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5 foods that fight sun damage

Want to maintain healthy skin in the heat? Here are five delicious ways to do it

By Allison Tannis

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Best Health Magazine, Summer 2012

Antioxidants and your skin

Most of us wear sunscreen and cover up with a hat and long sleeves when we can, but there’s no way to avoid all sunlight exposure. A double-blind, controlled trial from 2002 concluded that eating antioxidants helps to protect skin from sun damage—certain foods contain nutrients that help it repair and rejuvenate itself. But did you know that the amount of antioxidants in your blood decreases when your skin is exposed to sunlight? Scary. So it’s important to make sure there’s a consistent presence of antioxidants in the skin. Here are the top five foods that help.

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2 Comments

We should all be eating healthy, it will help everyone Live Better, Longer. It will reduce our health care system costs, fewer trips to the doctor and I also recommend supplementing your food consumption with vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients because to achieve optimal health you would have to eat a lot of food to consume the levels needed to achieve optimal health.

Submitted by John E Flanagan on Sun, 2012-07-08 3:46am.

I really enjoy your tips on wellness and most articles in the newsletter.

When you are disclosing the types of food for wellness, is it possible to indicate the quantity recommended to be of benefit . That would be so helpful.

I look forward to your response.

Donna

Submitted by Donna on Sat, 2012-07-07 12:33am.