Word: tomato
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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...
...said the benefits of tomatoes came from several forms: sauce, juice, raw and even when cooked into pizza. Spaghetti sauce was the most common tomato-based food eaten by the men in the study group...
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...
...protective effects of tomatoes had been suggested in some earlier studies of prostate cancer rates. Giovannucci said the research had found that prostate cancer was less common in southern Mediterranean countries, such as Italy and Greece, where tomato-based foods are a major part of the diet...