Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

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cancer fighting pizza... haha..

shaipnai83
shaipnai83
Posts: 30
Joined: 2003/02/01
United States
2003/08/02, 11:52 AM
Some of you might have came across articles or watched something on the news that talks about how pizza fights cancer and all that. On the news, the only reason they made that statement was because of the lycopene in the tomato pizza sauce. Of course they fail to mention the inches that pizza might add on to your waist line, depending on what kind of pizza it is. I prefer low fat pizza from trader joes :D They could stick a tiny chunk of tomato in a double bacon cheeseburger and say that crap fights cancer. They dont say anything about clogged arteries n all that..
rev8ball
rev8ball
Posts: 3,081
Joined: 2001/12/27
United States
2003/08/02, 12:42 PM
You're right. Lycopene is an incredible compound; but what's really interesting is that since heat does not effect it, you will actually find more of it in processed tomato products like ketchup and sauce rather than raw tomatos, because it is more condensed.

I'm hoping that being of Italian descent (and eating that way) has it's benefits, with all of that olive oil and tomatos.... LOL!

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Michael
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