Health Chat
Monday, January 10, 2011
Yes and no. Carrots will not improve your vision if you have less than perfect vision and indeed carrots will not restore a blind person's vision.However, the vitamins found in carrots will help promote overall eye health. This vegetable contains beta - carotene. This is a substance that the body converts to vitamin A, which is important for eye health. Lack of this vitamin results in blindness. However, there are cases where eating an excessive amount of carrots will turn your skin orange so be careful!
Carrots also contain lutein which is a powerful antioxidant. Foods rich in lutein have been found to increase the pigment density in the macula, which is an important area which allows for colour vision focus. The greater the pigment density in this area, the better protected your retina is and the lower the risk of disease in this macula area.
On Saturday at around 9am it was reported that an accident claimed the lives of five people who happened to be related. The car they were travelling in is said to have attempted to overtake only to realise that the oncoming car was fast approaching. When the driver tried to get back to his lane, he hit the car he was trying to drive past whilst overtaking.Many quickly took to social media to show sympathy to the victims and also offer their...