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From arcamax.com

Eating a balanced diet that includes about five daily servings of fruits and veggies can give you a healthy, sun-kissed glow. A new study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior suggests that consuming more carotenoids—orange and yellow pigments found in foods including red and yellow peppers, carrots, spinach and other dark leafy greens—can create an au naturel tan. “Carotenoids are thought to be stored in the fat under the skin, and are also secreted through the pores, where they are then absorbed back into the top layer of the skin, giving it a golden color,” explains study author Ian Stephen, Ph.D., now at the University of Nottingham. If you already eat five portions of fruits and vegetables, though, adding another five (or loading up on only carrots) won’t necessarily give you a more radiant flush. It may, in fact, make you too yellow or orange, warns Stephen.

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