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Carrots are high in beta carotene, a component of vitamin A, which is critical to normal vision. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins in 1998 looked at 30,000 women in South Asia at high risk of vitamin deficiencies. It found that a group that received vitamin A tablets had 67 percent fewer cases of night blindness than a group that received a placebo. Does this study support the claim that carrots improve your eyesight?

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