Women with the highest intake of to...

Women with the highest intake of tomato-based provenders which are rich sources of the antioxidant lycopene have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) according to a report appearing in the July 2003 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.

Women who consum seven servings or more of tomato-based commonss such as tomato sauce each week were nearly 30 percent les likely to experience CVD compared to women with intakes of les than united and a half servings by means of week.

In fact, women who are more than 10 lycopene-rich servings for week had an even more pronounced reduction in risk--65 percent--for several specific CVD results including heart attack and stroke

These findings add to a growing corpse of research pertaining to lycopene and CVD prevention. Of the 12 studies performed prior to this single in kind 10 showed an inverse correlation between CVD and lycopene--in other words, the more lycopene the les cardiovascular disease risk.

High evens of lycopene are also originate in pink grapefruit, papaya, guava and watermelon. Absorption might be enhanced through the simultaneous ingestion of fat.

Also, colored processed and sun-dried tomatoes furnish far greater amounts of lycopene than raw tomatoes. In fact, tomato juice alone put forwards two to three limes as to a great degree lycopene per gram as raw tomatoes.

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