Healthy Food For The Eyes (Rice With Carrot)

GOOD eyesight greatly improves one’s quality of life. One of the many ways of improving and maintaining good eyesight is through increasing intake of vegetables and fruits which are rich in vitamins and minerals.
Lack of vitamins in our food and poor nutrition can cause a vision disease and eye disorders such as blindness, macular degeneration (a disorder of the retina which usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the centre of the visual field), glaucoma (disease of the eye that causes damage to the optic nerve, if left untreated, may cause vision loss and blindness), diabetic retinopathy (damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus), burned cornea, cataract, myopia (a vision condition in which close objects are seen clearly), presbyopia (an age-related visual impairment leading to a decrease in clarity of near vision), dry eyes, watery eyes, blindness, double vision, conjunctivitis (one of the most common and treatable eye infections in children and adults characterised by inflammation of the conjunctiva ), keratitis (inflammation of the cornea) and colour blindness.
For us to maintain proper and good eyesight, it is therefore essential to increase intake of vegetable and fruit. This edition of “Healthyeating” deals with rice and carrot as one of many foods for maintaining proper eyesight. This dish adequately combines the nutritional and digestive properties of rice and vegetables (carrot and spinach).
It is good sources of B group vitamins, vitamin C, A, E, iron, magnesium, potassium, high levels of the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, spinach in particular contains high levels of the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which are essential for protecting the eyes from degeneration. Apart from maintaining proper eyesight regular consumption of rice with carrot helps in prevention of obesity (excess fat in the body), cardiovascular disease, cancer, lowered resistance to diseases and infection, and promotes good health.