Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The FDA has announced a new research finding they claim proves that lycopene is a useless nutrient for preventing prostate cancer. This is on top of the "serious" scientific research undertaken by the agency proving that vitamin E will kill you, that herbs are dangerous to everyone and that human beings are actually made of tiny medication capsules that need to be replenished from time to time.
It's interesting that the more money the FDA takes from drug companies, the more frequent the pronouncements that herbs, foods and nutritional supplements are dangerous for human health. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Most people who follow anything about nutrition know that tomatoes have a variety of vital nutrients in them -- most notably, lycopene, which is well known for prostate cancer treatment and prevention. But lycopene is just one of the many nutrients in a tomato, and, in fact, in isolation lycopene is not nearly as effective as the whole tomato. Then, it's not nearly as effective as a cooked tomato. In this case, a cooked tomato is far more potent than a raw tomato because of the way the lycopene is tied up with certain proteins. They are broken down by heat. |
Gary Null
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| Recent studies cite lycopene for maintaining heart health, and for cancer prevention. lycopene exhibits anticancer properties in animal studies, in vitro, and in human beings. A large human case-control study found that increased consumption of lycopene-containing foods, especially tomatoes and tomato products, may lead to reduced myocardial infarction risk. lycopene prevents LDL (bad) cholesterol from oxidizing and building deposits on walls of arteries; it thus curbs development of atherosclerosis. The role of lycopene in prevention of prostate cancer is documented.
Reduced L-Glutathione. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 It has been suspected that carotenes like lycopene, found in tomatoes, are more responsible for an improvement in dysplasia than is beta-carotene or the other carotenes.26 In fact, recent studies have found that high serum levels of lycopene and alpha-carotene are associated with a decreased risk of cervical dysplasia,27 and increasing serum levels of lycopene alone was found to increase clearance of oncogenic HPV infections by over 50 percent. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 If you're worried about arterial aging and memory, make sure you get the anti-inflammatory/antioxidant vitamins E and C and the homocysteine-lowering vitamins folate, B6, and B12; vitamin D, magnesium, and calcium; and lutein and lycopene. If you're concerned about osteoporosis, arthritis, or immune aging, pay careful attention to your intake of calcium, magnesium, selenium, lycopene, and vitamins B6, B12, and D.
Choices you might consider (talk to your doctor about these and all choices):
Coenzyme Q10
200 milligrams day (if on a statin) or for all over age sixty. |
Gary Null
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| The carotenoid lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that is stronger than beta-carotene. The human body does not produce lycopene, so it must be obtained from dietary sources. Look for foods that have red pigment when you're thinking about this nutrient—e.g., tomatoes, a great source, as well as watermelon, beets, guava, and even pink grapefruit.
Recent studies cite lycopene for maintaining heart health, and for cancer prevention. lycopene exhibits anticancer properties in animal studies, in vitro, and in human beings. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| In fact, recent studies have found that high serum levels of lycopene and alpha-carotene are associated with a decreased risk of cervical dysplasia,27 and increasing serum levels of lycopene alone was found to increase clearance of oncogenic HPV infections by over 50 percent.28-29
My own research study investigating natural treatment methods for cervical atypia, cervical dysplasias, and carcinoma in situ of the cervix used beta-carotene supplementation as one part of a multifactorial supplementation and local treatment protocol. I found a high success rate using this combination protocol. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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| Many believe that the active ingredient responsible is lycopene, a carotenoid known for its antioxidant properties. All tomato products contains lots of lycopene, but it's more available to your body when it's cooked. While you're at it, add some cruciferous vegetables like broccoli to your sauce. They contain chemicals that prevent cancer.
YOU Tip: Oil On. In a test of olive oils, researchers found anticarcinogenic properties in monounsaturated fat. That would mean that olive oil, rich in monounsaturated fat, is not only a heart helper but may also deter cancer. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But lycopene is just one of the many nutrients in a tomato, and, in fact, in isolation lycopene is not nearly as effective as the whole tomato. Then, it's not nearly as effective as a cooked tomato. In this case, a cooked tomato is far more potent than a raw tomato because of the way the lycopene is tied up with certain proteins. They are broken down by heat. By eating tomatoes, you are, in fact, preventing prostate cancer and many other forms of cancer.
