Foods That Can Protect Your Skin From Sun Damage and Help With Ageing Too

Crimini mushrooms have one of the highest selenium contents. This trace mineral is needed to make one of the body’s most potent antioxidants, glutathione peroxidase, which fights damaging compounds called free radicals that form in the skin during sunlight exposure

They are also a great source of B vitamins, which are needed to create new skin cells.

Pomegranates

Pomegranates have a high antioxidant content and have been found to offer anti-inflammatory benefits to the skin. Scientists have discovered that nutrients in pomegranates can reduce UVB damage to skin cells.

Pomegranate seed oil works to protect against skin cancer because of ellagic acid, a polyphenol antioxidant found in large quantities in pomegranates which researches have found inhibits the growth of skin tumours.

Cherries

Tart Montmorency cherries are your best source of the antioxidant melatonin.

Melatonin protects the skin against ultraviolet radiation. Researchers have discovered that the nutrient helps to repair sunburned skin since it stimulates new skin-cell growth. Cherries are also a great source of vitamin C which is needed to build collagen. Cherries never tend to come cheap but they are in season during late spring and summer, so they’re lower in price and tastier to eat.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are packed full of an antioxidant called lycopene which protect the skin from damaging UV rays. Lycopene gives the tomatoes their colour and neutralises harmful molecules produced in skin sponsored to the sun’s ultra-violet rays. Damage inflicted by the free radicals on skin structures and DNA can lead to premature ageing and skin cancer. They are also an anti-inflammatory which means soothing any redness from being in the sun all too long.

Carrots

Carrots are full of beta-carotene which not only protects against sun damage but also can help to reverse it as it has natural sunscreen properties. They also contain biotin, a type of B vitamin which promotes healthy hair.

Almond butte

With high amounts of Vitamin-E, almonds reverse sun damage and keeps skin hydrated and smooth.