Macular Degeneration

Vitamin E role in helping eyesight supports supplement use

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 25th, 2002

The role of Vitamin E and other antioxidants in helping fight off age-related macular degeneration "may have tipped the balance" in providing convincing evidence of the health effects of vitamin supplements, according to Dr. Thomas H. Lee, editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter.

"Until recently, the evidence that supplements would do any good just wasn't very convincing," he said. "But results from a large and persuasive study by the National Eye Institute...may have tipped the balance."

The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently found that a combination of antioxidants and zinc reduced the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-04-25)

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