Is tangerine tomatoes the best?

Research involving tomato sauce made from a genetic tomato variant called tangerine tomatoes has been shown to be a characteristic lycopene that predicts an effect in increasing levels of antioxidants in the blood. people.

Tomato Tomato (Photo: ScienDaily)

Professor Steven J. Schwartz of Ohio State University and colleagues point out that dark colored fruits and vegetables are rich in lycopene, a healthy carotin. However, also in a February 7 annual report published in ACS 'Journal of Food and Agriculture Chemistry, they also noted that not all lycopene types are available for absorption, meaning absorbed into the blood immediately after eating.

For example, red tomatoes are rich in lycopene, but it is in the form of isomers on opposite sides, different from a chemical called isomers on the same side, which is the form that humans absorb better into body. In their experiments, the researchers gave volunteers to use tomato sauce made from tangerine tomatoes, which are fresh orange and more lycopene isomers on the same side. And these volunteers also used tomato sauce made from other tomato-rich carotein and beta-carotin variants. Volunteers absorbed a large amount of both types of carotene.

The study concluded that tomato sauce and other tomato products made from tomatoes may increase the absorption of carotein during diets.

Anh Phuong