Food as Medicine, Newbury, UK

Join Us for the In-Person Workshop

On 22 April from 17:00 – 19:00, at The Hotel Retreat at Elcot Park, Newbury, Dr. Radka Toms will guide you through the emerging science connecting nutrition, gut health, inflammation, and chronic eye diseases, such as dry eyes, rosacea, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, or glaucoma.

This session will explore how targeted nutrition and lifestyle strategies influence the biological system, slow down the aging process, and protect your body and your eyes.

Dr. Radka Toms is an Ophthalmologist practising in the NHS, and at the Matrix Eye Clinic and the Ü Clinic

Optimising Eye Health from Within

A Functional Medicine Approach to Prevention and Longevity

If you care about your long-term vision, you already know how essential your eyes are, not just for sight, but for how you experience life, work, and connection.

Yet modern lifestyles place a constant strain on visual health. Digital exposure, metabolic stress, inflammation, and environmental factors quietly influence the resilience of the eye over time.

Many people only begin to think about their eyes when symptoms appear, such as dry eye, fatigue, irritation, or visual decline. But what if we approached eye health differently?

What if we focused on preserving, protecting, and optimising vision before problems develop?

Emerging research in systems biology and functional medicine shows that the eyes are not isolated organs. They are deeply connected to metabolic health, immune balance, mitochondrial function, and the gut.

When these systems are supported, the eyes are better equipped to maintain clarity, stability, and resilience across decades.

This workshop explores a more proactive question: How can we build a foundation for lifelong eye health from the inside out?

During This Workshop You Will Learn

• why the earliest changes in eye health often begin at a systemic level, and why dry eye, rosacea, or AMD is often linked to inflammation elsewhere in the body
• how inflammation, metabolism, and immune regulation influence long-term visual function

• why dry eye and rosacea frequently occur together
• how the gut-eye axis connects the gut health and the ocular surface, retina, and optic nerve

• how nutrition can support tear film stability and ocular surface health
• the role of blood sugar balance and micronutrients in eye health
• practical, evidence-based strategies to support eye health proactively

You will also hear Dr. Toms’ personal story of how addressing gut health helped resolve her own dry eye and rosacea.

This Workshop Is For You If

✔️ you want to protect your vision as you age
✔️ you spend long hours on screens and want to support your eyes proactively
✔️ you are interested in preventing conditions such as dry eye, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma
✔️ you value a science-based, root-cause approach to health optimisation
✔️ you want to understand how nutrition, metabolism, and lifestyle influence visual performance

A Different Way to Think About Eye Health

Eye health is not only about reacting to symptoms.
It is about creating the internal environment that allows the eyes to thrive.

By understanding the connections between the gut, immune system, metabolism, and visual tissues, we can shift from symptom management to true prevention.

Because often, the most powerful way to care for your eyes is not simply from the outside, but from within.

If this resonates with you, I would love you to join us.
Dr. Radka Toms

If you can't attend this time - no problem! Just reply to this email radka@mysugarstop.com, and type "inform me about the next workshop"
We will let you know about our next event, focused on - Eat For Your Eyes