Lycopene helps prevent obesity-related diseases
Lycopene in watermelon, tomatoes, red grapefruit ..., helps to prevent type 2 diabetes and obesity-related diseases.
Research by scientists from France's National Agricultural Research Institute has found that lycopene works to prevent type 2 diabetes and obesity-related diseases.
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Lycopene is a red pigment that is found in some vegetables such as watermelon, tomatoes, and red grapefruit . Previous research has shown that lycopene is effective in antioxidants.
The latest research by scientists found that foods rich in lycopene can help people lower their body fat levels. In addition, lycopene can exert its effect on the function of adipose tissue.
Scientists have cultivated rats by feeding high-fat foods, then taking fat tissue from mice and exposing them to lycopene. The results found that lycopene has fat-soluble properties, which can be stored in large amounts in fatty tissues and inhibits fat cells from secrete protein.
According to scientists, the large number of fat cells that secrete proteins will cause chronic inflammatory diseases, thereby causing obesity and some obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. pressure .
Human results also demonstrated that lycopene has a preventive effect on obesity-related diseases.
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