Episode 6: Feeding your Eyes

06/25/24 • 68 min

Have you ever wondered what sort of nutrition advice is best for vision, for eye health and importantly, to prevent eye disease? Feeding your eyes is the very beginning of a conversation on nutrition for eye health. Professor John Nolan, the founder and director of the Nutrition Research Centre in Ireland, joins me to discuss the ingredients needed to improve and retain our vision. We deep dive into John’s areas of expertise: the role of nutrition for vision, cognitive function and the prevention of age-related diseases like macular degeneration. And we dare to venture into provocative territories that challenge the status quo. Food for thought.

The late Michael Moseley is mentioned in this episode, related to his work investigating the legitimacy of Prof. John’s work. We’d like to acknowledge not only his tragic passing this year, but his brilliant contributions to the field of science translation. Vale Michael.

Additional resources:

The Brain and Ocular Nutrition Conference aims to connect the global scientific community as well as nutrition enthusiasts, for the advancement of eye and brain function through nutrition. It is planned for June 2025 in Massachusetts, USA.

Nutritional therapist Hannah Nunn’s channel can be found at www.youtube.com/@nutritionforamd

Michael Moseley’s “Trust Me I’m a Doctor” review of macula pigment supplementation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1f4vsRpHghwGWZcSvRN72xM/can-i-improve-my-eyesight

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Additional resources:

Nutritional therapist Hannah Nunn’s channel can be found at www.youtube.com/@nutritionforamd

Michael Moseley’s “Trust Me I’m a Doctor” review of macula pigment supplementation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1f4vsRpHghwGWZcSvRN72xM/can-i-improve-my-eyesight

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Episode 5: The Australian Bionic Eye Project

Associate Professor Penelope Allen is a leading expert in ophthalmology and a pivotal figure in the Australian Bionic Eye project. Join us as she delves into the fascinating journey of this initiative, from its inception and the brilliant minds behind it to the many challenges they have faced along the way. We'll also hear about the outcomes of the first and second clinical trials, offering hope and new possibilities for vision-impaired individuals.

To learn more about this project, visit:

Centre for Eye Research Australia https://www.cera.org.au/research/bionic-eye-and-vitreoretinal-research/

Bionics Institute https://rb.gy/p2t75w

Check out Channel 9’s recent news coverage (May 2024) of the 2nd clinical trials here

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Episode 7: Eyes Reborn - Exploring Stem Cells and Vision Restoration

Associate Professor Anai Gonzalez-Cordero is a research scientist at the Children’s Medical Research Institute who joins me to discuss regenerative medicine and this incredible exciting possibility for vision restoration. We begin our discussion with the very basics of what stem cells can do, how we are now able to produce them without using embryonic tissue, what disease modeling is and excitingly, how we might manufacture and transplant stem cells to restore vision.

Additional resources:

A fantastic article about How iPS cells changed the world
Retina Australia
About Stem Cells is a public resource provided by the International Society of Stem Cell Research.
Stem Cells Australia hosts a site supported by the University of Melbourne which links researchers with the community. A complete list of current clinical trials can also be found here.

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