Does eating carrots really improve your eyesight?
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Eating carrots probably wouldnt improve your eyesight that much. but the vitamins contained in carrots can stop eyesight degrading as much due to age.
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Well you would have to eat a LOT of carrots to improve eyesight, but it is Vitamin A is important in maintenance of the cornea, helps proper perception of light at the retina and a vitamin A deficiency can cause lag in recovery time after a flash of light at night. So make sure you are getting the right amount of it. Other foods high in Beta Carotene and Vitamin A are whole eggs, whole milk and Liver. If you don't eat much of these foods, consider supplementation.
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Yes and no. Carrots are very good for your eyes in the sense that they contain large amounts of an orange pigment (carotenoid) known as beta-carotene. This substance converts into vitamin A in our bodies, which aids in certain aspects of the visual process. In fact, not having enough vitamin A (that is, vitamin A deficiency) has been shown to cause night blindness! Vitamin A, which is a fat-soluble vitamin, can also be obtained from other foods which are high in beta-carotene-->think of fruits and vegetables that are orange, red, and yellow (e.g. peaches, oranges, pumpkin, etc.). Carrots cannot, however, fix near-sightedness or far-sightedness (which typically have more to do with the shape of the eye and the way that light is detected by the retina). Similarly, astigmatism, which is caused by an abnormal curvature of the cornea (clear front covering over the lens of your eye), is not helped by eating carrots.
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