Vision

If you cut an During World War II, the British Royal Air Force invented the myth connecting carrots to clear, sharp vision as a way to explain the sudden increase in Nazi bombers being shot down. A disinformation campaign spread this rumor that British fighter pilots were eating carrots to improve their vision, when in reality, the British had a new radar system they wanted to keep secret from Germany. The story caught on, however, and it remains popular to this day. But although there is a grain of truth to the claim, most people will not experience positive changes in their vision from eating carrots unless they have a vitamin A deficiency.

A recent study investigated the effect of providing nightblind, pregnant Nepali women with vitamin A, some in supplement form and others in foods like carrots or liver. The subjects were compared to Nepali women who could see normally at night and had no deficiency in vitamin A. After receiving treatment six days per week for six weeks, nearly all of the nightblind women reported full recovery, their vision approaching the level of the non-nightblind pregnant women.

Diabetes

At carrotmuseum.co.uk, we read, "There has been conflicting evidence as to whether people with diabetes should eat carrots and confusing advice about how much sugar there is in carrots and what their true glycemic number is, and therefore some advisors err on the side of caution and do not recommend you eat them. The current thinking is that carrots are now an "ok" food for diabetics (medium effect on blood sugar levels), so the advice from the World Carrot Museum is that carrots are fine in moderation and you should, as always, consult your health practitioner or dietician should there be any concerns and before contemplating a change". Carrots have been found to improve blood sugar control, due to their fiber and beta-carotene content. Research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health suggests that antioxidant carotenoids like beta-carotene may help prevent diabetes: When 4,500 people were tested over 15 years, the participants with the highest levels of carotenoids in their blood had approximately half the risk of diabetes of those with the lowest levels. Carotenoids and Blood Sugar Intake of foods such as carrots, that are rich in carotenoids, may be beneficial to blood sugar regulation. Research has suggested that physiological levels, as well as dietary intake, of carotenoids may be inversely associated with insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels.

For juicing, Carrots have secrets! And the secret is: I cut a little larger portion off the top of the carrots. That's because the top of the carrot is very bitter and it's important to cut deep enough to get that part cut off. When I first started juicing, if I didn't do that, my juice was really bitter and I didn't understand why. Trial and errror, and a few TV vegetable shows taught me this! If your juicier has speeds, put it on high speed for the carrots or any other hard root veggie. Also, pay close attention to the pulp container, as it fills up fast and clogs up the juicer.

Straining the juice afterwards can help. I juiced myself and regained my health from cancer. And even today at the grocery store, I talked to the vegetable man and he told me that there is a man that comes in for 25lb. bags of carrots and he said that man told him he healed himself from cancer with carrots. So, I hear a lot of success stories too. But too many Carrots can have consequences. I make sure everything is in balance.

I want everyone who visits this site to be able to absorb as much of the studies as possible, and I want you to understand somewhat foreign information, so read and re-read if you have to. The Bible is the same thing, in order to understand and get to know many of the Old Testment Heroes, and what God is really saying and what Jesus taught, which is also connected to the Old Testiment prophecies, you will also have to read your Bible and meditate on it often. Thank you!

Concerns

Beta-carotene from carrots comes with a concern. Although it is healthy, there has been evidence that over consumption of Vitamin A suppliments or carrot juice can cause harm. In a Reader's Digest Article called "The Vitamin Myth", Neena Samuel writes:

Antioxidants such as vitamin A, beta carotene (another form of vitamin A), E and C have long enjoyed a reputation as disease fighters because they're thought to protect against free radicals that can damage cells and speed up aging. But in 47 randomized trials involving almost 181,000 adults, researchers found that taking vitamin A, beta carotene and E, alone or in combination, actually increased the person's risk of dying by up to 16 percent. These latest findings made headlines, but they haven't convinced everyone. A number of leading health experts criticized the JAMA review...that ther results were skewed because the studied it reviewed were too diverse and could not be easily compared. It also included deaths from all causes, not just health-related ones. ... Still, others wonder, why take the risk if you can get what you need from the produce aisle or the farmer's market?

This article tells me to not just rely on vitamin pills and suppliments, but to have a balanced diet filled with a healthy variety of God-created fruits and vegitables. At carrotmuseum.co.uk, we read: "Though the yellowing of the skin from indulging in a heavy dose of carrots is seldom serious and will disappear in a few days, continued carrot gorging can cause medical problems. In 1974 one unfortunate English health advocate named Basil Brown consumed 10 gallons of carrot juice and took 10,000 times the recommended RDA of vitamin A in a period of 10 days. Those 10 days were the unfortunate man's undoing, his skin turned bright yellow and he died of severe liver damage".

I make sure everything is balanced and nothing is, in and of itself, overdone. I juiced plently of onions when I had cancer to reverse it, but now I make sure a balanced variety of various veggies are included.

References

• Neena Samuel, "The Vitamin Myth", Reader's Digest, Nov. 2007, p. 86.
• "Nutrition - part 2 - bodily functions", http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/ nutrition2.html#Diabetes.
• Amy Ahlberg, "5 Creative Ways to Cook with Antioxidant-Rich Carrots", http://www.rodale.com/easy-carrot-recipes.
• sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070820120710.htm.
• http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=21.
• Li T, Molteni A, Latkovich P, Castellani W, Baybutt RC. Vitamin A depletion induced by cigarette smoke is associated with the development of emphysema in rats. J Nutr. 2003 Aug;133(8):2629-34. 2003. PMID:12888649.
• Jacquelyn Rudis, "True or False: Eating Carrots Improves Vision", http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=5344349d-8fbc-446e-8ae5-03a924025f8c&chunkiid=156972.

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