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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- August 2, 2012
- 5:11 pm
- 136 comments
‘Tis the season for tomatoes—lots of them. If you have a garden, you may already be enjoying the harvest of your tomato plants. If not, there are many reasons to stop at your local market and pick some up. Here are 9 reasons to love tomatoes:
1. They’re packed with vitamin C—a critical nutrient to keep your immune system strong.
2. They contain an important phytonutrient called lycopene that has been proven in studies to fight aging and have anti-cancer properties. It appears to be particularly effective against prostate and colon cancers.
3. Lycopene found in tomatoes even protects our genetic material against damage and the resulting disease.
4. Tomatoes stimulate the production of the amino acid carnitine which has been shown in research to speed the body’s fat-burning capacity by over 30 percent.
5. Research shows the lycopene found in tomatoes, when eaten regularly, can reduce the risk of heart disease by 29 percent.
6. Lack of lycopene in a menopausal woman’s diet has been linked to osteoporosis.
Keep reading to learn which tomatoes have the most lycopene… I think you’ll be surprised.
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Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and 14-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: 60 Seconds to Slim, Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-magazine World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com to receive monthly health news, tips, recipes and more. Follow her on Twitter @mschoffrocook and Facebook.
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Excellent article and great additional tip provided by Valerie D.
Sorry I forgot what I was going to say.....
Thanks for sharing
nice and easy! thanks!
funny
136 comments
+ add your ownLove tomatoes, growing 10 in my backyard, they are very good ripe off the vine
We love tomatoes! Thanks for sharing.
Great benefits. I'm so glad I loooove tomatoes (:
Thanks for the article
who needs more reasons! they are delicious
And delicious.
And delicious.
thanks, I didn't know about all of these yet
Thanks
didn't know all this, will have to eat even more
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