TAKE ONE April, 2016
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TAKE ONE No. 156
Could 2016 be the Year of the Carrot for You? By Tom Castronovo Executive Editor
National Garden Bureau/Photo
I was always told to eat my carrots when I was a kid. And I think that’s because people around the world have eaten carrots for thousands of years. Most of all, it’s because my parents told me to eat them. Peeling them was always fun at the kitchen table. They made a mess. I loved the crunch when I was done. The home-made dips were tasty as well. I still eat carrots, Mom and Dad. Now I enjoy them with Jamaican jerk flavored wings. Yum! I also eat them because carrots are delicious and nutritious. While carrots are one of the top-10 most economically important vegetable crops in the world, they also are one of the most popular vegetables WR JURZ LQ KRPH JDUGHQV ʊ and for good reason. According to the National Garden Bureau, the Vitamin A that is derived from Beta Carotene found in orange carrots does aid in overall eye health. But, you won’t be able to have full-fledged night vision from eating an abundance of carrots, as some have purported. Your skin, however, can turn yellow from eating an abundance of carrots. Not to worry though, the yellowing will go away after a few weeks as long as you cut down on the carrot intake. The ancestor to the (Cont. on Page 22)