August 22, 2017
The answer, of course, is no. No vegetable could ever let someone see in complete darkness. However, this soup is super yummy and filled with carrots, which contain Vitamin A or retinol. We do need this vitamin to help us function in low-light environments because it is required by our bodies to synthesize rhodopsin, which is the pigment in the eye used in these conditions.
If you had a deficiency in Vitamin A you could develop night blindness which is also known as nyctalopia. Eating carrots at that point would improve your sight at night, so there is a little truth in the myth.
Carrot Peanut Butter Soup
Ingredients
- 5lbs carrots chopped
- 1 onion
- 4-5 cloves of garlic crushed
- 5-6 cups of veggie stock
- 5-6 cups of water
- 2/3 cup of peanut butter
- 2 tsp chilli garlic sauce
Directions
- Cook onions and garlic with coconut oil or olive oil in the bottom of a large pan
- Then add carrots, water and stock and a little salt and pepper
- Cook for 20 mins
- Then take off heat, add peanut butter and chilli sauce and then blend until smooth and creamy
- Then it’s ready to serve
This recipe makes a large pan so it’s perfect for batch freezing too.
http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/do-carrots-really-help-you-see-dark – Luis Villazon – Science writer
