Do Carrots really improve your eyesight?
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Claim:   Eating carrots results in improved vision.\n\nStatus:   False.\n\nOrigins:   Carrots have long been touted for their efficacy in improving eyesight, and generations of kids have been admonished to not leave them on their plates lest they end up needing glasses. But are carrots the sight-boosters popular wisdom asserts them to be? And if not, where did this belief begin? Carrots\n\nWhile carrots are a good source of vitamin A (which is important for healthy eyesight, skin, growth, and resisting infection), eating them won't improve vision. The purported link between carrots and markedly acute vision is a matter of lore, not of science. And it's lore of the deliberately manufactured type.\n\nIn World War II, Britain's air ministry spread the word that a diet of these vegetables helped pilots see Nazi bombers attacking at night. That was a lie intended to cover the real matter of what was underpinning the Royal Air Force's successes: Airborne Interception Radar, also known as AI. The secret new system pinpointed some enemy bombers before they reached the English Channel.\n\nBritish Intelligence didn't want the Germans to find out about the superior new technology helping protect the nation, so they created a rumor to afford a somewhat plausible-sounding explanation for the sudden increase in bombers being shot down. News stories began appearing in the British press about extraordinary personnel manning the defenses, including Flight Lieutenant John Cunningham, an RAF pilot dubbed "Cats Eyes" on the basis of his exceptional night vision that allowed him to spot his prey in the dark. Cunningham's abilities were chalked up to his love of carrots. Further stories claimed RAF pilots were being fed goodly amounts of this root vegetable to foster similar abilities in them.\n\nThe disinformation was so persuasive that the English public took to eating carrots to help them find their way during the blackouts.\n\nThere is at least a bit of something to the carrots/vision presumption: Beta-carotene, which is found in the vegetable, may help reduce the risk of cataract and macular degeneration. However, it needs be pointed out that studies which have posited this link used doses of Vitamin A or beta-carotene that were higher than what is found in the standard diet. It would be quite difficult to eat the requisite number of carrots to match this level of intake. Also, among those who suffer a Vitamin A deficiency, nyctanopia (also known as nyctalopia or night blindness; the inability to see well in poor light) can be at least somewhat helped by adding carrots to the sufferer's diet.\n\nMegadosing with carrots, however, is a bad idea. Large doses of Vitamin A can be toxic, and though such an overdose rarely kills, it has on at least a few occasions. Also, too much beta-carotene will result in carotenemia, a condition that turns skin yellow or orange. Normal coloration returns once the increased intake of beta-carotene is reduced.
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Depends. You play shooting games you can increase your eye accuracy. You play the RPG and strategy games you are able to upgrade you skill of interpreting things. When it is all about fun you get nothing
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carrots and gum... and also something that you can hold in your fingers that you smoke with and put to your mouth but not actually smoke. that's why I said carrots cause they usually help. but you end up eating a lot of carrots, so be careful. you don't want to turn orange. keep a pen or even better a straw, cause then you can inhale, but all you're inhaling is air which is good for you. trust me it works.
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i know Lazar eye surgery, but i don't know your full situation. go to other optometrists to get another opinion. ummm, carrots help your eyesight in the dark.. have fun, don't know much about this subject but good luck
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Probably not.  There are no studies that have proven that it works.  A handful of the exercises are almost valid vision therapy techniques but they aren't going to improve your vision.  The rest of the exercises are really just plain silly.  Go ahead and try it if you really want to, but it will end up being a waste of your money and time.
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Don't believe everything you read.  Be reasonable.  Are you aware that there is a link between people who eat carrots and those same people having auto accidents?  Anyone or company can make a case for anything.  We have to be aware of the type of study that was performed.  Was it a double blind study, a clinical trial, clinical study, or an abstract?  In other words, how valid is the study's results.  Did this article appear in a medical journal or in a "vegan" magazine.  Be a little skeptical and question the things you read.  By the way, all those "natural" products, crystals etc. work to a degree, but everyone that I've known who use them stink.  Good luck.
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it's beacause too much of strain on your retina.... slice cucumber... n keep them on ur eyes....it's help....
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Vitamin A\nThis vitamin plays a really big part in eyesight. It's great for night vision, like when you're trick-or-treating on Halloween. Vitamin A helps you see in color, too, from the brightest yellow to the darkest purple. In addition, it helps you grow properly and aids in healthy skin.\n\nWhich foods are rich in vitamin A?\n\neggs, milk, apricots, nectarines, cantaloupe, carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach \n\nVitamin C\nThis vitamin is important for keeping body tissues, such as gums and muscles in good shape. C is also key if you get a cut or wound because it helps you heal. This vitamin also helps your body resist infection. This means that even though you can't always avoid getting sick, vitamin C makes it a little harder for your body to become infected with an illness.\n\nWhich foods are rich in vitamin C?\n\ncitrus fruits, like oranges, cantaloupe, strawberries, tomatoes,  \nbroccoli, cabbage \n\nThis site will give you more information.  I hope this helps.
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I don't think wearing contacts makes it worse. In an old wives tale, carrots made your vision better. You can get a lasar procedure to make you not have to use glasses or contacts!
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no and it doesn't make you go blind either. it is a proven fact it is actually healthy.
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I have no entertaining antidotes, but I can tell you about a conversation I overheard ...\n\nTwo snowmen talking, the first turns to the second and says ... "do you smell carrots?"
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Since carrots are good for the eyes, I would guess that the answer is apples. brb i'll try to find ya some proof.\n\nI hope this is helpful!
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Any eye doctor will tell you that pinhole glasses will not ultimately improve your vision.  Pinholes work by increasing your depth of focus, so yes, they do make it easier to see while you're wearing them.  However, while you're wearing them, you'll only be able to see out of a tiny little pinhole (not a good idea for driving).  Your best bet is to stick with regular glasses or contacts.
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eat carrots and take biotin and or vitamin A and B  supplements.... good luck hugs
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Anything with vitamin A in it. While it hasn't been proven to strengthen your eyesight, it will at least help maintain it.
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I hear carrots are good for your eyes. I am not sure if your eyesight can improve with excersise but the doctor told me to excersize them to improve my eye sight by looking extreme left, extreme right, extreme up and then extreme down over and over again. I hope it works for you.
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I'm allergic to carrots :)