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Lycopene has become popular as a new health food
Lycopene is a red substance and a natural pigment. It belongs to a member of the carotenoid family. Through the research of scientists, it is found that lycopene is not unique to tomatoes. Many red and orange plant fruits, and even the leaves or roots of a few plants, more or less contain lycopene, such as red meat watermelon, red grape, pumpkin, grapefruit, pomegranate, persimmon, mango, peach, strawberry, citrus, young leaves of tea, roots of carrot and cabbage, But the content of tomato is relatively high.
The content of lycopene is directly proportional to the maturity of tomatoes. When tomatoes are mature, the redder the epidermis, the more lycopene they contain. At this time, 400 mg of lycopene can be contained per 100 grams of tomatoes. Pomegranate is known to contain the highest lycopene, 540 mg per 100 grams.
Lycopene is an active ingredient with strong antioxidant effect. It can deal with free radicals, delay aging and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and some chronic diseases. American medical experts have found that tomato juice and ketchup are commonly used in daily meals with staple foods. Tomato juice and ketchup are also used when frying fish and barbecue, which can reduce the zoom of fried barbecue and produce suspicious carcinogens. Japanese medical experts also found that the plasma lycopene content was high, and the incidence rate of gastric cancer was low.
