Are carrots improves vision

Many people believe that you can improve eyesight, and even learn to see in total darkness, if there is a lot of carrots. Layfhaker disassembled, whether this is in fact so.

"For the vision is useful in carrots beta-carotene - a carotenoid, which is processed by the body in vitamin A, - explains Michael Redmond (Michael Redmond), a researcher at the National Eye Institute (USA). - This vitamin provides the production of proteins in opsins rhodopsin cones and rods in the rear of the eye. The cones are sensitive to daylight, and the rhodopsin - to dim. "

Vitamin A deficiency can cause night-blindness - of disorders in which lost the ability to see at duskRecovery from impaired dark adaptation in nightblind pregnant Nepali women who receive small daily doses of vitamin A as amaranth leaves, carrots, goat liver, vitamin A-fortified rice, or retinyl palmitate..

Nevertheless, this does not mean you have to lean on carrots. Vitamin A is found not only in it. For example, in sweet potatoes or leaf green (spinach, kale) it even more. In addition, one should not expect that carrots help improve vision.

"Vitamin A is good for the eyes, but it does not mean that it is fully heal your vision, - said Rebecca Taylor (Rebecca Taylor), spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. - If you wear glasses or lenses to give them up will not work. "

There is one more but. Vitamin A - fat soluble vitamin, so it must be ingested along with fat. Only then did he fully understand. If you just eat a raw carrot, the body does not receive the benefit.

For eye health Rebecca Taylor recommends to prepare a salad of spinach and kale, red bell pepper, almonds and carrots. All these are important sources of vitamins A, E and C, essential for the eyes. If you fill this salad oil, fat-soluble vitamins A and E are better absorbed. More, you can add boiled eggs: they have a useful and carotenoids, and fats. Also, do not forget to have a red fish: it contains zinc, it is also necessary for healthy eyes.