Big carrots can be just as sweet as smaller ones, if not sweeter. They're also more nutritious, with a crunchier texture. Peel and cut jumbos and add them to soups and stews, or use them for vitamin-packed home-squeezed carrot juice. This vegetable can be eaten raw or cooked. Often used for salads and coleslaw, or cooked with vegetables and meat or chicken. Said to cleanse the intestines, anti diarrhea, rich in alkaline elements which purify and revitalize the blood. Beta-carotene is one of the most antioxidants in the carrot, and helps the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells in the body, lower risk of cancer, heart disease and arthritis, improve eyesight. There are 30 calories in 85g Carrots.