Can carrots help you see in the dark?

Answer 1

The simple answer is no.The longer answer is about how the myth came about. In WW2 theBritish were using radar to find enemy airplanes, but to keep radar a secret they told the whole of Britain they were feeding their men carrots. Germany then started feeding their army carrots as well.

no they do not help you see in the dark it was a myth in the world war two it was never true at all

The carotine in them is good for your eyesight but it won't make you see in the dark.

As a general rule, no. its an ol wives tale, and unless your lacking in essential vitamins you can find in a carrot, it's unlikely to affect you that way.

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yes, they dont help you see in the dark, but they do help your vision

I would be inclined to say they do, up to a point. Carrots are, as you're probably aware, a source of vitamin A, or retinol. This is then oxidised within the body to produce retinal which, when combined with the protein opsin, forms rhodopsin, or "visual purple". This is the pigment at the back of your eye which breaks down in response to light, triggering a signal in the optic nerve. Out of all of the visual pigments, rhodopsin is the most significant when dealing with the rod cells responsible for sclerotic (night time) vision: so eating carrots would produce more of this pigment, allowing you to see better in the dark. Enjoy.

yes because they contain vitamin c

To be honest, no-one can see in the dark because if there is no light, there is no vision. But, carrots contain Vitamin A (also called retinol) which improves your eyesight, and to a certain extent, helps you see in dim light.