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Women spend billions of dollars every year on skin creams to prevent aging and sunburn. According to British researchers in a study presented to the British Society of Investigative Dermatology, perhaps they should eat more tomatoes. Women were fed either tomato paste and olive oil or just olive oil for 12 weeks and received high doses of UV light before and after the study. Women eating tomato paste tolerated the harmful rays 33 perent better than those consuming the olive oil. Tomatoes contain a powerful antioxidant called lycopene, which is able to neutralize UV light. Tomoato paste offers protection from the sun equivalent to a sunscreen with an SPF factor of 1.3 so don't depend on it to prevent skin damage when you go out into the sun.