If you go down the whole chart and eat the various colors, you will be preventing chronic disease in a powerful way. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 This study found that the status of lycopene, but not other carotenoids, in prostate cancer patients is different from that of controls. Based on these findings, it was speculated that dietary lycopene has a role in preventing oxidative damage of biomolecules and, most likely, in reducing the risk of prostate cancer. In a 2002 randomized controlled trial, researchers assessed the effect of 200 g of tomato sauce daily (containing 30 mg of lycopene) on DNA damage in men with prostate cancer. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Carotenes include beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, cryproxanthin, gamma-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, and lycopene. Studies have shown that beta-carotene deficiency in the cervical cells plays an etiologic role in the development of cervical dysplasia.24 In addition, a significant decrease in plasma beta-carotene levels is found in women with either cervical dysplasia or cancer of the cervix.25
It has been suspected that carotenes like lycopene, found in tomatoes, are more responsible for an improvement in dysplasia than is beta-carotene or the other carotenes. |
Dianne Onstad
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 A carotenoid (as is beta carotene), lycopene serves as an antioxidant, blocks UVA and UVB rays, and is strongly suspected of arresting the growth of cancer cells, especially of the prostate. lycopene is especially plentiful in tomatoes and tomato-based products and works better when combined wirh a small amount of fat. lycopene has roughly twice the power of beta carotene and ten times the strength of vitamin E when it comes to neutralizing free radicals. In the human body, you will find lycopene in the blood and the skin.
Lysine An essential amino acid. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 For example, the simultaneous ingestion of fats increases the availability of lycopene and carotenoids supplements. Some vitamins are actually more effective in supplements than in foodstuffs (e.g., vitamin A is more bioavailable in supplement than in spinach or sweet potato). On the other hand, lycopene is more available from eggs than from supplements, and cooking tomatoes increases its availability. The usability of vitamins in food varies with the method of preparation. "Far too little is known about nutrient availability as a function of plant variety and maturity. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| In fact, recent studies have found that high serum levels of lycopene and alpha-carotene are associated with a decreased risk of cervical dysplasia,27 and increasing serum levels of lycopene alone was found to increase clearance of oncogenic HPV infections by over 50 percent.28-29
My own research study investigating natural treatment methods for cervical atypia, cervical dysplasias, and carcinoma in situ of the cervix used beta-carotene supplementation as one part of a multifactorial supplementation and local treatment protocol. I found a high success rate using this combination protocol. |
Mike Adams
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 If they want to show that tomatoes don't prevent prostate cancer, for example, they will commission a study on lycopene, one phytochemical found in tomatoes. But they will use lycopene in isolation, and the study results will of course show the lycopene wasn't very strong in reducing the risk of prostate cancer. From this, the pharmaceutical companies will declare, "Tomatoes offer no protection against prostate cancer" as part of an effort to discredit the health benefits of natural plants. And newspaper headlines around the world will parrot the same flawed conclusion. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| For the prevention of prostate cancer, it is recommended that men consume plenty of lycopene-containing foods, and take 30 mg of supplemental lycopene daily. To reduce the loss of bone associated with aging, 5 to 10 mg daily should be sufficient.
For the treatment of acne, 50,000 to 150,000 IU of vitamin A (with vitamin E) can be given for several months. Once the acne clears, much smaller daily maintenance doses (15,000 to 25,000 IU) can safely be used for prolonged periods of time.
For acute infections (especially for influenza prevention), Dr Bradford S. |
Attaining Medical Self SufficiencyDuncan Long
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| Red tomatoes contain a pigment called lycopene. In the human body lycopene becomes a scavenger of free radicals, again preventing the modifications to cells which might cause them to become cancerous.100 Eating tomatoes on a regular basis will keep a steady supply of lycopene in your body. Since lycopene does not appear to be affected by heat, it is also possible to obtain it from tomato sauces, canned tomatoes, and similar I products — though the vitamin C content of these sources will generally be lower than what is found in a ripe tomato. |
Michael Pollan
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 The cook does not need to know, as the scientists have recently informed us, that cooking the tomatoes with olive oil makes the lycopene in them more available to our bodies. No, the cook already knew that olive oil with tomatoes is a really good idea.
As cook in your kitchen you enjoy an omniscience about your food that no amount of supermarket study or label reading could hope to match. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Beta-carotene 10,000 to 15,000 IU
• lycopene 1 to 3 mg
• Lutein/Zeaxanthin 1 to 6 mg
• Alpha carotene 500 to 800 meg
A mixture of vitamin C is important, especially calcium, potassium, zinc, and magnesium ascorbates, which are much more potent in handling oxidative stress,
• 1000 to 2000 mg
It is important to be getting a mixture of natural vitamin Es: d-alpha tocopherol, d-gamma tocopherol, and mixed tocotrienol.
