outro

And optometrist always test your eyes in the pitch black and over-prescribe you for normal lighting! After that over-prescription your power goes up and you'll need NEW glasses again. No wonder it's a multi million dollar business. Make your own customer base and then sell them overpriced frames.

Great conversation! I too find that eating too much sugar really screws up my vision. Low light is frustrating, but it's all part of the deal. Keep the interviews coming and let's all get back to 20/20 together!

@leylarzazade

4 жыл бұрын

Sugar is bad for eyesight?

@mattely6774

4 жыл бұрын

@@leylarzazade Individual experience varies. I've found that lots of sugar makes it hard for me to do active focus the next day or two. Some people don't have that, so we are careful in EM about saying something like "sugar is bad for eyesight" because they're lots of other variables. More so, if you find that you're doing well, and then one day, your vision is noticeably worse, it's worth it to look at what you did the day or two before (sleep, amount of close up, food, stress) to try and understand how lifestyle factors might affect your vision.

@ivanwongmaiyi3216

4 жыл бұрын

But seaweed i not sure is good for Eyesight improve progress.

@paramjeetthakkar7088

4 жыл бұрын

@@leylarzazade did you try active focus? Did it help

@leylarzazade

4 жыл бұрын

@@paramjeetthakkar7088 no

Indoor lighting is very bad for trying to improve vision, when looking at night at my tv I get very depressed by the amount of blur and double vision. In daylight I get the real improvements.

Bookmark for my self to pick up where I left off: 11:00

As someone with ADD, the way he can't find the right words and not speaking fluently seems familiar. But he did a great job explaining!

@robinjohn2807

3 жыл бұрын

ADD is ?

@breath3548

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinjohn2807 attention deficit disorder i guess

his hesitation is proving this video 100% non scripted and are real😂

I look forward to reversing my 1D of astigmatism

Thanks Aaron for sharing this & @jakesteiner for facilitating these great podcast episodes. They're so helpful and inspiring. I got real value from this. I started at -2.0 SPH -0.75 CYL. I'm now at -0.5 SPH -0.75 CYL. It's really helped to hear someone else describe the experience of double vision due to astigmatism. I have the same albeit starting out at a much lower level. It's tricky to figure out in the beginning but I think I'm starting to reduce the astigmatism now.

@Rohitkumar-ps9gf

3 жыл бұрын

Can you exxgerte little more how did u did it

@peadarash

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rohitkumar-ps9gf Do you mean reducing the SPH or the CYL? I dropped the SPH by gradually reducing my glasses prescription and practising a lot of active focus. The CYL has been harder. I look at the eye chart for long periods and try to get the "ghost" astigmatism image to line up with the "real" image. Today I spent 30 mins doing that and by the end the images were fusing well. Hope that helps.

@Rohitkumar-ps9gf

3 жыл бұрын

@@peadarash thnx it's very helpful for me

@varunpatel187

3 жыл бұрын

@@peadarash you mean staring at eyechart or something else please help me i also stuck at cyclinder

@shadowgaming7585

2 жыл бұрын

Is anyone here getting halos and glare without glasses???

Astigmatism (equals 2 focal points normally) shows up more the darker the scene. That's what I found out. Outside in the sunshine glasses or lenses without astigmatism correction can even look perfect depending on prescription. Why? My theory that I didn't read anywhere is that your iris is at its smallest in that scenario and so the other curve of the cornea does not interfere. The bigger the iris the more light through the other curve and the more that other focus point start messing things up. Makes sense? Btw easy to see if you have it with a radial figure. Move it away from your eyes, if all lines remain similar sharp/black/thick, you do not have it. If you see at point A one line sharp, and at another point B another line shape, normally 90 degrees from the first one you (still?) have it.

I appreciated this discussion! I have high astigmatism. It convenience me to get a lenses test kit, which I've been contemplating.

@xxpowwowbluexx

9 ай бұрын

It “convinced” you?

Thanks to the both of you for sharing, and providing so many insights. Aaron, I'm curious to know a little about your everyday tasks and lifestyle. I agree with and understand the concept of not relying on a pair of eyeglasses to assist your move, and if using them it being nice to slowly ween ones self into the independence of learning to improve and adapt without them. Are there any tasks that you find that would require the efficiency of eyeglasses. You mention for watching tv, games, and work presentations you prefer that help. But are there any tasks, such as reading or those related to working on a laptop for periods at a time. Or even in the beginning of the process and noticing how more quickly and effectively you can get stuff done with a quality and efficient level of eyesight? I think you said you had been wearing glasses for awhile before beginning your process. During these stages, how did you train your eyes to handle and do well with the balance of tasks and adjusting your natural eyesight to the capabilities you had by wearing your prescription? As a beginner wearer I notice how the tasks you wouldn't expect or think to be a big deal, like housecleaning and different activities, actually benefit too from the efficiencies of completing things and...... I see you're nearsighted. So do you have perfect or good vision seeing up close as well?

