Eye Candy: Five Sweets For Healthy Vision

No, this isn't about teenybopper heartthrobs or for guys, that hot babe in a skimpy skirt across the street. But trust me, if you want to keep your eyes on them, that is to say keep your eyesight good to help you spot the hotties from the notties, then pay attention. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so they say, but where's the beauty in that if the said beholder can't see a thing but blurred blunder?

Well, if you both got a sweet tooth and an eye for the hotties—and you intend to keep it that way—you've stumbled into the right page. Because we've got nothing but five of the best sweets that wouldn't just keep your appetite for bonbons satisfied, but you're eyeballs well fed at the same time.

1. Soy-Cream Cheesecake

This is a vegetarian and totally eye-friendly twist to that sinful serving we all know as cheesecake. Soy or soya has long captured the attention of scientists, vegetarians, and dieters for its wonderful and health-promoting properties. This wonder-bean not only reduces the risk for certain cancers, but is also teeming with plant estrogens, anti-oxidants, and Vitamin E, three different chemicals that promote and maintain good eyesight.

2. Blueberry Pie

Your mom or your grandma always used to bake it and for a good reason I assure you. Why so? It's more than just an anti-aging recipe (now you can stop wondering how granny stays young) since thanks to the chemical Anthocyanoside, it does a lot of other astonishing feats aside from gout and rheumatism prevention and treatment which is better eyesight too, thanks to its positive effect on the eye's circulation. But that's not all. Blueberry extract has also been scientifically shown to provide improvement of vision in people suffering from short-sightedness.

3. Spanish Flan

Known also as Leche Flan, this egg-based and condensed milk pudding bathed in syrup would probably be every sweet-toothed dessert connoisseur's apple of the eye. And why not? This piece of decadence is made from egg yolks, the part of an egg that is rich in lutein and xeacanthins, organic substances that help prevent loss of vision related to old age. Plus, recent studies show that consumption of eggs also contributes to a fall in cholesterol levels, hence an improvement of circulation towards the eyes.

4. Fruit Cake

Most people usually have fruitcakes for the Christmas holidays, but if only you'd become aware of its benefits to vision, you'd be craving for it the whole year round. With a delightful mix of various fruits—a few assortments even throw in some veggies—baked with a splash of wine, this little piece of cake is literally packed with Vitamins A, C, and E, plus beta-carotene. Remember what those health-buffs always say on TV? That's right, these four natural substances are crucial for the defence of our soul's two little peepholes. And of course let us not forget wine for its protective effect on our cardiovascular system and again to our eye's circulation.

5. Carrot Cake

This is rih in vitamins, anti-oxidants and most especially, beta-carotene; all vital for the protection and maintenance of excellent eyesight, need I say more?