Tomato can prevent kidney cancer
If you want to avoid kidney cancer risk, then eat more and more tomatoes. A new survey found that tomato or lycopene - rich fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of kidney cancer in many ways.
Lycopene is an antioxidant, because of this antioxidant, tomato, watermelon, grapes and papaya are reddish in color.
This research has been applied on the eating habit of 92 thousands women. In the survey, the amount of micronutrient acceptance, including lycopene, was collected through question papers.
There were 383 women who participated in the survey who have kidney cancer. The survey has shown that compared to those who have taken less lycopene-rich foods with those who have taken a lot of lycopene-rich foods have less risk of kidney cancer.
A Resident Doctor of Western Reserve University of Ohio, USA said to the Live Science magazine that a woman who receives maximum lycopenes in a daily is equivalent of four tomatoes Lycopene.
However, not only tomatoes but also women also received lycopens from tomato sauce or other fruits, vegetables which are rich in lycopene, said On Zin Ho.