Lutein and Improved Cognitive Function

• Effect of macular pigment carotenoids on cognitive functions: A systematic review.

  • 2022-10
  • Systematic Review
  • Physiology & behavior 254
  • • Marta-C García-Romera
    • María-Carmen Silva-Viguera
    • Inmaculada López-Izquierdo
    • Alfredo López-Muñoz
    • Raúl Capote-Puente
    • Beatriz Gargallo-Martínez

  • PubMed: 35752349
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113891

  7 Insights on

  • Improved Cognitive Function

  • High evidence

  The general aim of the studies was to examine the association between carotenoids (lutein, meso‑zeaxanthin and zeaxanthin) and cognitive function. ... dietary lutein and zeaxanthin intake increased MPOD ... and significantly improved most of the cognitive functions studied.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes