Researchers at the University of Portsmouth reported new findings that indicate a tomato nutrient can slow or stop prostate cancer in the January 31, 2012, British Journal of Nutrition.
Dr. Mridula Chopra led a group of scientists in discovering that lycopene (a natural part of tomato that gives tomato the red color) reduces cancer cells blood supply and thus produces a slowing of prostate cancer cell growth even to the point of cessation.
Lycopene in amounts that could be consumed by eating processed tomatoes were found to be effective in producing a reduction in prostate cancer growth.
More work is needed to prove the effect is constant and common in humans but this is good news. Eat a tomato and stop prostate cancer. How easy can it get?
This could be very good news for the tomato farmers in Alabama’s Sand Mountain area and other parts of the state. The tomato farmers have lost their workers due to HB-56 and an ad program that cites tomatoes as a prostate cancer preventative could not hurt a business that expects to be struggling in 2012.
Heinz funded the research after other research noted a high lycopene concentration in urine and semen samples.
The paper can be read here.
Paper
Lycopene inhibits angiogenesis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and rat aortic rings
Authors
Simone Elgass, Alan Cooper and Mridula Chopra*
IBBS, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, White Swan Road, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO12DT, Hampshire, UK
The research was reviewed at the Alpha Galileo web site on January 31. 2012.
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