WebMD Names Tomatoes Super Food for Women
By Michelle Fabio
By polling a panel of experts, the popular Internet source of medical information, WebMD has compiled a list of the six healthiest foods women can eat, which they have termed “Super Foods.”
And tomatoes come in as Super Food #4.
Tomatoes, along with watermelon, grapefruit, and red navel oranges, are praised for providing lycopene, which aside from possibly protecting against prostate cancer in men, also has health benefits for women.
According to NYU nutritionist Tara Miller, MS, RD, “Research is starting to show that lycopene may protect against breast cancer . . . [a]nd it’s also a powerful antioxidant that can help a woman fight heart disease.”
And as an added bonus, researchers are also finding a link between tomatoes and protection from UV damage from the sun—which could also mean looking younger simply by eating tomatoes.
And many of us tomato-loving women sure like the sound of that.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Wonderful. I eat tomatoes every day.
March 15th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I thought this was pretty great news too, Deb
November 14th, 2008 at 10:02 am
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