Health Tip - Benfits from Eating Tomatoes

The red pigment contained in tomatoes is called lycopene. This compund appears to act as an antioxidant, neutralising free radicals that can damage cells in the body. Only recently, studies have revealed that lycopene may have twice the punch of another well known antioxidant betacarotene. Israeli researchers have found that lycopene is a powerful inhibitor of lung, breast and endometrial cancer cells.


Source : TOI