What food is good for dark circles under eyes ?

[Norwood Park]

I have dark circles under eyes for about a year. I tried to reduce it. But it doesn't work. Do you know what food is good for dark circles under eyes?

[Notasulga]

There are two ways for you to use foods to reduce your dark circles, that is, for external application and for oral adminiistration. There various kinds of foods for external application. For example, you can cut the potatoes into very thin slices, close your eyes first and then put one piece of the potato slices on the surface of each of your eyes. Keep this state for about ten minutes and do it one or two times a day and you can see effective results if you persist in doing this for a month or more. Besides, you can as well cut the apples, cucumbers and so on and apply the slices on the skin of your eyes. As to foods for oral administration, there are even more choices for you. Foods like lean meat, milk, eggs, aquatic products are rich in good proteins which are good for the skins. Vitamin A can nourish the eyes, and you can eat more animal livers, butter, carrots. Vitamin E can also nourish the skins of the eyes, and you can eat much sesames, peanuts, nuts and sunflower seeds. Foods like sea-tangles are rich in ferrum can accelerate the blood circulation of the eyes. In addition, drinking much green tea can remit the forming of dark circles because it can resist the radiation from the computer.

[Noxapater]

Taking more Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Iron are the key to remove the dark circles under your eyes. So you should eat more food that is rich in these elements. Vitamin K has the function of restoring the damaged capillaries and arteries beneath the skin and clotting the blood circulation around the eyes. Vitamin K can be found in green leafy vegetables like spinach, broccoli, cabbage and avocados. Vitamin A can maintain and repair the skin tissue around your eyes and it is abundant in liver, carrot, pumpkin, peach, mango and eggs. Vitamin removes the dark circles by eliminating the free radicals in the skin. Fruits and vegetables are rich resource of vitamin C. Vitamin E regulates vitamin A as well as fights against free radicals. It can be found in asparagus, avocado, olives, nuts and corn. Iron is also very important in removing dark circles and you can supplement Iron by eating more prunes, raisins, kidney and kale.

[Nunapitchuk]

Well, actually dark circles can be very annoying for many people, for they can just make you look unattractive and older. And of course you can just try some foods to treat it. For example, you can eat more eggs. According to some experts, eggs are rich in quality protein which can promote cell regeneration, regular intake of eggs can increase the intake of quality protein. In that way, it will just do a help to get rid of dark circles. Also, as we know that Parsley contains an abundant supply of chlorophyll which may help lessen dark circles and puffiness under the eyes. So you can just have a try. To reduce the symptom, you can also have some Moisturizers containing Vitamin E and K, so that it can lessen the appearance of dark circles.