Ive heard people with macular degeneration should take special vitamins and supplements. Do they really work?
Yes. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), sponsored by the National Eye Institute, followed 3,640 participants who had at least early AMD for at least five years. Those at high risk for developing advanced AMD those with intermediate AMD and with advanced AMD in one eye only reduced their risk of developing advanced stages of AMD about 25 percent when they took daily antioxidant/mineral supplements containing 500 mg vitamin C, 400 IU vitamin E, 15 mg beta-carotene, 80 mg zinc (as zinc oxide) and two mg copper (as cupric oxide).