This is interesting as I am also an Aaron who is also reversing a case of high astigmatism.

@aaronwalker4527

4 жыл бұрын

Hey me too!.. wait...

@thedavidgreenshow

4 жыл бұрын

That’s wasn’t a joke either. I was -2.0 and -2.25 and I’m officially down to -1.0 in both eyes after a year. Unofficially I think I’m already even lower. Mine was high but I was surprised yours was over -3.

@AZakar-gs3kn

4 жыл бұрын

@@thedavidgreenshow can you explain the methode that you followed

@thedavidgreenshow

4 жыл бұрын

In short: Lots of outdoor/daylight/distance viewing time, muscle stretching and massage, visualisation/hypnosis techniques for muscle relaxation and psychological factors. To me it seems clear that astigmatism is caused by chronic tightness of muscles of the eyes, neck and head, though it is sometimes hard to determine exactly which ones.

@AZakar-gs3kn

4 жыл бұрын

@@thedavidgreenshow thank you

I also experience the double vision in my right eye. It was given all the astigmatism values from -0.5 to -1.75 in past. Last one before EM was cyl -0.5, which I was wearing in both eyes. With starting EM I got it measured at home by lens kit and found that it was only in RE. So I dropped it altogether as it's anywhere doesn't interfere in my binocular vision. Now, it's about one year, still I have astigmatism in RE i. e DV, but it's like letters of snellen surrounded by blurry artifacts. But I can read the letters as they are black and bold. I guess that's an improvement in astigmatism too along with myopia.

@vikrambishnoi7839

2 жыл бұрын

Is your double vision resolved or not plz tell me I am suffering from same problem

@_N_O_X_O_N_

9 ай бұрын

update?

Thank you for this testimony! As another carnivore and endmyopia follower I have noticed the diet especially adding some raw liver has helped me progress so much. I did keto for years, tried vegan for a year, but nothing works like carnivore and for more than vision improvement!

Wondering if anyone can suggest a particular lense test kit. Large price differences.

So where do you get a test kit?

Hi Jake. Thanks for this video. I don't have high astigmatism, -0.75 cylinder in my left eye and -0.50 cylinder in my right eye. But I would like to reduce the astigmatism with 0.25 diopters if that is possible.

interesting talk, another carnivore and end myopian here. i've been wondering if diet would impact vision at all, but can't say one way or another. especially because I started this way of eating before finding end myopia.

Can’t understand what did he do to reduce the astigmatism?????

Fascinating at the end about diet, and that it may affect one's vision improvements. I've spent a *lot* of energy trying to get to an anti-inflammatory diet over the last few years - majorly helping my dad recover from autoimmune diseases, and inadvertently clearing my eczema in the process by making the same changes - but hadn't considered possible effects of diet on the eyes. I would wager that it's not necessarily a matter of being entirely plant or meat-based, but that a number of staple vegan foods are unfortunately quite inflammatory (whole grains, corn, etc.) , especially if improperly prepared (beans that aren't soaked, etc.). And one really does need vitamin B12 - from meat proteins - which those following a plant-based diet aren't able to get. Off the cuff, I think the main advantage about a "carnivore" diet is avoiding the grains as much as possible (esp gluten). There are so many wonderful vegetables and fruits out there, but you have to eat the *right* ones, and in certain cases make sure they're properly prepared. Healthy gut equals healthy body. :)

I think the same about diet. i'm mostly carnivore but i eat some carbs every 4th or 5th day. Refined carbs seem to have an effect on my sight though i do probably overindulge in them so that may be a factor.

I don't have higher spherical number my left eye has no spehrical correction but has -2.25 cylindrical and -3 cylindrical in right eye with -0.25 spherical so i am going to reduce my astigmatism 😀

@ilovecats1388

2 жыл бұрын

How's your eyes now?

i started with -4 sph and -1.75 cyl and worked down to -2.25 sph and -1 cyl. at that point i took half cyl and added it to sph so now wearing -2.75. i could see the light double thing especially traffic lights at night but i see sharper and feel less strain on my eyes. i think it ll work itself out. hopefully.

