Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?

I've been vegetarian for a year and a couple of months now, but this is my first summer meatless. I've notice I haven't been getting much color from the sun like i always did (I'm sicilian so genetically darker skin and tan very well) but this summer, already two months in I haven't received a tan and I lay out side all the time. COuld being vegetarian effect that?Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
Heck no. I've gotten more color as a vegetarian and vegan than ever before that. Not like I can tan all THAT much anyway...but for someone who can't tan, I've gotten color.
No, not at all. I've been a vegetarian for about five years now and have never been tanner.

I was always pale, it took some effort (over years of careful sun bathing using good sun screen) to slowly get my skin used to the sun without burning and having to start at square one. Now I can look at my shoulders and see sun kissed skin. That was mostly achieved during my years as a vegetarian using the sun only (no tanning beds).

@ Kerfuffle: that explains a lot!Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
no. im pretty gingery so i dont tan much anyway, but if anything ive gotten more color since going veg. its also really not good for you to lay out and tan, you dont want your skin to be all f*cked up when youre older. sunscreen is important!
Like someone else said, you're probably not getting enough nutrition or something.



As far as I know, being a Vegetarian doesn't have an effect on how much you tan.Does being vegetarian make you lose you ability to tan better?
I have not found that problem; however I am irish, so I don't tend to tan anyway.

Increase your intake of beans, seeds/nuts, and eggs, that should help.

Good luck!
No.

Actually studies show that eating more vegetables (than someone who is not a vegetarian) increases ability to tan.
Lack of nutrition, maybe. But not specifically being vegetarian.
No. I always tanned well and still tan well...and I'm a vegan. In fact, I hold onto my tan a lot longer now.
vege-tarian, not Idonteatmeatbuteatjunkfood-tarian, u neef to eat better