Saving the skin from UV damage
more deadly in people of colour, who are more likely to be diagnosed in later stages and have poorer prognosis and survival rates, according a study in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. For most people in India, covering up and staying indoors are the only forms of sun protection, which make most of us highly deficit in Vitamin D that the skin synthesises on exposure to sunlight.
Since skin health also includes interactions between skin cells and the body via the circulatory, nervous and immune systems, harmful freeradical damage can be lowered by reducing stress, increasing physical activity and a eating a nutritional diet. Foods to go for are those high in plant antioxidants (carotenoids found in carrots, tomatoes, sweet potato and leafy greens; tocophenols found in nuts, legumes and wheatgerm; and flavonoids in fruits like apples, pears, plums, peaches, red grapes and apricots, nuts and legumes), vitamins A, C, D and E, essential Omega-3-fatty acids found in soyabean, walnuts, flaxeed and fish oils, proteins in meats, egg, legumes, nuts and dairy, and lactobacilli in yoghurt.
“The skin reflects internal balance and we need to act on the causes of dysfunctions rather than overly compensating for their effects,” said Bridgette Dreno, chairman of dermato-oncology in University Hospital, Nantes, France. GHAZIABAD: A 13-year-old boy drowned in the Hindon canal near Vasundhara on Saturday afternoon.
The boy had gone for a bath in the canal along with two other boys, who were able to swim back safety.
The incident comes four days after two brothers drowned in river Hindon and the body of their 11-year-old friend yet to be found. to the banks’