Saturday, December 10, 2011

Take action! Add more tomatoes to your diet!

That's right! Any kind of tomato, whether canned, in sauce, juice, raw, even ketchup, makes a big difference to your health! One of the best benefits you will get from consuming tomatoes is lycopene, an antioxidant that helps in the fight against cancer cell formation, as well as other types of health problems & diseases.
 
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Tomatoes are, also, a superfood. Here is why:
  1. Eating 7 or more servings a week cuts the risk of cardiovascular disease by 30%, which could be from the lycopene or Vitamin C, potassium, & fiber.
  2. Men lowered their risk of prostate cancer by 24 to 36%.
  3. Studies suggest tomatoes reduce the risk of osteoporosis & asthma & may improve circulation & reduce inflammation.
  4. Those who were prediabetic had lycopene levels 6% lower than those of healthy people & newly diagnosed diabetics had 17% less.
To get the full vitamin C impact: serve tomatoes raw, like in a salad, because heat destroys vitamin C. However, cooking tomatoes in oil will give you the maximum lycopene benefit, because oils helps with lycopene absorption. So have your salad or drink some low-sodium tomato juice!

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