@vedikapainjane3591

4 жыл бұрын

How did you reduce your sph and cyl? Did you reduce both at the same time?

@vedikapainjane3591

4 жыл бұрын

Or did you first reduce your sph without doing anything for your cyl? What did you do about your axis?

@location5152

4 жыл бұрын

@@vedikapainjane3591 i reduced both at the same time. and then i stopped reducing cyl for a while and then i did the above. the axis was the same during the reduction

@vedikapainjane3591

4 жыл бұрын

@@location5152 Ohh, so now you are wearing only sph?

@location5152

4 жыл бұрын

@@vedikapainjane3591 correct

I need to know the meaning of active focus in French because I have astigmatism plz

@stefanSS1480

4 жыл бұрын

It's not really a name, it's like when you see something a bit blurry, you blink and it becomes not blurry and sharp.

Hey Jake, does astigmatism causes halos and glare , because i have astigmatism and at night i saw halos and glare around bright light , is it caused by astigmatism??

@Joshua-yj1eo

19 күн бұрын

Yes unfortunately

@shadowgaming7585

19 күн бұрын

@@Joshua-yj1eo i waited 2 years for sombody to reply😂

Got it .. i wear non medical lenses is it okay ! Will this reduced my astigmatism!

@sultanahotb7382

3 жыл бұрын

@@infoc1746 don’t understand

Can someone tell me, why Jake in glasses, if he now 20/20 natural fixed eyesight? Don’t understand. May be I don’t know something

@aaronwalker4527

4 жыл бұрын

I think he said at the end that it's not a minus lense. My guess is he's probably wearing a weak plus lense to get some extra clarity when he takes them off. It's the kind of thing you'd only really want to do after getting back to 20/20 vision.

@robertt251

4 жыл бұрын

Plus lenses

@nabilandre

4 жыл бұрын

Poor Jake needs them to counter all the screen time he is doing.

@phantom5712

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Walker, thanks for answer

@pureharm

4 жыл бұрын

Plus and or plano likely with blue light filter

yesssssss. the carnivory....you are like my twin dude haha. changing my diet to mostly carnivore did well for my eyes as well and other things.

@aaronwalker4527

4 жыл бұрын

Haha awesome man. It really has been a life changer. I didn't mention it in the video because of time and to stay on topic, but I feel so much better in general. I used to have some pretty major chronic anxiety and depression that have since resolved on a carnivore diet. It comes back occasionally when I'm not so strict, but it's way more manageable when it does which I think that's how it kind of is for "normal" people anyway.

@willywonka6775

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronwalker4527 aaron, i have myopia and high astigmatism. Can we possibly talk in private ? Your situation was similar to mine and i would like to achieve what you've done. First i would like to know what prescriptions you ordered at first (less myopia diopters and less astigmatism diopters ? 2 pairs of glasses ?). Was your astigmatism hereditary ? (i understand that yes it was but not sure as i am french haha).

High blood sugars can have myriad strange effects. I’d known about diabetic myopia, but was surprised to read in Dr. Joseph Kraft’s book (Diabetic Epidemic and You) that it is linked to tinnitus, ringing in the ear. A carnivore diet is as low in carbs as a human can go, so it intrigued me to hear that it might be linked to Aaron’s ordinary vision improvement.

@Based_Chameleon

4 жыл бұрын

Looking at Shawn Baker a Carnivore diet actually increases your blood sugar levels. It's nothing new that People following a low carb diet have high blood sugar.

@coffeemachtspass

4 жыл бұрын

Rick Yes, it is ‘something new’, because it is false. Low carbohydrate diets reduce blood sugar very reliably. Please reference the Virta Health Study on diabetic patients for details. Regarding Shawn Baker’s seemingly high glucose numbers; how do you explain that his fasting insulin is rock bottom at the same time? If you don’t understand the physiology, it can’t be explained. Dr. Kahn either doesn’t understand ‘glucose sparing’ or he is untruthful. Either way, he can’t be trusted for his opinions on Baker’s health.

@Based_Chameleon

4 жыл бұрын

@@coffeemachtspass His blood sugar is high likely due to low Insulin. The theory goes that on extremely low carb diets the body keeps the blood sugar high so that glucose is available at all time. There are certain cells in the human body that exclusively burn glucose, so the body needs to have some available at all times or one would die. The other theory is Insulin resistance caused by a high fat diet. Those are the theories right now. What the actual cause is we cannot say until there is actual mechanistic data showing it. The carnivore diet has been around for 2 years maybe. At the moment the scientific research doesn't exist. Shawn Baker's overall blood test was horrible. He had elevated LDLC levels and is thus at risk of ASCVD. His testosterone was also extremely low. I'll check the study later. It seems that moderate low carb diets don't have the same effect on blood sugar levels as no carb diets like the carnivore diet. As I said, scientific research is needed to verify what the actual cause of high blood sugar is with the Carnivore diet. At the moment it is totally unscientific to recommend this diet to anyone. No wonder Shawn Baker lost his licence.

