White tea is not only a delicious and nutritional drink, but apparently it can save your skin. A study published in Experimental Dermatology found that applying white or green tea extracts can help protect your skin from the aftereffects of sun exposure. The study used skin samples from volunteers who applied the tea extracts after they had been out in the sun or exposed to some form of ultraviolet (UV) light.
Tea extracts are not to be used in replacement of suntan screens because they do not protect against direct UV absorption. Instead, tea extracts can be looked at as an organic alternative to using Aloe based products for soothing the skin after being out in the sun. The antioxidants in the tea help to prevent oxidative DNA damage caused by solar rays. Many doctors and scientists have linked oxidative DNA damage to identifying future risks of getting cancer.
So what do we get from this study? Next time you are out in the suns harmful rays – yes this applies to the winter as well – treat your skin with white tea extract.
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