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BardsFM Health & Wellness: Dr. Ronald Pugh on Blindness, Free Radicals & Nutrition │ BardsFM
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- Jun 16, 2026
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Episode 4147 │ June 15, 2026 An optometrist with 30 years of practice says macular degeneration and cataracts are preventable — and he has seen both reverse with nutrition alone. WHAT THIS EPISODE COVERS Dr. Ronald Pugh — optometrist, philanthropist, and 40-year student of nutrition — walks through the top five causes of blindness in America, explaining how free radical damage drives macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetes-related vision loss, and hypertensive eye disease, and how therapeutic doses of plant-derived minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and the full 90-essential-nutrient protocol can prevent and in documented cases reverse these conditions. Drawing on Senate Document 264 from 1936, 25 medical mission trips to Mexico serving over 75,000 patients, and his own reversal of arthritis and bone spurs through nutritional intervention, Dr. Pugh makes the case that mineral-depleted soil, processed food, and inadequate supplementation are the root cause of most degenerative disease — and that health sovereignty begins with the six inches between your eardrums. KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED What are the top five causes of blindness in America — and how do free radicals, antioxidant deficiency, and mineral depletion drive every one of them? What is the difference between RDA minimum doses and therapeutic doses of vitamins and minerals — and why does Dr. Pugh say the RDA was designed to keep a soldier alive, not to help you thrive? Can macular degeneration and cataracts actually be reversed — and what specific nutritional protocol did Dr. Pugh use with patients who saw their vision restored? ABOUT BARDSFM BardsFM is a daily independent podcast covering faith, liberty, history, and information warfare. Hosted by Scott Kesterson — combat veteran, documentary filmm…