Tomatoes have always been known for their ability to lower cholesterol and prevent some cancers, but now they have two new health benefits. A new study found that tomatoes can also enhance the skin's ability to protect yourself from the sun and help keep your skin youthful.

Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle suggest that eating two tomato-based meals a day is best for your health. The menu options are a glass of tomato juice for breakfast, a salad later or tomato soup for lunch, and pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.

In order to test the skin care efficacy of tomatoes, researchers asked ten volunteers to eat five tablespoons of tomato paste mixed with olive oil every day for three months, and the other ten volunteers only ate olive oil and no tomatoes. Sauce. Tests using ultraviolet light showed that the sun protection of the skin of the tomato-sauce group was one-third stronger at the end of the study than at the beginning.

However, the researchers stressed that the findings do not mean you can stop using sunscreen