Tomato Foods May Help Protect Your Skin

7 months ago 30th Apr 11:12

Eating tomatoes will not make you invincible in the sun, but it may be a useful addition to the sun protection tool box

After three months, skin samples from the tomato group showed they had 33% more protection against sunburn - the equivalent of a very low factor sun cream - and much higher levels of procollagen, a molecule which gives the skin its structure and keeps its firm.

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