Tomatoes help reduce the risk of prostate cancer

A new study found that eating more tomatoes and eating less processed red meat could help men reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer.

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Tomato is a healthy food - (Photo: Kha Hoa)

The researchers analyzed information gathered from nearly 46,000 men over 25 years and found that those who performed 5 of the 6 healthy habits reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 39%, compared with 39%. For those who apply only a healthy habit on or without any habits.

Each of these six habits, including eating a lot of tomatoes, eating less processed red meat, not smoking, exercising, eating fatty fish and having a body mass index below 30, are all related to The risk of prostate cancer decreases, according to New Kerala (India), the lead researcher, Stacey Kenfield of the University of California, San Francisco (USA).

Scientists now study which factors play the most important role in reducing cancer risk, expert Kenfield said.

According to experts, tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant that can prevent free radicals from damaging cells.