• 400 to 800 IU
BI0FLAVANOI0 Bioflavanoids offer a necessary variety of potent antioxidants and
COMPLEX OF are a great asset to your supplements. |
Michael Pollan
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| The olive oil with which I eat tomatoes makes the lycopene they contain more available to my body. Some of those compounds in the sprig of thyme may affect my digestion of the dish I add it to, helping to break down one compound or stimulate production of an enzyme needed to detoxify another. We have barely begun to understand the relationships among foods in a cuisine.
But we do understand some of the simplest relationships among foods, like the zero-sum relationship: If you eat a lot of one thing, you're probably not eating a lot of something else. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| Osteoporosis: In a more recent study, lycopene was shown to reduce the loss of bone associated with osteoporosis. It is known that osteoclasts (cells that breakdown bone) can produce free radicals that stimulate bone loss (resorption). The group with the highest blood concentrations of lycopene had the least amount of bone resorption, as indicated by a specific laboratory marker (NTx). These results were statistically significant.
Other Conditions: Vitamin A (in the palmitate form) is also known as the anti-ophthalmic, anti-infective, and anti-acne vitamin. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 There is promising research showing that lycopene is associated with significant reduction in prostate cancer. As far back as 1995, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of a study conducted by Harvard University researchers that looked at the eating habits of more than 47,000 men between the ages of forty and seventy-five. They found that the men eating ten servings or more a week of tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato juice, and even pizza had 45 percent fewer prostate cancers than men who ate fewer than two servings a week. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 In fact, extra virgin olive oili a delicious SuperFood—boosts the
• nutrient availability in a salad. lycopene, a fat-soluble nutrient that helps prevent cancer and heart disease, relies on a bit of dietary fat to transport it into the bloodstream. So the nutrients in those tomatoes or that spinach in your salad is getting an express ride into your system when you use some healthy olive oil-based dressing on your salad. the simple value of soup. As the researchers put it, "Eating soup as part of lunch or dinner led to both decreased consumption of calories and a slower rate of eating. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 A case-control study found a significant inverse association between higher plasma lycopene derived from plant sources such as tomatoes and lower risk of prostate cancer.
Tips on Using Tomatoes
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
• Choose red, plump, heavy tomatoes with smooth skin.
• They should have a mild fragrance (no fragrance means that the tomato was picked before it was ripe and will never ripen).
• Place them in a paper bag stem side up with a banana or apple to speed up ripening.
• Store at room temperature.
• Fully ripe tomatoes will last for a day or two. |
Ron Garner
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 Estrogen in the male body is normally kept in check by weight-bearing exercise and several nutritional factors, of which three important ones are: cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussel sprouts); lycopene vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes; and zinc. The prostate gland contains the highest concentration of zinc of any organ in the body26 but inflamed prostates have one-tenth the zinc levels of normal prostates.27 Since men lose zinc in every seminal emission, it needs to be constantly replaced to avoid a deficiency. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 Tomatoes get their red color from the exceptional amount of lycopene they contain. lycopene has strong antioxidant properties, and several studies have suggested that it may be effective in protecting against prostate cancer and/or slowing the growth of prostate tumors. As well, there is some compelling evidence that lycopene is a powerful protector against the development of artery and heart disease. þblueberries. Thought to be one of the most protective foods on the planet, blueberries offer a lot of surprises. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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| Those who consumed the most salads enjoyed above-median blood levels of folic acid, vitamins C and E, lycopene, and alpha- and beta-carotene. And each serving of salad eaten was associated with a 165 percent higher likelihood of subjects meeting the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin C in women and a 119 percent greater likelihood in men.* Keep in mind that the rich supply of nutrients in those salads is also acting to help promote weight loss. So enjoy your SuperFoods salad daily and recognize that it's helping you reach your goals. |
| As I mentioned earlier, if you don't have some fat in your salad dressing, you won't get the most nutritional bang for your buck from those great green leafies or luscious lycopene tomatoes. And healthy fats also help you lose weight. In one study people were divided into two groups. One group ate a Mediterranean diet that included a moderate fat content of 35 percent. The other group was on a low-fat diet with only 20 percent of calories from fat. After 6 months both groups lost about the same amount of weight. But the real change came after 18 months. |
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