DO CARROTS
IMPROVE YOUR EYES?
G'day folks,
Here is a good question for you. I bet your parents mentioned this to you as you were growing up.
Strange though it may seem, the claim wasn’t entirely bogus. Carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A—a crucial component of overall eye health. But while carrots might help the vision of a person with severe malnutrition, gobbling down excess amounts of them won’t allow you to suddenly ditch your glasses or see better in the dark. In fact, too much vitamin A can be toxic.
There’s no evidence
that Britain’s carrot propaganda actually fooled the Nazis, but it did stick in
the public consciousness. Spurred on by posters and news reports claiming
carrots would help with their “night sight” during wartime blackouts, many
British citizens began serving up heaping portions on their dinner tables and
growing them in their “victory gardens” at home.
The Ministry of Food even
introduced a cartoon character named “Dr. Carrot” to make them more palatable
to children. By the time the war ended, Britain had produced a surplus of
carrots, and the vegetable’s reputation as an eye-fortifying superfood had
cemented itself in popular folklore.
Clancy's comment: Mm ... Yep, heard this heaps of times as a kid.
I'm ....
Carrots have many benefit that they can do with our body or our eyes. Carrots in some research have a betacaroten to improve your vision and have function as anti oxydant inside your body. It is important for parents for teach your daughter or son to eat vegetables since kid. It can be good for their future cause have a good health and good vision. laatjeogenlaseren.nl
ReplyDeleteThat's what my mother always said. Thanks.
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