Change ‘race’ to:
‘ethnicity’ or ‘pigmentation’ or ‘amount of melanin present in your epidermis’ or ‘apparent level melanocyte activity’
Hopefully those analyzing the data will then compare the location the respondents are living, the seasonal patterns in that location at the time of the survey and also asks something about how many hours the user spends outside between 11:00 and 15:00 without adequate UVB protection.
Or you could just concluded that the amount of melanin present in the the skin is either a lost purpose or that the intended information to be gained is something you just don’t want collected for political reasons.
I’ve heard that dietary intake of carotene affects skin colour, too.
Yes, towards orange. I’ve experienced mild amounts of this with Astaxanthin (technically it’s a xanthophyll not a carotene but it is still a carotenoid and makes the skin tend towards orange in a similar manner.) Obviously this counts as ‘pigmentation’ but not the melanin-related measures.
To alter skin tone via melanin through dietary means (loosely speaking) we can use Melanotan. Unfortunately that substance was unable to get FDA approval due to the side effect of improving sexual function in both male and female humans.
Hopefully those analyzing the data will then compare the location the respondents are living, the seasonal patterns in that location at the time of the survey and also asks something about how many hours the user spends outside between 11:00 and 15:00 without adequate UVB protection.
Or you could just concluded that the amount of melanin present in the the skin is either a lost purpose or that the intended information to be gained is something you just don’t want collected for political reasons.
I’ve heard that dietary intake of carotene affects skin colour, too.
Yes, towards orange. I’ve experienced mild amounts of this with Astaxanthin (technically it’s a xanthophyll not a carotene but it is still a carotenoid and makes the skin tend towards orange in a similar manner.) Obviously this counts as ‘pigmentation’ but not the melanin-related measures.
To alter skin tone via melanin through dietary means (loosely speaking) we can use Melanotan. Unfortunately that substance was unable to get FDA approval due to the side effect of improving sexual function in both male and female humans.