Supplementing with lutein is only beneficial for individuals already experiencing moderate to severe age-related macular degeneration.

“I spoke to our chair of ophthalmology, there is some evidence through quality peer-reviewed studies that supplementing with lutein can help offset some of the detrimental effects of age-related macular degeneration, but I want to emphasize but I emphasize however only for individuals with moderate t”

Ophthalmologists should complete a four-year medical degree because the eye has systemic connections and requires a broad medical knowledge base.

“I think it's important for us to have a general sense of medical knowledge particularly because so many systemic diseases manifest as eye problems”