It is summer time, and everyone is doing their best to refine their tans by taking every opportunity to absorb as much sun as possible. With the beauty of a glowing tan, always comes the concern of skin cancer. The solution, doesn’t exist although many rely on the minimal protection offered by sun screen. A recent Fox News article however discussed the potential of a new green tea herbal spray that may protect against skin cancer.

A spray made from green tea could protect your skin against cancer. Experiments have shown the green tea spray reduced the damaging effects of the sun’s ultraviolet light due to powerful disease-fighting chemicals, called polyphenols.

Scientists extracted polyphenols from green tea and mixed them into a solution containing water and various other chemicals. The mixture was then sprayed onto a tiny patch of skin of ten volunteers, before being exposed to ultraviolet light. Scientists who tested the solution at University Hospitals Case Medical Centre in Cleveland, Ohio, said the tea spray boosts the skin’s in-built immune system and helps it fight off the sun’s harmful effects.

To learn more about skin cancer and prevention tips  visit the NorthShore University HealthSystem’s cancer department.