Janice French, age 10, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for her auestion:

ARE YOUR EYES IMPROVED BY EATING CARROTS'

Carrots were so named because they are rich in carotene, a yellow pigment found in some foods which the body chemically converts to vitamin A. And vitamin A is necessary for the material in the retina of the eye which lets us see in a dim light. So carrots are indeed important for the eyes.

Carotene is also found in sweet potatoes, milk, egg yolk, liver, butter, yellow corn and leafy vegetables. In some foods, the color of the chlorophyll masks the yellow of the carotene.

Carrots are delicious either raw or cooked. We eat the root of the plant, discarding ther lacy fern like tops.