According to a new study presented in British Society for Investigative Dermatology, consuming tomato paste or other tomato products can care skin and protect it from the danger of ultraviolet ray.
In the study, volunteers who consumed 10 dinner spoons of tomato paste everyday during 3 months got the increase of skin ability to protect against ultraviolet ray.

Ultraviolet light increases contain of vitamin D in body which is essential to prevent some diseases, including cancer. But, getting sun ray too much can cause skin aging and other skin damages which can stimulate skin cancer.

Researchers predicted that the merit is from lycopene in tomato products. The antioksidan is found much in cooked tomato and can decrease the risk of prostate cancer. In the study, researchers in Manchester and Newcastle University gave 55 grams of standard tomato paste and 10 grams olive oil to 55 volunteers everyday.
Three months later, skin sample of group who consumed tomato paste showed that tomato paste gave protection to the group against sun ray burning.

The merit is same with what sunscreen gives with very low SPF.
Researchers also found that the skins of the group consumed tomato paste have procollagen content, molecule that gives skin structure in higher content. The increase of the content showed possibility of tomato paste care skin and can reverse the process of skin aging.

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