The studies on lutein and macular degeneration are not convincing, and the role of lutein in vegetables is not definitively proven.

“the lutein studies with macular degeneration are i'm not totally excited about those studies i think that uh i think that if you really look into macular degeneration i've spoken to an ophthalmologist chris kenobi on my podcast about this a lot that that it's that i'm just not convinced by those studies we can go through them individually if you'd like but that takes us down quite a rabbit hole i think they're they're pretty weak in their in their data that this lutein in these vegetables is magical”