By Michelle Fabio

The use of fertilizers has always been a controversial subject among gardeners, but now a recently published study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry suggests that organically grown tomatoes may actually be more nutritious than their conventionally grown counterparts—and the reason may be the lack of nitrogen in the soil.

Over a period of ten years, researchers at the University of California measured the levels of two “flavonoids,” antioxidants linked to reducing high Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Fabio

You may have noticed that many ketchup bottles proudly display that they contain lots of lycopene.

But what does that mean?

Lycopene is nature’s most powerful nutritional antioxidant, which means that it reduces the amount of damage done to body cells by oxygen—damage that can eventually lead to cancers, heart disease, and other illnesses.

Lycopene is also what gives tomatoes (and watermelons and strawberries) their rich red color.

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