Top 10 Foods For Your Eye Health.

There are foods which could boost your eye health and help in reducing your risk of eye problems like age related macular degeneration, vision loss and even cataracts. Carrots may be famous food for keeping your eyes healthy, but other foods and their nutrients are also important for keeping your eyesight and eye health. Foods which are rich in Vitamin A, C, E , Omega-3 fatty acids, Lutein and Zeaxanthin antioxidants.Add these foods into your diet and promote health of your eyes.

 1. Tomatoes

Tomatoes contain nutrients like Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin C, that are essential for promoting eye health. Lycopene pigment present in tomatoes, which gives them red color, also helps your eyes. Adding foods, which are rich in lycopene, into your diet can decrease your chances of eye problems.

2. Eggs

Eggs are naturally rich in antioxidants known as Lutein and zeaxanthin, which protects our eyes from harmful sun’s rays especially light of high energy wavelengths and thus protect our eyes from age-related macular degeneration and vision loss.

Our eyes contain these antioxidants and to maintain this nutrient, it is essential to add foods rich in such antioxidants. These antioxidants are not made naturally in our body. So Enjoying a sunny side up with a toast  can be good for your eyes.

3.  Leafy Green Vegetables

Leafy green vegetables are also rich in antioxidants which could helps in lowering the risk of eye problems such as cataracts. Dark and leafy green vegetables such as collard greens, kale, spinach etc. can help in increasing the amount of antioxidants in our body and protecting your retinas. In order to reap the benefits of green leafy vegetables, eat them regularly.

4. Bell Peppers

There are various fruits and vegetables that are rich source of Vitamin C, in addition to Citrus fruits. Bell peppers are a healthy way to add Vitamin C in your meals. This essential vitamin not only helps in decreasing the risk of age-related macular degeneration by fighting off free radicals but also aid in slowing down natural visual acuity loss.

5. Citrus fruits

Citrus fruits are packed with Vitamin C that may help you in avoiding cataracts. Studies have shown that adding fruits rich in Vitamin C such as Oranges and grapefruits can decrease the risk of cataracts. People over 40 really need to add extra Vitamin C in their daily meals.

6. Pistachios

Nuts of various types, almonds, cashew nuts and pistachios, all boost eye health. They are packed with high content of Zinc. Studies have shown that your vision won’t sharp if you are not getting enough zinc. This nutrient plays a vital role in bringing Vitamin A fro the liver to the retina in order to produce a protective pigment called as melanin.

7.  Olive Oil

Olives are one of the foods that boost eye health. Olive oil is loaded with Omega-3s, essential fatty acids for overall health of eyes. Besides promoting overall eye health, it also wards off dry eyes.

8.  Salmon

Salmon contains Omega-3 fatty acid that is beneficial for healthy heart as well as healthy eyes. These fats are healthy and help prevent inflammation, heart problems and vision loss. Omega-3s are essential to prevent diseases like macular degeneration. These are also crucial to help improving eyesight.

9.  Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are rich in various nutrients and provide several health benefits. It is packed with high content of Vitamin E, an antioxidant which is crucial in protecting your eyes from free radical damage and slowing down the process of age-related macular degeneration.

This vegetable is also packed with carbohydrates, so make sure your take it in a moderate amount along with green leafy vegetables than meat and other carbs.

10.  Oysters

Oysters are one of the foods that could help in improving your eyesight. It contains high level of zinc which help produce the eye’s pigment within the retina, which decreases the risk of reduction in the central visual field of vision. As one of the richest dietary sources of zinc, it can provide an adult its daily requirement of this mineral.

12 Surprising Uses for Orange Peels

It’s citrus season, and, chances are, orange lovers have overloaded their compost bins and garbage cans with peels. But that’s no place for these workhorses — there are plenty of creative ways to use the peels around the house. Read on for surprising ways to use orange peels.

But first, a word of warning. Try to buy organically-grown oranges when reusing the peels whenever possible, especially if you plan to eat them or use them on your body. The peels of conventionally grown oranges are usually sprayed with pesticides and are not always safe to eat. If you can’t but organic oranges, wash the fruit under cold water to remove as much of the pesticides as possible.

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Cleaning.

1. Remove Water Stains. Unsightly water stains on your metal fixtures? The oils in orange peels naturally removes them. Just rub the peel on the fixtures to polish them right up.

2. Shine Wood. The white side of the peel can also polish dull-looking wood furniture. Who knew?

2. Shine Wood. The white side of the peel can also polish dull-looking wood furniture. Who knew?

3. DIY Sponge. Not-yet-dried orange peels make a fantastic natural sponge. I just tried this on my stove top. Not only did it work just as well as a regular sponge, but it leaves that nice, light citrusy smell. I’m a believer!

4. DIY Cleaner. Toss some orang peels in a lidded jar and cover with white vinegar. Let it sit in the fridge for a few weeks and shake it occasionally. Transfer to a spray bottle, shake, and use to clean surfaces, floors and windows.

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Around the House.

5. Repel Insects. Ants, flies and mosquitoes don’t like limonene, something naturally found in oranges and other citrus fruits. Place some ground-up orange peel in areas where pests are prone to congregate.

6. Make Your Home Smell Great. Orange peels are an excellent, subtle fragrance. Dry out the peels, grind them up in a food processor, and place them in a sachet. Place them in drawers, closets, basements, or anywhere else that is prone to getting musty.

7. Keep Garbage Cans and Garbage Disposals Tolerable. Even the tidiest housekeeper’s garbage stinks. Place some dried orange peels at the bottom of your trash can before putting in the bag. Grinding up orange peels in your garbage disposal will also help keep odors at bay.

