I remember a few years ago some doctor was espousing the virtues of red veggies. Especially tomatoes. The active chemical is lycopene and is present in all red veggies. Even Ketchup is good for you it seems. Of course every few...

to the good antioxidants. Also, when you put together extra virgin olive oil with other ingredients, red tomatoes for example, all the healthy benefits from the red tomatoes (lycopene) are enhanced. It is true that when you cook,...

. Something I’ve seen in Japan but not (yet?) in Boston is a brand that claims to be colored with lycopene rather than artificial dye (?? don’t ask me the details- I think we’re supposed to imagine that...

, congrats the the cancer survivors who posted. On a more cheerful note to those of you who noted the happy coincidence of tomatoes being high in lycopene, which can help prevent cancer (particularily prostate cancer, guys)...

-hour grocery not 100 yards away, I was taken a bit aback; “Why”, I thought to myself “doesn't the manager get over there and buy a dozen tomatoes?”. I let it go, and had my lycopene-free burger. Later,...

, CA. $1.49. crunchy and spicy, nice; - Salad Bar with Parsley & Lycopene, 85% Organic. 8 oz., 99 cents. oops. forgot to add that this is not a salad, but a bar of soap from Organic Sudz of Gardiner, NY. in a base of palm oil and...

lycopene, an antioxidant that’s believed to contribute to good health." The Chron also says to ask the farmer the variety. I found this true. They are rarely labeled, but if you ask, the vendor often will tell you the...

in any application you would pasta. Along those lines...spaghetti squash is great. Cut in half, microwave covered for 10 minutes, fork out, and top with favorite pasta sauce (if it’s tomato, there’s more veggies......

It’s your money-eat it the way you want. Tell this jerk (I hate using the term “nazi” as it trivializes a horrible period) that ketchup is good for you since cooked tomatoes contain lycopene which is a powerful...

.g. lycopene. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/health/17real.html

People used to tell me that about watermelon – that it had to vitamins, just sugar and water. Turns out that watermelon contains more lycopene than any other fruit – even tomatoes! (at least, Alton Brown said so, and...

Don’t know too much about it, but canned tomatoes are frequently noted to have higher nutritional value than most out of season fresh tomatoes (given the quality of those, it’s not surprising.) Also, lycopene is one...

in later stages of Atkins) are sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, and parsnips. All are high in lycopenes and other antioxidants. Fresh dug potatoes are very nutritious, and worth the sugar splurge for flavor’s sake, but...

If you’re eating the broccoli for it’s antioxidant content (lycopene, etc.), then you might try broccoli sprouts, which have 10-100 times the nutrients as mature plants. Maybe he’d like these in salads or...

but a tastt way to have some lycopene. > Roasted Tomatillo-Arbol salsa... very good slightly sweet, sour & spicy with no b.s. ingredients like vinegar, cumin or black pepper just a solid, authentic salsa. > Cabeza taco was just...