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While some foods can improve skin health, doctors say sunscreen is crucial to prevent burns and cancer...
Videos on TikTok stating that you don't need sunscreen, and your diet alone can protect your skin, have gotten thousandsof views over the past year."When people get sunburned, it's not because they're not wearing enough sunscreen, it's not because they've been in the sun too long," said creator Sam Knight, who has more than 84,000 followers, "a lot of times it's because of their diet."..
Seed oils in particular are being accused of causing sunburns one Instagram post with more than 45,000 likes titled "How to tan without sunscreen," said that you can't get skin cancer if you're not eating seed oils, according to a 2019 study (for the record that's absolutely not what the study, which was only performed on cells in a lab, found)...
The idea that seed oils are "toxic" and consuming them is amajor source of our nutritional woes waspopularized by advocates for "ancestral health."The anti-seed oil movement argues that more inflammation can worsen skin damage, undermine the protection of substances in your body such as collagen, and contribute to sunburn...
While Witkowski said that changing your diet can benefit your skin, he strongly emphasized "the judicious use of SPF 30 sunscreen, hats, and UV-protective clothing" is still the best way to protect yourself from a sunburn and from skin cancer...
