What to eat to have bright eyes?

• June 11, 2013 21:30

Sharp eyes are extremely important in life, especially for people who have to work regularly in certain industries such as garment, information technology,...

According to modern medicine, foods that are good for eyesight contain many substances such asvitamin A,beta-carotene, vitamin C (helps prevent cataracts, improves eyesight), vitamin E (antioxidant, reduces the risk of cataracts), lutein (protects the retina), selenium (antioxidant, protects eyes and brain).

According to traditional medicine, the eyes are the organs of the liver (the liver opens more in the eyes), the essence of the five internal organs and six bowels all gather in the eyes to form spirit (essence, essence).

The eyes are where vital energy gathers. Because the eyes and the liver are related, when the liver is hot, the eyes become inflamed, swollen, and red due to heat; when the liver is weak (blood deficiency), vision is poor, the eyes degenerate, leading to many eye diseases.

If you want your eyes to be bright, function well, last long, and slow down aging, you need to nourish your liver and blood. Foods that nourish your liver include: animal liver, wolfberry, mulberry, black sesame, polygonum multiflorum, angelica, jujube, Chinese yam, chicken eggs, eel...

People who regularly work with computers need to take care of and nourish their eyes. Photo: N.Huu

Here are some foods that help nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish the blood, and help keep eyes sharp:

- Steamed chicken liver with wolfberry:60g chicken liver, washed and thinly sliced. 30g wolfberry. 4 red dates (seeds removed). 2 thin slices of fresh ginger. Clean everything, put in a ceramic bowl, steam for about 2 hours. Season to taste and eat when hungry.

- Pork liver cooked with red apples:Wash and slice 60g pork liver. 8 red apples. 20g yam. Wash everything, put in a ceramic bowl and steam for 3 hours. Season to taste and eat when hungry or during meals.

- Pork liver soup cooked with spinach:100 g pork liver, washed, thinly sliced, marinated with spices. 250 g spinach. Cook soup to eat with meals.

- Egg and wolfberry soup:2 eggs. 30g wolfberry. 10 red dates (or black dates). Cook wolfberry and dates with enough water, boil for about 1 hour, then add eggs, stir well, cook until eggs are done. Eat with meals.

- Goat liver cooked with carrots:Wash and slice 50g goat liver and 100g carrots, put them in a clay pot with enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Season to taste. Divide into 2 to 3 meals a day.

- Loach soup, water chestnut (taro):Clean 100g loach. Peel 50g horse mach, slice and put in a clay pot, add enough water, boil over high heat then reduce heat to low and cook until tender. Season to taste and eat while hot.

- Pork liver soup with pumpkin flowers:50g pumpkin flowers. 100g pork liver. Pick pumpkin flowers early in the morning, wash them. Wash the liver, chop them into small pieces, put them in a pot, add enough water, cook until done, add pumpkin flowers, season when it starts to boil. Divide into 2 meals a day.

Foods good for eyes

To nourish and protect the eyes for good and long-lasting function, we should regularly use the following foods:

- Foods rich in vitamin A: include chicken, pork, beef, duck liver; eel, balut; chicken and duck eggs, milk, duck meat, carp...

- Foods rich in beta-carotene: include orange-yellow fruits and tubers such as carrots, papaya, gac fruit, pumpkin, Dalat yellow peppers, sweet potatoes, turmeric...; dark green vegetables such as: Malabar spinach, basil, perilla, amaranth, water spinach, celery, Malabar spinach, green mustard, sweet potato, chives, broccoli.

- Foods rich in vitamin C: include fruits such as lemon, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, strawberry, guava, papaya, longan, apple, grape, pineapple...; vegetables and fruits such as: tomatoes, Malabar spinach, cauliflower, white cabbage, chili, marjoram, coriander, Malabar spinach, jute, dill, green onions...

- Foods rich in vitamin E: include soybean, sunflower, sesame, peanut oils; rice germ, beans; seeds: sunflower, pumpkin, melon seeds...; beans; asparagus; fish fat; milk; meat; liver...

- Foods rich in lutein: include corn, eggs, spinach, kale...

- Foods rich in selenium: include seafood: fish, shrimp, crab, clams, oysters, snails, mussels...; other foods such as: meat, liver, kidney, eggs, cereals; sunflower oil, sesame...

According to Nguoi Lao Dong - NT