Prevent Chronic Diseases

Chronic diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death in developing countries. Genetic factors, lifestyle, and diet should also be considered as an important risk factor causing the disease. For example, approximately 50% of all cancers are caused by eating the wrong way.

Oxidative cell damage is also expected to participate grasp the role of the cause of these diseases. How to cope? Consuming foods that contain antioxidants believed the experts could be overcome, at least, reduce the risk of the disease. Antioxidants are found in fruits and vegetables and colorful fruits, like tomatoes. This one fruit contains lycopene, carotene pigment known as an antioxidant with huge potential. Several studies have proven the efficacy of this lycopene. For example in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Sanjiv Agarwal and Rao Venketeshwer Akkinappally, some time ago mentioned that a diet containing high lycopene as a protective influence positively the body from chronic diseases.

This is obviously very encouraging. Because the fruit and vegetables are now being intensively-incessant recommended as healthy eating, plus it turned out to be beneficial as a protection from disease that is now being feared. But both these experts also suggest further research. "Like how the right dose of lycopene as a protection from these chronic diseases. Or how much better if only used as a healthy food,