Alternative And Natural Medicine

Benefits Of Tomato

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Benefits of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) to the body can be known from scientific publications. For example, Edward Giovannucci in the publication titled "Tomato Products, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiological Literature at the American Society for Nutritional Sciences" 2005 argues that there is still controversy about the benefits of tomatoes in preventing various diseases one of them for prostate cancer.

Benefits of tomatoes as anti-prostate cancer is caused by the presence of lycopene in tomatoes. Lycopene is also found in various processed tomato products and its variations, such as: pizza, tomato soup, ketchup, juices, salads, spaghetti sauce, salsa, tomato paste. Variety of processed tomato products are a source of lycopene bioavailability her better than fresh tomatoes.

Uniquely other fruits such as red grapes and watermelon also contain lycopene. In addition to prostate cancer, the benefits of lycopene is also expected to be felt for patients with breast cancer, gastric cancer, degeneration of cells of the eye due to age (age-related macular degeneration), reduce levels of bad cholesterol, protect the skin from the fierce ultraviolet light, soften and beautify the skin, reduce skin wrinkles, etc.. In addition to lycopene, tomatoes actually also contain beta carotene, lutein, vitamin E, vitamin C, and flavonoids (one only: quercetin).

However, the results of the above studies contradicted by the results of research conducted by Etminan, M., Takkouche, B. & Caamano-Isorna, F. (2004) and Schuurman, AG, Goldbohm, RA, Dorant, E. & van den Brandt, PA (1998) who concluded that there was no positive correlation between tomatoes and prostate cancer.

Benefits of tomatoes on lung cancer is still controversial. Some studies suggest helpful, but other studies conclude there is no positive correlation between the two (tomato and lung cancer).

The results of epidemiological studies on the benefits of this tomato is still need to be reviewed, since to be effective and maximal, then there are some things to consider:

conduct a comprehensive assessment of the primary sources of lycopene, lycopene bioavailability counting, checking population with intake (intake) products tomatoes are high, calculate the temporal pattern due to a single diet or blood measurements in a given period of time is not enough, big enough population to evaluate the relative risks, examine whether the benefits of tomatoes or lycopene is influenced by genetic factors, called genetic polymorphisms, especially with respect to DNA repair genes .

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