| Study: Tomato Sauce Cuts Cancer Risk March 7, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Men who consume tomato products two or more times a week can significantly reduce their chances of contracting prostate cancer, a study found. Eating cooked tomatoes was particularly beneficial, according to the study, which showed that regularly eating tomato sauce, ketchup and other tomato-based foods lowered the prostate cancer risk by as much as 36 percent. Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, the first author of the study, said it supported earlier research involving foods such as tomatoes that were high in lycopene, a powerful antioxidant. "These most recent findings add support to the notion that a diet rich in tomatoes and lycopene-containing foods, as well as other fruits and vegetables, may reduce the risk of prostate cancer," Giovannucci said. A report on the study appears Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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