In this video, we’re going to talk about crusty eyes. What’s behind crusty eyes, and how can you improve your eye health?br br People have different terms for crusty eyes such as:br • Sleep dustbr • Eye sandbr • Eye gunkbr • Sleep sandbr • Eye shnooters br • Eye goop br • Eye boogersbr br What causes crusty eyes?br br It’s a vitamin A deficiency. This deficiency will cause you to have dry eyes. But, at the same time, you get a thickened mucus around the eyes which can cause you to have itchy eyes. br br However, if you feel like you have sand or crust in your eyes, but there isn’t actually anything there, that is something different. That could be because of a vitamin B2 deficiency or a low blood sugar situation.br br Vitamin A — is a fat-soluble vitamin. The active form comes from animal products. Pre-vitamin A comes from plants. br br Get vitamin A from plants and:br br • Egg yolksbr • Beef liverbr • Cod liver oilbr br What causes a vitamin A deficiency?br br • Low ironbr • Lack of essential pancreatic enzymesbr • A missing gallbladder or a gallbladder problembr • Alcoholbr • IBSbr • Not consuming enough vitamin A (especially the active form)br br br Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:br Dr. Berg, 53 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of The New Body Type Guide and other books published by KB Publishing. He has taught students nutrition as an adjunct professor at Howard University. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.