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"Estrogen in the male body is normally kept in check by weight-bearing exercise and several nutritional factors, of which three important ones are: cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussel sprouts); lycopene vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes; and zinc. The prostate gland contains the highest concentration of zinc of any organ in the body26 but inflamed prostates have one-tenth the zinc levels of normal prostates.27 Since men lose zinc in every seminal emission, it needs to be constantly replaced to avoid a deficiency." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"For the prevention of prostate cancer, it is recommended that men consume plenty of lycopene-containing foods, and take 30 mg of supplemental lycopene daily. To reduce the loss of bone associated with aging, 5 to 10 mg daily should be sufficient. For the treatment of acne, 50,000 to 150,000 IU of vitamin A (with vitamin E) can be given for several months. Once the acne clears, much smaller daily maintenance doses (15,000 to 25,000 IU) can safely be used for prolonged periods of time. For acute infections (especially for influenza prevention), Dr Bradford S." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Lycopene but not lutein nor zeaxanthin decreases in serum and lipoproteins in age-related macular degeneration patients. Clinica Chimica Acta 357, 34-42. 129. Gale, C. R., Hall, N. F., Phillips, D. I., and Martyn, C. N. (2003). Lutein and zeaxanthin status and risk of age-related macular degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 44, 2461-2465. 130. Moeller, S. M., Parekh, N., Tinker, L., et al. (2006)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Osteoporosis: In a more recent study, lycopene was shown to reduce the loss of bone associated with osteoporosis. It is known that osteoclasts (cells that breakdown bone) can produce free radicals that stimulate bone loss (resorption). The group with the highest blood concentrations of lycopene had the least amount of bone resorption, as indicated by a specific laboratory marker (NTx). These results were statistically significant. Other Conditions: Vitamin A (in the palmitate form) is also known as the anti-ophthalmic, anti-infective, and anti-acne vitamin." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"It could be a unique combination of lycopene and some obscure bioflavonoid. Common sense dictates that a tomato, watermelon, or strawberry has more than lycopene; it could be a combination of several or many carotenoids together at the same time that makes it effective. The findings on tomatoes support the folk wisdom "always have color on your plate" discussed in chapter 8. Indeed, studies suggest that tomatoes, tomato sauces, and tomato soups, as well as watermelon and other red fruits and vegetables, are more important than we might have expected." - James Scala Ph.D., 20 Natural Ways to Reduce the Risk of Prostate Cancer : A Mind-Body Approach to Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"A decade ago, we didn't even know about phytochemicals, such as the powerful antioxidant lycopene (a red carotenoid found mainly in tomatoes), anthocyanin (a powerful antioxidant that gives berries their deep blue color), and pterostilbene (which appears to turn on a switch in cells that breaks down fat and cholesterol). It's not that food synergy hasn't been studied over the years. Researchers, however, tend to isolate a nutrient or phytochemical and then study its effects without necessarily looking for relationships between foods or nutrients." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "But upon closer inspection, it's a standout among fruits and vegetables because it actually contains all four major carotenoids (alpha- and beta-carotene, lutein, and lycopene) and all three high-powered antioxidants (beta-carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C), also thought to have synergy together. Tomatoes are also well known for containing antioxidants that inhibit the cellular damage that can lead to cancer. But recent lab research suggests that tomatoes may also help combat cancer at its later stages." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Overall, the evidence of lycopene's prostate-saving effect (and anticancer effect in general) is more evident in people who eat plenty of tomato products than in those who take supplements. Eating combinations of fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids—a sweet potato and a carrot and a mango, for example—automatically offers you a nature-made mixture and possibly the best protection. In the meantime, the research on this amazing phytochemical family just keeps stacking up." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Based on these findings, it was speculated that dietary lycopene has a role in preventing oxidative damage of biomolecules and, most likely, in reducing the risk of prostate cancer. In a 2002 randomized controlled trial, researchers assessed the effect of 200 g of tomato sauce daily (containing 30 mg of lycopene) on DNA damage in men with prostate cancer. There were many notable benefits from the tomato sauce that yielded statistical significance, some of which included a 17." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"In fact, men who eat pizza have been found to have a reduced risk of prostate cancer because of the lycopene-rich tomato sauce. lycopene has also been found to protect against the carcinogens in tobacco smoke and exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. Food and Supplement Advice: Blood levels of lycopene decline with age. Also, lycopene is a fat-soluble pigment and not well absorbed by the body unless it is heated and combined with a small amount of fat, such as olive oil. For this reason cooked tomato sauce provides more of this carotenoid than plain tomatoes." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"A carotenoid of particular interest with regard to prostate cancer is lycopene, found primarily in tomatoes and tomato products (other food sources include watermelon, grapefruit, and guava). Although a few case-control studies showed an inverse association between tomato consumption, particularly cooked tomatoes, and prostate cancer [46, 58, 208, 277], most such studies found no association [56, 57, 61, 209, 210, 212, 213]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"They found, first, that lycopene and beta-carotene levels in blood are about the same, but that fat contains much more lycopene. Next, they found that high fat levels of lycopene were associated with a lesser risk of heart attacks. This was not so for alpha- or beta-carotene. They also comment that lycopene is a much better antioxidant than beta-carotene. It is possible, therefore, that tomatoes are more protective than carrots. (33) Nitroglycerine is a drug that is commonly used in the treatment of angina. One of its drawbacks is that tolerance develops to its action?" - John R. Smythies, Every_Persons_Guide_To_Antioxidants (Get the book.)

