What should you pay attention to while consuming lycopene?
By now there are no studies on effect of isolated lycopene in tablets. In that case it's possible lycopene doesn't have any effect. So it's better to consume it in tomato sauce then in tablets. Lycopene is thermo stable and even it's easier to absorb when it is cooked - food the most enriched with lycopene is mashed tomato. And oil which helps to easily absorb lycopene is contained in tomato sauce.
Food enriched with lycopene:
- Guava 5.4mg
- Watermelon 4.1mg
- Red Grapefruit 3.3mg
- Fresh tomato 3.1mg
- Canned tomato 10mg
- Mashed tomato 62mg
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Function:
Secondary herbal ingredient in tomato which neutralize free radicals, protects from arteriosclerosis and cancer, especially from prostate cancer, breast cancer, lungs cancer.
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