The results show that, in a variety of natural carotene, lycopene, the strongest scavenging reactive oxygen species, with the prevention of prostate cancer, lung cancer and other epithelial cancer. In human blood, the concentration of lycopene is inversely proportional to the incidence of cancer.
Tomato contains 20 kinds of carotenoids, such as α-carotene, β carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, lycopene accounts for about 80% to 90%. We can say that tomato is lycopene, a natural warehouse.
Italian scholars in 1994, 2706, digestive tract cancer patients were compared with the 2879 study found that normal, increased tomato intake has a protective effect on the digestive tract. Compared with people who do not eat tomatoes, tomato who eat at least a chance of occurrence of digestive tract cancer can be reduced by 50%.
Harvard School of Public Health study of 48,000 men who eat more than 46 kinds of fruits and vegetables, for a period of 4 years of follow-up study found that eating at least 10 tomatoes per week products, such as tomatoes, tomato sauce and pizza sauce man , reduce the chances of prostate cancer, 34%. Concentrations of lycopene with a lower body than women with high concentration of lycopene in vivo cervical cancer in women is relatively small.
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