Vegetable

Carrot

A crisp, sweet orange root that's been brightening plates and supporting good eyesight for generations.

🌱 What it is

Carrots are a common root vegetable, usually orange, rich in the plant pigment beta-carotene that the body can turn into vitamin A.

✨ How it may help

May help support healthy eyesight, especially in low light
May help support skin health
May help support gentle digestive regularity through fiber
May help support healthy immune function

🥄 How to use it

Eat carrots raw, cooked, or juiced; a little healthy fat (a drizzle of oil, or as part of a meal) helps the body absorb their vitamin-A-building beta-carotene.

🥗 Nutrition

Per 1 medium carrot (61 g) · about 25 calories

Vitamin A: 509 mcg RAE
Fiber: 1.7 g
Potassium: 195 mg
Vitamin K: 8.1 mcg

Source: USDA FoodData Central

⚖️ Caution

A whole food and very safe; whole raw carrots are a choking risk for very young children (grate or cook for them), and carrot juice is sugary so keep portions modest with diabetes.

🍃 A note from nature

God colored this humble root the same warm orange as a sunset, hiding a quiet gift for our eyes inside a simple garden vegetable.