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Article: Tomato-rich diet could ward off cancer; Study: Antioxidant found in tomato products shown to lower risk of prostate cancer
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- March 6, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A diet rich in tomato sauce, ketchup and other
tomato-based products containing a powerful antioxidant can lower the
risk of prostate cancer, a new study says.
Researchers analyzed the food choices and prostate-cancer
histories of more than 47,000 men and found that those who ate at
least two meals per week containing tomato products lowered their
risk of prostate cancer by 24 to 36 percent.
Dr. Edward Giovannucci, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the
Harvard School of Public Health, the first author of the study, said
it supports earlier research involving foods, particularly tomato
products, that were high in lycopene, a powerful antioxidant.
"These most-recent ...