Sun Protection from Tomatoes?! #shorts

If you eat tomatoes daily for at least 10 weeks, you can protect your skin against sunburn. Oof. It sounds like, but unfortunately it's not complete. The reason why it's unfortunate is because I'm a board certified derm and people are going to take this information from that tiny little clip and run. It's almost like saying if you eat a burger a day, you get your full nutritional value every single day through your burger. When the reality is if you eat a burger a day, you'll probably end up obese. So let's understand the science. Tomatoes have lycopenes, which is the natural substance that give the tomatoes a red hue. It's also found in watermelons, guava, apricots, beets. And lycopenes are structurally related to carotenes because it's part of the carotenoid family. Carotenes beta carotenes are found in carrots. But the reality is if you over consume lycopenes or carotenes, you will end up turning an Oompa Loompa.