(ORDO NEWS) — Since childhood, we have heard about the benefits of eating carrots and that they help preserve and improve eyesight. But is it really so? Evidence-based medicine experts decided to debunk the popular myth about the connection between visual acuity and carrots. “Take care of yourself” reports
During World War II, British soldiers spread the hoax that they were eating a lot of carrots to better see German enemy aircraft at night. Legend or not, but the myth of carrots as a panacea for vision turned out to be quite persistent.
“Carrots are really related to eye health. However, it is definitely not in her power to improve vision,” the doctors explain.
Carotenoids are responsible for carrots’ popularity. In particular, beta-carotene, which in the course of certain transformations in the human body becomes vitamin A.
This compound is involved in many processes of growth and development, as an antioxidant, as a component of the main eye pigment rhodopsin, etc. Simply put, vitamin A helps the eyes adapt to sudden changes in lighting.
“Remember those long hours of scheduled shutdowns? When you sit with flashlights or candles, and then the long-awaited light is turned on – and now you are already doing postponed tasks, as if nothing had happened. Well, that’s it [vitamin B],” experts of evidence-based medicine say.
So, the conclusion is this: carrots are a useful and tasty product. However, it can help to improve vision only if its deterioration was caused by a deficiency of vitamin A. This happens extremely rarely. So if you notice that your vision is getting worse, you should see an ophthalmologist.
Doctors advise replenishing the body with vitamin A not only with a carrot diet, but also, for example, by adding greens, various root crops, tomatoes, pumpkin, red pepper, legumes, apples, and others to the diet. Dietary supplements for vision can be an additional source of vitamins, microelements, carotenoids and other components necessary for vision maintenance.
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