Best Foods for Dry Eyes (Vitamin A Deficiency Symptoms) – Dr. Berg

Let's discuss the foods for dry eyes .

Now the glands that produce tears and little ducts that the tears drain through are controlled by Vitamin a .

So Vitamin a has everything to do with controlling what those cells that line the inside of the the gland , and also the inside of the body like the little ducts , and also other tissue that line the inside of your body .

So if there's a vitamin a deficiency , the inner lining of the ducts , as well as the gland can malform .

It can get thicker .

The tissue can get rougher , and the actual production of the tear or fluids diminish .

So an average person who has dry eyes , not knowing this , will tend to get the drops in the eyes .

And hopefully , they won't go to the steroid drops because that creates all sorts of side effects .

So the three top Vitamin A Symptoms would be , number 1 , dry eyes , night blindness .

You can actually go blind .

There's quite a high percentage of children in certain countries that are vitamin a deficient when they're very young , and they go blind .

So So there's a huge connection between vitamin a and your vision .

And then blurred vision .

Now vitamin a does a lot of other things too related to your immune system , your mucus membranes .

But for what we're talking about , dry eyes is definitely a vitamin a deficiency .

Now I don't recommend you go out and buy Vitamin A for this simply because , a lot of the Vitamin A out there is synthetic , and that comes with the package .

There's a lot of side effects .

But here are the foods that are very high in Vitamin A .

The top one is Cobb Liver Oil .

You can also get Cobb Liver in a can .

It's actually quite good .

I put a link down below .

Liver has a lot of Vitamin A .

Fatty fish has a good amount of Vitamin A .

Butter and ghee have Vitamin A .

Cheese has vitamin a , especially if it's fattier cheese .

Egg yolks are loaded with vitamin a , and beef has vitamin a .

Now unfortunately , the actual definition of vitamin a also includes pre vitamin a , beta carotene , and some other , carotenoids .

This is not actually vitamin a even though it's classified as vitamin a .

It's because it has to be converted into the active form of vitamin a which is retinol .

So when you buy food and you look at the back of the label and it says has this much vitamin a , a , don't be deceived because they could be talking about the precursor .

Now what is the significance of that ?

Well , the conversion to the active form of vitamin a is not that great .

In other words it takes 20 molecules of the precursor to convert into 1 molecule of the active form of vitamin a .

Not only that , 50% of the population has a genetic variant .

It's called a polymorphism , which prevents this conversion to a certain degree .

So don't depend on your Vitamin A for the precursors .

Now Beta Carotene and other Carotenoids which are Phytonutrients have great benefits .

Other great benefits or Antioxidants , they do a lot but they're not the same as retinol .

So if you're trying to fix your dry eyes and you're taking beta carotene , it may not work .

Retinol is only in animal products .

So if you were a vegan and you have dry eyes , this could be the reason you're not converting to the active form of retinal .

Now there's other problems as well .

Let's say you're consuming these foods right here and you still have dry eyes .

Well , it could be you have inflammation in the gut because you had a history of antibiotics .

It could be because you have some problem with your liver , fatty liver , or your gallbladder , or you had your gallbladder removed and you're deficient in bile , or you have SIBO , small intestinal bacterial overgrowth , which robs certain nutrients .

The way you would know that is every time you eat you feel extremely bloated especially with fiber and vegetables .

And I already mentioned , fatty liver , but it could also be an inflamed liver .

So anything wrong with the liver can impair the ability to absorb vitamin a .

And vitamin a is stored in the liver .

But as it starts to fill up with fat , you lose the ability to store vitamin a and other fat soluble vitamins .

Alright .

I think I covered everything I wanted to cover .

Thanks for watching .

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