The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
If I personally had age-related macular degeneration, or a propensity for it in my family, which fortunately I don't, but in that case, I would think that supplementing with lutein, provided it's safe, could perhaps be of benefit. You might want to consider a low dose of that.
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So, I'm not going to to tell you to supplement with lutein or not. I don't think any study is holy, but it does seem that if you have moderate to severe macular degeneration, talk to your physician, of course, talk to your ophthalmologist, I'll always say that, and I'll say it three times, supplementing with lutein could perhaps support vision and offset some vision loss in that case.