@coffeemachtspass

4 жыл бұрын

Rick I agree with most of what you said. Disagreements: That unglycated LDL is an unambiguous marker. Elevated LDL is also associated with lower infection rates and cancer. In women over 60, it is strongly correlated with longevity. From mid-1960s data, median American ate a moderately low carb diet: 45% calories from carbs. CVD was high, but smoking rates and environmental toxins were unregulated (both of which can be directly linked to CVD causatively). Carnivore diets are uncommon today, but not in the past. Plains Indians spent much of the year eating nothing but buffalo. There are medical reports on their health before adopting grains and sugar. Low cancer rates, robust and lean bodies, no diabetic symptoms.

@coffeemachtspass

4 жыл бұрын

Rick Hi. Shawn Baker’s medical license has been reinstated. As far as I know, it has had nothing to do with his personal dietary choices. A low fasting insulin at the same time as a raised blood glucose. That is a very strange beast indeed, unless you are a Type 1 Diabetic, which Baker certainly isn’t. [Edited to add a useful link regarding LCHF dieters glucose uptake mimicking the low insulin response of a Type 1 without the metabolic derangement of that condition: profgrant.com/2013/08/16/joseph-kraft-why-hyperinsulinemia-matters/] Baker has shown his results from the Coronary Artery Calcium scan, which has the advantage over lipid markers in that it can actually see calcified plaque. The actual disease. Baker had zero calcified plaque. Why rely upon a weak marker of CVD when I far more significant one shows no disease? As I put forward, it is historically true that humans have relied upon animal foods, even exclusively, for our entire evolution. I think that the burden of proof is on anyone who claims that natural meat, fish, and eggs are unhealthy to make the case, not the reverse.

Epic that he EXPOSED the plant-based myth. High Meat Diet + Active Focus + Outdoor In The Sun Time = Real Eye Improvement

@nabilandre

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly it really depends on the person, people respond differently to different things

@alexandrachristina2721

4 жыл бұрын

And what nutrients are there exactly in meat that can't be found in plants?

@location5152

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrachristina2721 a lot of nutrients in plants...the question is how efficient are you in extracting those nutrients like a herbivore does. and how much matter will you need to get those nutrients.

@nabilandre

4 жыл бұрын

Me personally i do not respond well to meat i love it but hate how it makes me feel. It takes a real long time to digest and if i do any amount of cardio afterwards my performance is noticeably worse. I am far from a only plant based guy, but denying the benefits of a plant based diet in my opinion is just plain dumb. New studies and personal experimentation with eating less meat just proves to give better performance and overall well being. That is just how i feel.

@location5152

4 жыл бұрын

@@nabilandre i ve done both and everything in between....feel a lot better with plenty of meat in my diet. and actually no plants. and yes if you have spent a long time without eating much meat or mixing it with a lot of plants, the one day you might eat a bigger portion you cant produce enough acid and enzymes to break it down. but whatever makes one feel best is where one needs to be

Is it possible to cure astigmatism??

@MoNi-xt1jc

4 жыл бұрын

I hope.. mine is -3.25 and -3.75

@sapnadreamz9119

4 жыл бұрын

Mine is 2.5 and 3

@haniamalik2834

Жыл бұрын

@@sapnadreamz9119 can you tell me how you reduced that

@sapnadreamz9119

Жыл бұрын

@@haniamalik2834 I didn't,I got ICL surgery done,Its been 1 year and I am super happy

so he saying he still sees artifacts.

Why is he hearing glasses himself ?

Jake why are you wearing glasses?? I though your vision is 20/20 wtf im confusedd are you faking the 20/20.

@endmyopia

4 жыл бұрын

Yes of course I’m faking, because that wouldn’t be obvious in a video. (Do plus lenses exist? Is the first question always whether there’s something sinister going on?)

@saadk8905

4 жыл бұрын

@@endmyopia lol im joking Jake. Didnt know you were wearing plus lenses. I like your reduced lense therapy method, it does decrease ones dependency for glasses.

@endmyopia

4 жыл бұрын

@@saadk8905 Well, good then. 😉