 |  Cooked Tomatoes for Prostate Cancer | |
| WebMD's Michael W. Smith, MD | Your daily dose of health information selected by WebMD physician editors. | |
| Concerned about prostate cancer? It is the most common cancer in men after all. No single change in your diet is going to work a miracle. But one food may be particularly helpful. That food? The simple tomato. It's full of lycopene, a substance with anti-cancer effects. Watermelons and pink grapefruits also carry lycopene. Tomatoes, however, are a particularly rich source -- if they're cooked. Tomato sauce and tomato paste are rich sources of lycopene. So is ketchup, although it's also full of fattening sweeteners. | ||
 | SOURCES: WebMD Medical News: "Cancer Researchers Keen on Tomatoes," "Tomato Extract May Have Role in Slowing Prostate Cancer," "Tomatoes Lower Prostate Cancer Risk." | |
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Published June 24, 2003. | ||
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