Al-Marsad newspaper: A study found that eating 60 grapes a day can help prevent sunburn.
The results indicated that people who ate the fruit every day for two weeks had better protection against skin damage from ultraviolet radiation, which causes fatal melanomas.
The researchers, led by Professor John Pezzotto of Western New England University in the United States, believe that natural components of grapes, called polyphenols, are responsible for this resistance.
During the study, researchers recruited 29 participants and fed them grape powder equivalent to 2.25 cups of grapes per day for two weeks.
They found that around a third of participants had some resistance to UV light after eating grapes, with one in ten (10%) retaining the beneficial effects four weeks after they stopped eating them.
Participants’ skin responses to UV light before and after eating grapes for two weeks were measured by counting the amount of UV light that caused visible redness 24 hours later.
The team also analyzed the participants’ gut, blood and urine samples: According to the study, published in the journal Antioxidants, those who developed resistance to UV rays after eating grapes showed significant differences in their microbiome and metabolism compared to non- responders. .
It is known that most cases of skin cancer are caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun and about 90% of skin aging is caused by the sun.
