Tomatoes protect the skin from aging

British doctors found that tomatoes contribute to the development of a substance that protects the skin from ultraviolet radiation.

Eating five tomatoes a day to protect the skin from sunburn and premature aging, transmit Vesti.ru.

Scientists from the universities of Manchester and Newcastle found that tomatoes help the skin produce a substance that can protect it from ultraviolet rays. Ten of the twenty people who participated in the experiment, ate every day for 12 weeks, five teaspoons of tomato paste, which corresponds to five or six tomatoes, stewed with 10 g of olive oil. The other ten were given only olive oil. In addition, subjects received the dose of ultraviolet radiation at the beginning and end of the experiment. As a result, the degree of protection against sunburn experiment participants who ate tomato paste was 33% higher than the rest.

Scientists hope that further studies will clarify whether help tomatoes and tomato paste in the prevention of skin cancer. "There is a tomato is particularly useful for those who like to sunbathe, but do not forget about using other sunscreens, such as a cream, hats and clothing closed", - said professor of the University of Newcastle-Bech Marc Machin

. Ultraviolet rays lead to excessive development of the body of so-called reactive oxygen species that destroy the structure of the skin and lead to the formation of wrinkles and skin cancer. Tomatoes contain an antioxidant - lycopene, which neutralizes the molecule. The red pigment found in other fruits and vegetables, but most of all he found in tomatoes. And for a more efficient action of lycopene tomatoes must be heat-treated.