How to Eat your Sunscreen – 5 Foods that Can Protect you From Harmful Sunrays

With the summer season approaching, we are all thrilled to go on vacations, hangout with our friends and go café hopping. Most days are bright and sunny and going out in the sun might sound like task to us. While getting some exposure to the sun is necessary to get vitamin D, the harmful sunrays can damage your skin. Ultraviolet radiations are invisible rays that come from the sun. These rays are can burn the skin, result in premature ageing, skin becomes thick and wrinkled. Prolonged exposure to the sun can even cause skin cancer. The symptoms of skin cancer appear late but the damage starts occurring way before the symptoms are seen. Not just the skin, UV rays have effects on the entire body. It can lead to cataract and other eye damage. Even the immune system is compromised due to overexposure to UV radiation. The skin’s ability to protect against foreign substances is also reduced and harmed.

Several ways are suggested to protect yourself when going out in the sun. Wearing a hat, applying sunscreen or covering your face with masks and sunglasses are some techniques to avoid the harmful sunrays. While slopping your face with tons of sunscreen is one of the most common ways of fighting the sun, certain food items can do the job too.

• Citrus fruits
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Carrots
• Omega 3 fatty acid