Preventing Skin Cancer From the Inside Out
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2016-02-01

Eating antioxidant-rich foods can bolster skin protection and reduce sunburn redness by 40%, whereas alcohol can dramatically drop the level of antioxidants in the skin within 8 minutes of consumption.

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Isn’t that wild? Antioxidant dynamics in the body change minute to minute; so, make sure to top yourself up:
Minimum “Recommended Daily Allowance” of Antioxidants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/minimum-recommended-daily-allowance-of-antioxidants/)
Food Antioxidants, Stroke, and Heart Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-stroke-and-heart-disease/)
Food Antioxidants and Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-and-cancer/)
Antioxidants and Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidants-and-depression/)

What else can tomatoes do? Check out Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-activation-with-tomato-seeds/).

Other videos on skin health include:
Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beauty-is-more-than-skin-deep/)
Preventing Wrinkles with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-wrinkles-with-diet/)
Flaxseeds For Sensitive Skin (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-for-sensitive-skin/)
Can Cellulite Be Treated With Diet? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-cellulite-be-treated-with-diet/)
Eating Better to Look Better (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-better-to-look-better/)
Oatmeal Lotion for Chemotherapy-Induced Rash (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Oatmeal-Lotion-for-Chemotherapy-Induced-Rash)

Alcohol doesn’t just raise the risk of skin cancer. See Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much is Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-alcohol-what-much-is-safe/). But like the OJ in the screwdriver, grape skin components may help mediate the adverse effects. See: Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-risk-red-wine-vs-white-wine/). 

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