Suntan secrets: vegetable instead of bronzator.

Fruit and vegetables give a suntan shade without ultraviolet and bronzator. Agree, this opening sounds far more fascinatingly, than the general reasonings on advantage of fruit and vegetables.

Fruit and vegetables for suntan

Jan Stephen, professor of University of Bristol, made an experiment: suggested 25 participants month to eat as usual, but to include five fruit and vegetables in the diet. And what is important, forbade to sunbathe in the sun. In conclusion of experience to other group of people suggested to estimate a photo of participants before and after. All agreed that after intensive fruit and vegetable feed skin looks suntanned and freshened up. And easy golden "fruit and vegetable" suntan was recognized as more attractive, than chocolate solar.

"In a month all participants of an experiment considerably "sunbathed" — Stephen says. — The matter is that many fruit and vegetables contain pigments carotinoids of yellow, red or orange color. They transfer this shade in insignificant degree to skin". Stephen ordered to eat to participants of an experiment spinach, Romano's salad, cabbage keyl, peaches, melons, grapefruits, plums, pepper, tomatoes, carrots, etc. Carotinoids do not collapse when heating — it is quietly possible to throw vegetables in the double boiler or to extinguish: it will not affect their "zagarny" properties.

There is an opinion that any darkly painted food, whether it be, cinnamon, black tea or bitter chocolate, gives to skin a golden shade. This delusion. Such effect only carotinoids have.

The main substances which are responsible for skin pigmentation — melanin and carotene. And if the first is formed in skin only thanks to UV radiation, then beta carotene, really, can be received from vegetable ingredients and nutritional supplements.

"Of course, to rejoice early — doctor Sara Shrenker, the nutritionist of the International society of nutritsionist says. — It is necessary to conduct more careful researches. Usually the use of carotinoids in a large number leads to a karotinemiya — an orange shade of skin. But if to adhere to the balanced diet, it is quite possible that there will be a natural easy suntan. And looks freshened up the person because fruit and vegetables contain a lot of moisture and also the vitamins C and E increasing elasticity of fabrics and improving their color".

Contraindications

Also I will notice that fruit and vegetable suntan has not less serious contraindications, than at solar. Beta carotinoids in the increased quantities slow down lutein assimilation, that is worsen sight. Besides, karotinoidny suntan is incompatible with solar. And it in general is contraindicated to heavy smokers: there are researches that beta carotene activates the carcinogens which are contained in tobacco smoke. Respectively, the risk of development of lung cancer increases. Therefore before beginning to sunbathe, eating carrots with a melon, it is necessary to leave off smoking. That is, as usual, after all to become healthy, and then beautiful.