or is it an evil lie?
2007-12-29 13:40:23 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
It's an old wifes' tale, but who's to say it isn't right?
2007-12-29 13:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, but since you asked, I am going to tell you a self experienced fact about carrots. Twenty years ago I went to the eye Doctor and he prescribed glasses after an eye examination when I scored a lot less than 20/20. Since then I have been eating a stick of carrot every single day. I was developing problem seeing with glasses on. I went to the eye Doctor again and I scored this time a perfect 20/20 vision. Guess what? I threw the glasses away.
2007-12-29 13:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a lie but not an evil one it was a story made up during world war II to get kids to eat more vegetables as they told them that pilots ate lots of carrots to see better in the dark and as pilots were hero worshipped then the kids ate more vegetables especially carrots which were abundant and not on ration
2007-12-30 02:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil lie i say.
haha.
I can see pretty well in the dark, and I haven't had a carrot since summer.
2007-12-29 15:47:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's a fib, not an evil lie. During the war to hide the existence of Radar from the Germans the RAF made out that the pilots were being fed lots of carrots to help them see better.
2007-12-29 13:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by mini metro 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MYTH: Children should eat carrots to improve their vision.
FACT: Although it's true that carrots are rich in vitamin A, which is essential for sight, many other foods (asparagus, apricots, nectarines, and milk, for example) also contain vitamin A. So, a well-balanced diet can provide the vitamin A needed for good vision
2007-12-30 00:51:39 · answer #6 · answered by lou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is a evil lie unfortunately, however they do improve your eyes which leads people to think that they will help you see in the dark.
2007-12-30 02:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does,,
1 carrot a day,, make you avoid eye glass.
2 carrots a day, make you avoid 3 miles.
3 carrots a day, make you see in the dark.
4 carrots a day, make you see the pilot in the air plane (day or night)
Keep eating carrots,, it’s tasty and look nice as well ;)
see it to believe it
saaaz
2007-12-29 23:07:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's true. Foods containing large amounts of vitamin A and beta-carotene (carrots are one, so are any other yellow or orange colored fruit or veggie) feed the rods and cones on the retina directly. They are needed to see in the dark.
So eat up!
2007-12-29 13:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carrots are rich in the vitamin beta carrotene, and part of that vitamin is used by the rod cells at the back of your eye, and its these cells that help you to see in the dark. So yes, they do help.
2007-12-29 13:45:16 · answer #10 · answered by Kimberly-ann H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carrots improve your eyes so it will be easier for them to adjust in the dark faster. And in ways you can see better in the dark.
2007-12-29 13:43:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