Tomatoes are rich in lycopin, which reduces a man's risk of stroke

, Minneapolis, U.S.A.:
men who ate
large quantities of tomatoes rich in lycopene
and
tomatoeshad a
55
percent lower risk of stroke than men with a
nat
lycopene level
in their blood.the
study
included
1031
men from Finland
46 to
to
65
years
years of age
In

,
researchers
tested
water in their blood for lycoprene
ping
, and
followed them up in
12


years after
.
this period,
67
men
suffered
stroke
weeks. of
258 men
supered

lycopin
in their blood
suffered a stroke
and

of the
259,
men with the highest levels of lycopin in their blood,
only
11
have
stroke. When the
looked at stroke only in terms of blood clots, the
was
more
.
those with

high levels of lycopin in their blood were about
59
percent less likely to have a stroke than those with
low
.
Jouni Karppi
, of the University of Coopio in eastern Finland, noted that the
:
"
study
a strong evidence of a
fest fruit and vegetable
high diet associated with a low
stroke
probability,
study
that eating more than five fruits and vegetables a day

words can effectively reduce the risk of stroke worldwide."
study also looked at the link between
blood
antioxidants
α-
carotene
,
β-
carotene
,
α-
vitamins
E
and vitamin
A


, but found no

results.article

published
march
2012 in the
American Journal
Lifestyle
states that
tomatoes and tomato products may have
more health benefits than previously thought
people
believe there are more than

,
sa.
it can reduce the risk of
cancer
,
osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease
disease
risk."