#823: Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg — Creating Supranormal Vision, Cutting-Edge Science for Eye Health, Supplements, Red Light Therapy, and The Future of Eyesight Restoration

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. This episode is deeply personal because as someone who is now in his late 40s, my eyes have started to go for the first time. I've always had 2010 vision, and this is unacceptable for me. So I spoke to everyone I knew and good old Andrew Huberman saw a post that I put up Texted me, said the person you need to talk to is Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg. So guess who my guest is today? Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg, professor and chair of ophthalmology and director of the Buyer's Eye Institute at Stanford University. He has a wide breadth. of expertise. He is a leading scientist in the development and degeneration of the visual system from eye to brain, and there are interventions depending on where you want to go at many points along that chain, although it's more of a network, I guess. And a practicing ophthalmologist and surgeon. We dive into all sorts of stuff in this episode, ranging from Super performance or super normal performance, let's just say for professional athletes, if you want to take your vision from normal or pretty good to

Unbelievably good. For say competitive purposes, we talk about that. And we also talk about repair and slowing the degeneration of the eye, which naturally comes with age. Dr. Goldberg's research is directed at vision restoration, including neuroprotection and regeneration of the retina and optic nerve, a major unmet need in glaucoma. and other eye diseases. And we'll define all of these terms in the conversation. So don't worry. His laboratory is developing novel molecular stem cell and nanotherapeutics approaches for eye repair and he is widely recognized for translating advances in the lab into clinical trials. for patients. So from bench to bedside in some respect. And I really enjoyed this conversation. I took a lot of notes. There's a lot of actionable detail. So we'll dive right into the conversation, but first just a few words from the people who make this podcast possible. As many of you know, for the last few years, I've been sleeping on a Midnight Lux mattress from today's sponsor, Helix Sleep. I also have one in the guest bedroom downstairs, and feedback from friends has always been fantastic.

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