A diet rich in tomato consequences...

A diet rich in tomato consequences or lycopene may lower the risk of developing prostate cancer, according to Canadian researchers.

Their conclusion came after analyzing data from 21 studies involving a daily intake of common serving or more of tomato productions tomatoes or lycopene. The report appears in the March 2004 issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.

Also, an active ingredient build in the oil of the Southeast Asian croton plant--12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, commonly known as TPA--may inhibit the sprouting of new prostate cancer small rooms according to researchers at Rutger University. That thought was published in the March 2004 issue of Cancer Research.

WARNING TO SENIORS

In 2000 inappropriate and potentially harmful medications were prescribed to American seniors during visits to doctors 8 percent of the time. undivided precaution: Tell your doctor everything you're taking, whether natural or pharmaceutical.

Source: February 9 2004 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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