Antioxidants and macular degeneration
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by DPS
A new study shows that antioxidants have no real benefits for macular degeneration, the age-related version of which is the commonest cause of blindness in Australia.
A recent Melbourne-based study into diet reviewed evidence from 150,000 people, 2,000 of whom developed age-related macular degeneration, and looked at whether there was any benefit from increased intakes of vitamins C and E as well as betacarotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, which are pigments that are found in the macula.
The bottom line was that there was no evidence of benefit.
To minimise chances of contracting age related macular degeneration the main change to make is to stop smoking.
