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...Giovannucci, an instructor in medicine, said researchers checked the consumption of 46 fruits and vegetables and only tomato-based foods and strawberries seemed to have a protective effect against prostate cancer...
...found that more was better," said Giovannucci. He said men who typically took only four to seven servings of the tomato-based food had a 20 percent reduction in the rate of prostate cancer...
...Giovannucci had no explanation for the apparent benefit of strawberries, but suggested that the finding was a statistical fluke...
Asked what effect this study should have on people's eating habits, Giovannucci cautioned that the findings should not be interpreted to mean that people should load up on tomato products, including pizza...
...These findings support the idea that people should eat a variety of fruits and vegetables," he said. Nutrients in other foods, said Giovannucci, may be protective against other types of can cers...