Sunburn Preventions using your Kitchen’s Ingredients

Many phytochemical substances that naturally occur in fruits and vegetables, grains and other plant foods are antioxidants. Healthy eating containing 2 or 3 SPF daily will reduce the damage to some extent.

Try the following before venturing out in the sun:

1. Drink plenty of lemon juice before stepping out.
2. As a daily routine incorporate cucumber in your diet.
3. Take regularly vitamins A, C, and E.
4. Daily boil three tomatoes for two minutes and then eat it. It is an excellent source or anti-oxidant of fight the free radicals and postpone ageing to a large extent though it can’t totally arrest it.
5. During summer time, if you have to be out in the sun for a long time, drink a lot of water at regular intervals.
6. Drink buttermilk or take yogurt.

Here are some kitchen magical ingredients, and this is at your hand’s reach.

1. Grate cucumber and apply generously over sunburns.
2. Add 3/4 cups curd to 2 well mashed tomatoes and apply over effected areas. Wash after two or three hours when it has completely dried.
3. Take juice of lime and add to one well beaten egg white. Heat this and mixture on a pan on a low heat. When it thickens remove, cool and apply on the face. Wait for 30-40 minutes and then wash off.