Can sunburn be prevented with tablets?

Preventing sunburn with tablets alone is difficult, but with vitamin tablets and dietary supplements you can strengthen the skin’s resistance and reduce the risk of sunburn. Ideally, the required vitamins are taken in the form of food such as fruit and vegetables, but vitamin preparations can also be used. Vitamins C, E and A have a particularly protective effect on the skin.

Those who do not tolerate or do not like the foods mentioned above can also take the necessary vitamins in the form of tablets. Many of the vitamin capsules also contain biotin (vitamin H), which can additionally protect the skin. Vitamin D, together with calcium, is also considered a good protection against sunburn.

However, it is important to note that these preparations are only intended as supplementary skin protection. They are by no means a substitute for sun milk, sun-proof clothing and regular exposure to the shade.

Vitamin C is mainly found in citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons.
Yellow vegetables such as yellow peppers and pumpkin as well as soy and spinach contain particularly high levels of vitamin E.
Vitamin A is found in carrots.

Carotene, as the name suggests, is found especially in carrots.

But other red or orange vegetables and fruits (e.g. peppers, apricots) also contain a lot of carotene. This food component is broken down by the body into vitamin A. In addition to the well-known positive effect of vitamin A on the eyes, carotene also acts on the skin and mucous membranes.

Vitamin A promotes the development of the skin, which generally has a protective effect on the skin. Calcium is an important mineral that the body absorbs mainly from milk and dairy products such as yogurt and cheese. Many plants also contain calcium (spinach, cabbage, etc.).

Calcium is not only an important component for bone formation, but the mineral also plays an important role in the formation of vitamin D through solar radiation. Calcium also forms a kind of protective film on the skin and thus prevents sunburn to a certain extent.Who takes up too little calcium over the food, can fall back also to tablets or calcium caps, however the daily maximum quantity (to be inferred in each case from the package insert) should not be exceeded. Vitamin D plays an important role in connection with solar radiation.

Primarily however the sun is important, so that at all Vitamin D is formed. Only about 10-20% of the required vitamin can be absorbed through food. The remaining amount of vitamin D must be produced on the skin.

For this, there must be sufficient exposure to the sun. Usually the body forms a large surplus of vitamin D in summer when there is a lot of sunshine. In winter, however, most people in our latitudes suffer from a pronounced vitamin D deficiency. As part of the energy of the sun’s radiation is absorbed during vitamin D formation, less solar energy reaches the skin, so this formation of vitamin D also counteracts the development of sunburn.