Are carrots really god for your eyes?!
Are carrots really god for your eyes?
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Of course you know carrots contain beta-carotene. The question is whether beta-carotene's good for the eyes or not.
Simply, rods (of rods and cons in the eye) contain rhodopsin molecules. Each rhodopsin molecule contains retinal, which is made from beta-carotene. Retinals absorb light and undergo conformational changes that lead to us seeing things.
Since what gives us vision is actually beta-carotene, it can't be bad for the eyes. However, sourcing large amounts of them from carrots probably won't make or break the difference between wearing glasses or not. To answer your question, yes they are beneficial.
sure - ever seen a bunny with glasses?
(sorry ya'll,. i couldn't resist!!)
i not sure by i read in a book in the 4th grade that doctors just tell you that so you can have healthy eyes? But eveyone that I ask that question tells me yes. So i'm kinda confused now.
Yes. They contain vitamins that are good for them. However, carrots are no miracle. They can't un-do damage that has already been done or fix vision problems. Carrots are just kind of a nice, eye-friendly bonus.
Absolutely, and they are also good if you want to have a really nice tan.
I heard they're good for night vision.
Yes, carrots are GOOD for your eyes. They provide beta carotene, which is a good source of vitamin A. A lack of vitamin A hurts eyesight, so you can protect your eyes from damage with carrots. However, carrots lack much other nutritional value.
Vitamin A
FUNCTIONS IN BODY Vision; maintenance of cornea, epithelial cells, mucus membranes, skin, bone and tooth growth, reproduction, immunity.
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY Night Blindness, corneal drying(xerosis), Triangular Grey spots on eye (Bitot's spots), corneal degeneration and blindness (xerophthalmia), impaired immunity, Hypokeratosis (white lumps at hair follicles, Softenening of the Cornea (keratomalacia)
oh yea without god there wouldn't be eyes or carrots
yea they are.there is something in carrots that makes your eyes stronger
yes they are..they are good too..=]]]]]]
Yeah they are so good but if you have glasses drink a lot of carrot juice. That's what I did for 2 months and my glasses got off.
why yes they are! but if you eat too many of them, you will turn orange. i know because my mom ate only carrots for a long period of time and turned orange. haha.