Chen Yucong pointed out that coriander is a light-sensitive food. When the skin is in direct contact, if it is not cleaned and exposed to sunlight, it may cause pigmentation and darken the skin.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] It is rumored that eating coriander can cause skin darkening and spots. Is this true?

In this regard, Chen Yucong, vice president of Yafeng Skin Beauty Clinic, pointed out that coriander is a light-sensitive food. When the skin is in direct contact, if it is not cleaned and exposed to sunlight, it may cause skin allergic reactions, such as inflammation, redness, blisters, and even pigmentation. Deposition darkens the skin.

However, if you eat parsley, the chances of skin allergies are small.

Light-sensitive food causes allergies, beware of pigmentation

Chen Yucong posted on the Facebook page "Chen Yucong Dermatologist" that light-sensitive foods refer to certain plant fruits that make the skin more sensitive to ultraviolet rays, which in turn can cause allergic reactions in skin cells and tissues. Based on clinical evidence, There are indeed many species that are photosensitive, such as celery, coriander, basil, lemon, pomelo, grapefruit, citrus fruits, parsley, coriander, fennel, etc., which contain special chemical substances "furanocoumarins".

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When the skin is directly exposed to the chemical substance (such as squeezing a lemon by hand), it is not cleaned, and it is exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, which may cause skin inflammation, redness, blisters, and even pigmentation to darken the skin, sometimes Misdiagnosed as eczema, cellulitis, allergic contact dermatitis.

Skin contact should be eaten cleanly without worrying about allergies

"Will eating light-sensitive food cause phytophotodermatitis?" Chen Yucong explained that the concentration of furocoumarins eaten is actually absorbed through the stomach and blood vessels to the skin is quite low.

A study showed that subjects who ate 300 grams of celery had no skin darkening reaction after being irradiated with UVA, and no furanocoumarins were detected in the blood.

I usually don’t eat so much coriander, so unless I take a huge amount of coriander at the same time, and immediately expose to strong ultraviolet light for a long time, there may be a risk of skin inflammation and darkening, and the chance of allergic reactions caused by “eating” is small .

Chen Yucong added that parsley is actually rich in many nutrients, including vitamins A, B, C, K, carotene, and minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, and magnesium. Its vitamin C is three times that of tomatoes.

Some experiments also show that coriander may have the effect of preventing dementia, cardiovascular disease and anti-cancer.

To sum up, if the skin comes into contact with the juice of light-sensitive food, remember to clean it. If you eat it, you don't have to worry about skin tanning.

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