[jeremyw]

Consider removing omega-6 seed oils from your diet. Like many others who have tried it, I now have a normal tan response, where in the past I burned in a heartbeat.

Note: you do need to wait a few months for the fatty acid composition of your skin to turn over.

[simonsarris]

Same: I suspect a good omega 3 ratio greatly reduces skin damage with sun. Anecdotally it's worked for me and my wife when we started eating a lot more eggs/red meat and less O-6 products. We haven't used sunscreen in a few years now because of it.

There are some studies that suggest this is true, such as: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7561154/ (note: N = 13)

And Oregon State "Essential Fatty Acids and Skin Health" primer, which goes over what's going on in healthy skin. https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/health-disease/skin-health/e...

Their conclusion:

> Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids in particular exerts protection from photodamage and photoaging.

[hawski]

But aren't eggs themselves overall much more an O-6 source than O-3?

[mijoharas]

Could you go into a little more detail on this and/or provide references?

This is the first time I'm hearing about a link between omega-6 oils and sunburn.

[VoiceOfWisdom]

My family(except for one brother) and I have completely cut all seed oils out for the last year. No longer burn at all, except for the brother that has not. He goes inside looking like a lobster.