Ketchup may help keep prostate health. Researchers at California University reveal a compound called lycopene, a powerful antioxidant, is thought to be responsible. Lycopene
Content in Foods (mg/100g)
Tomato Paste – 42.2
Spaghetti Sauce – 21.9
Chilli Sauce – 19.5
Tomato Ketchup – 15.9
Tomato Juice – 9.5
Pink Grapefruit – 4.0
Raw Tomato – 3.0
Tomatoes grown in Sussex, Uk could reduce prostate cancer : Tomatoes that could help reduce the risk of cancer are being grown near Chichester, Sussex. Cultivated by specialists Humber VHB, the tomatoes contain around a third more lycopene than other varieties sold on the vine. Past studies have linked the antioxidant lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red colour, to a decrease in prostate cancer. Chris Hiley, head of policy and research for the Prostate Cancer Charity, said that research linking the antioxidant and reduced prostate cancer has been inconclusive. “We still can’t come to a firm conclusion that the risk of prostate cancer is reduced by increasing lycopene intake,” he said. “But it is very clear that men should eat a varied and healthy diet and tomato and tomato-based products have a place in that.” Dr David Hand, technical director of Humber VHB, told Sussex newspaper the Argus: “The tomatoes are grown in exactly the same way” as the company grows normal varieties. Earlier this month, Italian scientists reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that tomato juice could help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
