Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there)
To   : alt.tv.er
From : LadyOO7
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 21:49:13

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Well, the problem with old wives tales and urban myths, etc, is that
there is often a grain of truth to them, or at the very least, they
started out as a true fact before being warped.

Classic example:
Carrots contain beta-carotene and a host of other vitamins and minerals
that are good for the health of the eye (and other parts of the body,
but let's just stick to the eye for now).
Somehow, this entirely true fact turned into "Eating carrots makes you
see better in the dark/is good for your eyesight, etc.

Do you how many carrots I'd eat, thinking and hoping they would cure my
nearsightedness? Don't laugh, I'm sure some of you did it too. :)

As for my nearsightedness, ten years of glasses, then nine years of
contacts, and nearly one year of the LASIK procedure fixed all of that.

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