I am about to throw up and everything is still all fuzzy.
2007-12-16 16:29:59 · 13 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
None.
While carrots do contain vitamins that keep your eyes healthy they will not improve the vision of healthy eyes.
My understanding is that urban legend stems back to WWII when Britain managed to develop a radar unit that would fit inside a fighter. This improved the performance of the British night-fighters. The carrot thing was a piece of misinformation to hide the real reason for the British successes due to radar.
2007-12-16 16:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on why your vision is poor. For example, the carotenoids in carrots absolutely can improve your night vision (because it improves light sensitivity) and general eye health. In fact, a deficiency of Vitamin A CAUSES night-blindness and is recognized as specific nutritional deficiency disease. But if your eye is misshapen, as in the case of astigmatism, it's unlikely that any nutritional support efforts are going to make changes there. If that was even possible, it would take years to notice the benefits because the cells of your eyes have about a 7 year lifecycle.
2016-03-16 01:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems you already know that you can't eat the amount one PILL of Vitamin A can give you as a supplement. Me, myself, I'd take the pill before becoming a carrot-o-holic and the need to recite...
What's up Doc?
2007-12-16 16:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by Theban 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well its not how many carrots you eat
you have to eat normally and eat carrots on top of that
3 carrots a day would do fine
2007-12-16 16:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
one serving a day and if your eyes are fuzzy you probly need an optomitrist (eye dr) also if you eat a super lot of carrots your skin will turn orange from too much of the beta keratine no thats not a joke ask your health teacher
2007-12-16 16:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by child4jc74 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my neighbor ate so many carrots that her skin started turning orange. just get glasses.
2007-12-16 16:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get some Beta-Carotine capsules. More bang for the buck, and you won't turn orange
2007-12-16 16:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by blue chaos soɐɥɔ ǝnlq 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that eating a lot of carrots will actually make your skin orange?
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I found a couple of links:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_275a.html
http://orangeman.commo.de/faq.html
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2007-12-16 16:45:23 · answer #8 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don't know. However, I do know that if you eat
seven almonds every day you will know your own destiny.
2007-12-16 16:33:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several tonnes.
Fear not, after the blur goes away, and the spots quit drifting by, you will see a little better.
2007-12-16 16:38:09 · answer #10 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