Do carrots help you see in the dark?

Question

I know bluejayflyby asked this a while back but all the answers were wrong. Come back in a couple of days to find the truth

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Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

Nope. That was a big myth styarted in the war to explain why the RAF pilots were able to be so successful at night against German bombers.
And in fact it was the highly secret, newly invented radar that helped them.

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spoilt my big reveal, well done mate

Answer 2

yes they do cause of the beta carrotene in them

Answer 3

Oh how I remember my mother used to tell me that when I was a boy!! she always used to say "make sure you eat your carrots Alfred that way you'll see better". I think that it's just a myth but carrots are good for you and one takes pride and eating them quite regularly. You take good care now

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I'm 76 years old and wishing you all the best,
Alfred

Answer 4

No they don't its a myth.

Answer 5

Only if they have infra-red glasses!!!

Answer 6

If you knew all the previous answers were wrong that means you must know the correct answer in order to be able to dismiss them

Whats the point in asking ?

I think spook is onto something.

Answer 7

You don't see any rabbits with glasses do you?

Answer 8

no they dont, why do you think bunnys get run over because they cant see in the dark

Answer 9

have you ever heard of the romantic recipe mean for lovers on a date? oyster and carrot pie?

carrots to see in the dark - and oysters so you have something to see!

i shank you,

Answer 10

No but sex does!

Answer 11

Ofcourse!!
Carrots contain Vitamin A type-Retinol, which is required in the mechanism of Night Vision.
Unfortunately I can't recall how it works exactly....

Anyway, in a deficiency of Vitamin A, it gives rise to "night blindness".

Answer 12

carrots contain lots of vitamin A!

vitamin A is used in the body for healthy skin, growth and development, and maintaining good vision!

however...you need fat in the body to absorb this vitamin aswel as vitamin D!

hope this helps!

Answer 13

Eating Carrots can help prevent a number of eye diseases. If you have an eye disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin A, they may be able to help restore some of what is lost.

Eating lots of carrots cannot bring about some super-human night vision though. That concept started as a disinformation campaign in England to cover up their top-secret radar program in which aircraft were shooting down German bombers. It effectively prevented the premature discovery of this technology by making people think that pilots with exceptional night vision, rather than technology was what was behind the successful shooting down of German bombers.

Answer 14

i have no idea but carrots are nice!!!

Answer 15

i reckon so, never seen a rabbit wearing glasses

Answer 16

the vitamins help ,but the truth is stranger ww2 propaganda to hide the newly invented radar.

Answer 17

It might help a little bit, but it's not likely to make a dramatic difference.

Human beings are only capable of a certain amount of night vision, eating more carrots isn't going to change that.

Dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals have much better night vision than people will ever have.