Cheap food reduces the risk of skin cancer by 17%

The secret to fighting skin cancer is not just sunscreen or a jacket, but it can be in a salad or vegetable dish that you use every day.

The 26-year large-scale study of Brown University (Rhode Island) has tracked more than 120,000 people and discovered the "medicinal god" repel skin cancer: the vitamin A-rich vegetables.

Vegetables rich in vitamin A help protect the skin against cancer-causing harmful effects of UV rays - (artwork from the internet).

According to the authors, vitamin A-rich vegetables are not only good for the eyes as everyone knows, but also help to create new skin cells that are more convenient. In particular, they also protect the skin against the carcinogenic effects of UV (ultraviolet rays) in the sun.

The precursor of vitamin A is beta carotene , which is also a powerful antioxidant, which helps clean free radicals and compounds that encourage the growth of cancer cells.

People who eat vitamin A-rich foods in the study lost an average of 17% of the risk of skin cancer. It is noteworthy that this positive effect only occurs in people who supplement vitamin A with food. The authors warn that if you choose to supplement vitamin A with medication, this miracle will not happen.

Abundant Vitamin A in red and orange vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, bell peppers . and even dark green vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, and kale .

The research has just been published in the scientific journal JAMA Dermatology.