Lycopene is a red antioxidant carotenoid that has been shown in studies to have a remarkable ability to help reduce the chance of developing prostate cancer.Prostate cancer is a disease that threatens all men equally. Standard risk factors for predicting cancer (family history obesity smoking) are of no help in predicting chances of getting prostate cancer with one important exception û dietary habits.Researchers have found that men who consume the highest amounts of cooked tomatoes have the lowest rates of prostate cancer while inversely those who consume the lowest amounts have the highest rates.
Studies have shown that cooked tomato products like spaghetti or pizza sauce offered more protective benefits while raw tomatoes and tomato juice offered little if any protection.