I have what you could call "snowflake skin"and I live in Florida so tanning is a necessity. The only problem is that I'm opposed to tanning beds and don't have time to spend hours in the sun each day. When I came across this article from Shape Magazine I had to do a double take. Apparently, you can get a golden tan from eating? According to Shape, all my problems can be solved by filling my plate with carrots and other produce.
The idea that eating fresh produce like carrots, spinach, and plums can darken skin tone comes from the presence of beta-carotene in the foods. Beta-carotene helps to improve eyesight, and strengthen the immune system in addition to giving skin a healthy glow.
Apparently, when you eat a lot of beta-carotene filled foods, the beta-carotene builds up under the fat beneath the skin where darker pigments can peek through. Although it seems simple, the article also warns that this method of tanning could take about two months of eating at least 5 servings of produce a day to take full effect.
To say that I'm skeptical about this idea might be an understatement. Although the article does take a unique approach to the idea of tanning, I'm not sure that I can fully believe this. Maybe if there were a few testimonials of how this actually worked out or pictures of people who tanned from eating carrots I might be more inclined to give up my summer obsession with Jergen's Natural Glow. Also, it's February, which means it's basically summer, which means it's a little late to spend my time eating copious amounts of carrots. I fully believe that the prolonged time spent in the sun and tanning beds is harmful to our health, but I think an article on the best self-tanners and bronzing powders might have been more successful.
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