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Orange Foods For Fending Off Skin Cancer
The Problem: After all those years you spent soaking up the sun covered by nothing but a string bikini and a thin coating of SPF 2, it's payback time.
The Fix: Melanoma is scary, but food can help: National Cancer Institute researchers found that the skin-cancer risk of people with the highest intakes of carotenoids (pigments that occur naturally in plants) was significantly lower... more 

Photo by: Phillip Rhodes

Orange Foods For Fending Off Skin Cancer
The Problem: After all those years you spent soaking up the sun covered by nothing but a string bikini and a thin coating of SPF 2, it's payback time.
The Fix: Melanoma is scary, but food can help: National Cancer Institute researchers found that the skin-cancer risk of people with the highest intakes of carotenoids (pigments that occur naturally in plants) was significantly lower than in those who ate the least. "Betacarotene is an internal sun protector," says Regina Goralczyk, Ph.D., of DSM Nutritional Products. "The plant pigment is transported in the bloodstream to the skin, where it is enriched and helps fight the damaging effects of sunlight." As a preventive tool, eat two sweet potatoes every week. They'll give you plenty of beta-carotene. Other great sources: carrots and cantaloupe.

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