Yes. Carrots support normal eye health because they provide beta-carotene, which the body can convert into vitamin A. This vitamin is essential for normal vision.
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements identifies carrots as a dietary source of vitamin A and explains that inadequate vitamin A can damage vision. Health Canada independently lists carrots among vitamin A sources and describes the vitamin's role in maintaining night vision.
Supporting normal visual function is different from producing exceptional eyesight. NIH eye researcher Emily Chew explains that carrots do not give people owl-like night vision. The evidence supports the ordinary nutritional claim, not a promise that eating extra carrots will enhance normal vision.
Carrots supply a nutrient needed for normal vision, but they are not a shortcut to exceptional eyesight.
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
The fact sheet explains that the body converts provitamin A carotenoids into vitamin A, identifies carrots as a food source, and describes vitamin A's importance for normal vision.
Based on: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Health Canada
Health Canada lists carrots among dietary vitamin A sources and states that vitamin A helps maintain good night vision.
Based on: Health Canada
NIH Intramural Research Program
In an institutional interview, eye researcher Emily Chew distinguishes vitamin A's essential role in eye health from unsupported expectations of owl-like night vision from carrots.
Based on: NIH Intramural Research Program
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