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Article: Keep Dad healthy; put tomatoes on his plate.(Food)(From the food editor)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2004
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He taught you how to ride a two-wheeler, screened (however embarassingly) your boyfriends and helped move a sleeper sofa into your third-floor apartment. Now it's time to do something for him.
By serving Pop a Father's Day meal full of lycopene-rich tomatoes, you're saying "We love you - and want to keep you healthy."
As a refresher, tomato consumption by men has been linked to lower incidence of prostate cancer as well as reduced risk of heart disease.
"Tomatoes and tomato products are available all year in many forms, versatile, easy to serve and taste great," says Chicagoan Russ Klettke, author of "A Guy's Gotta Eat, the Regular Guy's Guide ...