Tomatoes Prevent Skin Aging

BEST way to prevent sunburn from the sun and premature wrinkles is to eat tomatoes.

Fruits rich in vitamin C was shown to help reduce the adverse effects of sun exposure and prevent premature aging of the skin. Researchers University of Manchester, England, studied two groups of volunteers.

Those groups who consumed tomato paste for 12 weeks and who do not eat tomatoes. The result of volunteers who consumed tomato paste have skin that is more resistant to sun exposure.

Their skin is better protected than 33% of volunteers who do not eat tomato paste. Antioxidant in tomatoes, lycopene, believed to neutralize harmful molecules produced skin exposed to ultraviolet light of the sun.

Previous research has shown that cooked tomatoes contain lycopene is higher than the tomatoes that have not been processed.