Joel Hayden: Hey guys. Are you
wondering how to improve your skin is little as a month? I'm going to tell you. Stick around.
Welcome to Eyecare and Wellness channel. I'm Dr. Hayden, where we talk about all things
optometry, eye care, nutrition, eye nutrition, and how to live a longer and
better life. And if that interests you, consider subscribing. And if you like what I have to say,
hit that like button. Let's get at it. So today I thought I would start by just telling
you a story about a patient that I had probably a decade ago. He's still a patient. But he came
to me with really dry eyes. He was a contact lens wearer. Everything we had tried hadn't
worked well. And he said, "What else can we do?" So I told him what I thought would work well.
I told him to go pick up an over-the-counter product and try it for four to six weeks and
return back to me to see how it went. So he comes back in the four to six weeks and I said to him,
"How are the eyes doing?" He said, "The heck with the eyes." He said, "You have to know something."
He said, "I have had an issue on my arm," pointing to it, "for the last decade. I've
tried every over-the-counter cream, I went to my primary. He gave me some suggestions, didn't help.
He sent me to a dermatologist. They gave me some directions, things to take. That didn't help. And
since you told me to take this over the counter product, it's gone." And I was like, "Wow."
So no big surprise coming out of my mouth. What helped him so much was omega-3 fish oil.
And I had him taking the standard 2000 milligrams a day that I usually will tell my patients to
take. At the end of the video, I'm going to let you know how to choose a good fish oil, because
that's a problem for some people. They pick up a bottle of inadequate fish oil, and they start
taking it, thinking that it's going to help. And it doesn't because the quality isn't good.
And when the quality is not there, you're not going to get the benefit.
So at the end, I'll tell you what that is. But the omega three fish oils have been
great at hydrating our skin, improving the flow of the oil of our skin. And that in turn gives us
better, younger-looking skin. So it will help your dry eyes, as you heard me tell that patient who by
the way, went right back into his contacts without a problem, problem solved to this day, still takes
it. And I'm really happy with how the studies look on the cardiovascular system with fish oil,
on brain function with fish oil. It works on the cellular level as an anti-inflammatory agent.
So I always point people to life extension, lef.org, link will be in the description,
on checking out some of their articles on whatever topic you want to look up, and then
check out all the references at the end of their articles. It's really impressive what
great information they bring. So now, how did choose a good
fish oil. I'm telling you, you can walk into any pharmacy, probably pick up their brand,
spin it around, look at the amount of EPA and DHA that's on the label.
And there'll be little asterisks next to it because they're not telling you. Put that back.
It is worthless to take. You need a good quality fish oil, and I'm going to tell you
exactly what that good quality is determined by. You need to take about 2000 milligrams a day of
fish oil, of which a thousand milligrams is the EPA and the DHA. They are rarely the same amount
equal to each other in that serving size, but you want to add them together. So let's say
you're taking 2000 milligrams of fish oil, and you look and you have 350 of DHA and 800 of EPA.
You're well over a thousand. I want it to be more than a thousand if you're taking
the 2000 serving. That's a good quality fish oil. I kind of like the DHA a little closer to the EPA.
And that's something that can be determined by the manufacturer, but let's just keep it
simple that if the EPA and the DHA combined in milligrams is greater than a thousand, buy it.
And start taking it, take it every day. Usually the best time of day to take it, I did a video
right here on when is the best time of day to take fish oil, but I'm going to tell you right now. A,
it's when you can remember to take it. If you get the fish taste repeating on you, take them
before you eat. And that will take care of that. If you're having trouble remembering to take them,
put them where you'll remember on a regular basis. It's really important that you take them daily,
even if you just take them once a day. I really don't see much benefit in splitting
the two pills between morning and night. Take them both at the same time. Let's keep this easy.
But I'm telling you in four to six weeks, you are going to notice a difference in your skin.
So please let me know down below in the notes, if you have found it helpful to take fish oil,
and if you found it not helpful to take fish oil. And I'm really excited to hear back from you.
I hope this helped. If it did, hit that like button. Until next time, take care.