Skin cancer is now being linked with the unhealthy diet. Carcinogens that are consumed due to unhealthy lifestyle can form cancer by mutating the DNA. This is followed 
by the conversion of the normal cells to the cancerous or malignant one. One of the ways to fight this is to strong our immune system. This can be done by having nutritional and healthy diet. So this is good news that people can fight the disease by having the good healthy food which will eventually also makes a person healthy in all terms not just in case of the cancer. To avoid skin cancer risk one must need antioxidants in addition to the healthy diet. Actually the carcinogens enter the cells through the process of oxidation. There are free radicals in the body due to which this oxidation occurs and the anti-oxidants deactivate these radicals so that oxidation is not carried out. If you want a healthy life without going for the treatment for skin cancer, just have a healthy diet in addition to the anti-oxidants.
Now just have a look at the various nutrients that are really helpful to prevent skin cancer.
- Selenium: It is of foremost importance as it protects cells from the harmful chemicals and viruses that cause cancer. It is found in the food item like sesame, egg yolks, milk, mushrooms and garlic.
- Vitamin D: It is generally said that sunlight is one of the cause of sunlight but the truth is that a person needs a 20 minute of daily unprotected sunlight to get the daily dose of the required vitamin D. It helps in processing of calcium by the body. It is also found in the milk and the egg yolks
- Vitamin E: It is basically an anti-oxidant. It is clinically proven that this vitamin has the power to change the cancerous cell back to the normal cell. Sources of this vitamin are raw vegetables, corn oil, beans. Basically it is the constituent of almost all the vegetables.
- Vitamin C: It has the power of stopping the cancer from spreading. It is the main constituent of the citrus fruits like orange and also in the lemon which is the best source of vitamin C that is readily available.
- Vitamin A: It helps in maintaining the skin health. It also protects cells of skin from the damage caused by light to the skin. The sources of vitamin A are yogurt, milk, peach and carrots