8. Soften Brown Sugar. If you find yourself with hard, clumpy, brown sugar, toss an orange peel into the container a few hours before baking. The oils in the peel will naturally soften the brown sugar.

More Ways to Use Orange Peels.

9. Combat Stinky Shoes. Place dried orange peels in a sachet, and place the sachet in your smelly shoes. The peel will naturally absorb the odors.

10. Make Candied Orange Peels. Candied orange peels are a great garnish for sweets and treats. 

11. DIY Body Scrub .You won’t believe how simple this is! Just place some orange peels in cheesecloth, tie closed, and use as you would a loofah in the shower. The peel will naturally firm, brighten and even the tone of your skin.

12. Make a Candle. Here’s a fun craft project for the holidays: make a candle out of an orange peel! 

HOW TO DRY AND USE MANDARIN ORANGE PEELS

December 7, 2011 by Erica 24 Comments | Affiliate disclosure

I’ll happily throw all my locavore principles under a bus to get at a box of mandarin oranges. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Growing up, Christmas-time meant a box printed with exotic looking Chinese characters, and filled with loose-skinned, paper-wrapped oranges that were sweeter and juicier than any occidental citrus could be.

So when mandarin season rolls around, I can’t say no. We brought a 5-pound box into the house yesterday and have less than a pound left now. Obviously, I’m not the only one who likes these little oranges.

All that mandarin eating adds up to a lot of peels. Luckily, you can do a lot with the peels to get some extra milage from your purchase. As you would expect, pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues are highest on the peel of oranges, so try to go organic and wash your fruit.

To keep enjoying that mandarin flavor for months, I dry the peels. Peel off any stickers, scrape away any excess white pith from the peel – with thin-skinned mandarins I don’t bother – and lay the peels in a single layer on a cooling rack. Let them dry for several days. If you live someplace extra humid (ahem, Seattle) you can throw the peels into a dehydrator or toss them into a very low oven. When the peels are shatteringly crisp, they’re done!

Mandarin peels dry in a few days

Once dry, the peels can be kept in hunks or ground. Grind batches of dried peels in a food processor – I can’t imagine any other way to get the job done – and be prepared for a bit of noise. Larger pieces can be added directly to braises, soups or broths, or dropped into the cooking liquid for rice, beans or other grains. Used judiciously they add a nice background flavor without overpowering.

Add orange peel and broth to subtly flavor rice.

Orange pairs well with many herbs. Rosemary is a fantastic flavor-companion, and any cooking situation in which you’d add rosemary you can probably throw a little dried mandarin peel in as well.

Orange-rosemary braised lamb shanks are fantastic in the dark days of winter, a loaf of whole wheat rosemary-orange no-knead bread would be killer, or whip up an orange-rosemary spice rub to enhance just about anything – game, poultry, pork, mushrooms, sweet potatoes or squash would all be excellent flavored this way.

Example:

Boar Tenderloin with Rosemary-Mandarin Orange Spice Rub

In the pan

On the plate

Want more proof as to the versatility of a good mandarin spice rub? No problem:

Sockeye Salmon with Rosemary-Mandarin Orange Spice Rub

When you add fish to a hot pan, press gently to ensure the entire surface of the fish gets nicely caramelized.

Flip once (only once!) and finish cooking skin-side down.

Served here with chanterelles, cooked in the same pan and also seasoned with Rosemary-Mandarin Orange Spice Rub.

Fennel is another good match for orange, and a fennel-mandarin rub would give you a fantastic flavoring for white fish, tuna, shellfish, salmon, pork, chicken or pretty much anything involving tomatoes. Seafood stew with tomato, fennel and orange? Oh, be still my beating heart.

 

Rosemary-Mandarin Orange Spice Rub (Psst…in a cute jar, this would make a great Christmas gift!)

This is just like the rosemary salt from back in March, but with mandarin peel. To make a fennel rub, just substitute 1/4 cup sweet fennel seeds for the rosemary. Chefs are into iteration. We love adaptable!

• 2, 5″ long sprigs fresh or dried rosemary, stripped from the stem
• 3-4 large pieces dried mandarin orange peel
• 1/4 cup kosher or coarse sea salt (it will be fine ground by the time you are through with it)
• 1-2 tbsp. whole black peppercorns, to taste

Combine all ingredients in a mini-food processor, Cuisinart, etc. I use the chopper attachment to my stick blender. Blend until the orange peel, rosemary and peppercorns are chopped into itty bitty pieces.

Just throw it all in there. It’ll be fine.

Still way too chunky, but maybe nice for a potpourri?

Perfect! Use for sprinkling on anything that needs fantastic flavor.

If you want to go sweet instead of savory, ground peel can be added to baked goods like cakes, biscotti or orange cheesecake. If a recipe calls for fresh peel, just use 1/4 – 1/2 the quantity of dried peel, depending on how orangey you like things.

As long as you’re making biscotti, you might as well drop a piece of peel into your favorite tea – now you’ve got the orange version. A cup of Mandarin Earl Grey and a chocolate mandarin biscotti? If you can get the kids to leave you alone for ten minutes, that’s a mini vacation in a cup and on a saucer.

If you get your hands on some of those thicker-skinned mandarins instead of the ultra-thin skinned varieties that seem more common now, and if you’re feeling really festive, you could candy the peels instead of drying them. If you do that, you’re just a few steps away from a totally homemade fruitcake!

Endless options – what do you do with your citrus peels?

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