Orange foods: carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots It has often been considered a myth that carrots can help you to see in the dark. Whilst it may be optimistic to hope for cat-eye vision at night time after munching on a couple of carrots, there is evidence to suggest that the vitamins and nutrients present in the vegetables can help to improve eyesight. Carrots, as with some other fruits and vegetables such as sweet potatoes and cantaloupes, contain high levels of and beta carotene which the body can process into vitamin A. Beta carotene is the most effective and powerful vitamin for maintaining eye health. In fact, some eye drops contain vitamin A which helps to … [Read more...]