TOMATO-BASED FOODS: LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING PROSTRATE CANCER (18 PERCENT BASED ON RESEARCH)

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Need another excuse to get more tomato-based foods onto your plate and into your tummy? UK researchers have found that men who ate 10 portions of tomatoes each week have an 18 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer. The researchers at the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford attributed the reduction to the antioxidant lycopene, which defends DNA and cells from damaging toxins. The results were published in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers.

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