By now you should know about the real benefits from protecting your skin from sun damage by using full spectrum sun blocks. But did you also know you can help protect your skin from the inside!!
According to John La Puma, MD, author of ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine you can help protect your skin by eating antioxidant containing foods – pomegranates, tomatoes, dark chocolate, and tea.
The antioxidants in these foods work their way to the upper layers of your skin, boosting resistance to ultraviolet damage.
But don’t rely on this method exclusively – remember to slip on a shirt, slop on the sunblock and slap on a hat. And regular skin self-exams can reduce your risk of dying of melanoma by 44 percent! By getting to know all the freckles, moles, scars, age spots, birthmarks, and other lesions on your body, you can watch for any changes in size, shape, color, texture, and condition of any unique marks. Consult your doctor if you notice any raising of the marks, irregular changes in the border, and marked change in color [getting darker or lighter].