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“Plant-based”: discover the diet with foods that protect the skin from the sun

According to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), skin cancer is the type of most common tumor. And although the sun is essential for our lives, due to the vitamin D it provides us, it can also be very dangerous.

Every year more than 20,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are detected. And in the world, more than three million.

The Burns on the skin, repeatedly and in the long term, can lead to skin cancer which, in addition to being the most diagnosed in Spain, is also the most preventable.

As the AECC highlights, “they are growing faster than any other type, but when detected and treated in time, it has a good prognosis.”

It is important to apply a series of prevention measures (sun protection and skin monitoring) to detect any spots that could be suspected of leading to skin cancer.

However, we can also protect it through food, as the collaborating professor of the UOC Master of Nutrition explains to 'Health Guides', Marina Diana Perez.

The diet plant-based, which prioritizes the consumption of products of plant origin and eliminates those of animal origin as much as possible, is key for sun protection and maintaining good skin health. As the doctor in Food and Nutrition specifies:

“They are basic foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts.”

The ultraviolet radiation It generates free radicals, which are very unstable molecules that damage DNA and cause inflammation in the skin. Therefore, the diet plant-based plays a fundamental role, and not only now with summer around the corner, but always.

“This is what I want to emphasize, that this diet does not have to be specific to this time of year, but rather it must be forever. And we should have it internalized: robust consumption of vegetables and fruits, extra virgin olive oil, legumes and nuts “.

And to reach this conclusion, Diana Pérez has based herself on a recent study published in the scientific journal Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which indicates that certain foods have a skin barrier function against the sun.