"In fact, extra virgin olive oili a delicious SuperFood—boosts the • nutrient availability in a salad. lycopene, a fat-soluble nutrient that helps prevent cancer and heart disease, relies on a bit of dietary fat to transport it into the bloodstream. So the nutrients in those tomatoes or that spinach in your salad is getting an express ride into your system when you use some healthy olive oil-based dressing on your salad. the simple value of soup. As the researchers put it, "Eating soup as part of lunch or dinner led to both decreased consumption of calories and a slower rate of eating." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Those who consumed the most salads enjoyed above-median blood levels of folic acid, vitamins C and E, lycopene, and alpha- and beta-carotene. And each serving of salad eaten was associated with a 165 percent higher likelihood of subjects meeting the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin C in women and a 119 percent greater likelihood in men.* Keep in mind that the rich supply of nutrients in those salads is also acting to help promote weight loss. So enjoy your SuperFoods salad daily and recognize that it's helping you reach your goals." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Atkins, blending the raw tomatoes releases the lycopene just as well as heating them anyhow. Another example sometimes cited to indicate the superiority of cooked food is that cooking a carrot softens the tough cellulose cell wall, thus enabling more absorption of beta-carotene. Yet cooking the carrot denatures or destroys other nutrients, such as Vitamin C, and completely kills all the enzymes. One solution to this pseudo-problem is to liquefy the carrot in a heavy-duty blender, which breaks down the bulk of the cellulose cell walls without destroying nutrients." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"The key carotenoids ate beta carotene, alpha carotene, lycopene, and zeaxanthin. Ptobably the best known of the carotenoids, beta carotene, is converted by the body into vitamin A as needed to strengthen the immune system and promote healthy cell growth. In addition, beta carotene is a potent antioxidant, offering particular benefits to the immune system and the lungs. (Note: synthetic beta carotene is to be avoided at all costs and may not be required if provided in your daily multivitamin supplement.) Alpha carotene?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Guns ES, Cowell SR Drug insight: lycopene in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2005 Tan;2(l):38-43. Kiani F, Knutsen S, Singh P, Ursin G, Fraser G. Dietary risk factors for ovarian caner: the Adventist Health Study (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006 March;17(2): 137-146. King IL, Lila MA, Erdman Ir, JW, Campbell IK Antiproliferation effects of tomato polyphenols in Hepalclc7 and LNCaP cell lines. J Nutr. 2003 Nov;133(ll):3858S-3859S. La Vecchi C. Mediterranean epidemiological evidence on tomatoes and the prevention of digestive-tract cancers." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"They include things such as sulforaphane from broccoli, resverattol from grapes, and lycopene from tomatoes. Another way of looking at phytochemicals is simply as vitamins and antioxidants in the process of being discovered. This is not necessarily a quick process. It took 50 years for Vitamin E to be declared a vitamin after it was discovered. It's Not That Simple You would think that supplementation would be pretty easy." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Phytochemicals also include flavonoids, lycopene and quercetin. To get the full spectrum of phytochemicals, you should eat from each of the colors of fruits and vegetables: green, yellow, red, orange, white and purple. Biophotons: Light Energy from the Sun In 1982, German physicist and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Fritz Popp and his colleagues proved the presence of biophotons, biologically produced units of light, in vegetables." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"As I mentioned earlier, if you don't have some fat in your salad dressing, you won't get the most nutritional bang for your buck from those great green leafies or luscious lycopene tomatoes. And healthy fats also help you lose weight. In one study people were divided into two groups. One group ate a Mediterranean diet that included a moderate fat content of 35 percent. The other group was on a low-fat diet with only 20 percent of calories from fat. After 6 months both groups lost about the same amount of weight. But the real change came after 18 months." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Derived primarily from tomatoes (cooked with olive oil, not raw), lycopene appears to be one of the best defenses against prostate cancer and bladder cancer. When used in conjunction with d-alpha-tocopherol vitamin E and green tea extract, studies indicate that it inhibits prostate cancer proliferation by some 90%. Zeaxanthin?00 meg Lutein and zeaxanthin are both part of a group of carotenoids known as xan-thophylls, which are extremely beneficial to the eyes and help significantly in the prevention of macular degeneration Sodium Selenate?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Apricots are also a good source of potassium, vitamin C, and fiber, and contain an abundance of phytochemicals such as D-glucaric acid, chlorogenic acid, geraniol, quercetin, and lycopene. Home Remedies As early as 502 a.d., there were reports that apricot seed, often referred to as kernels, were effective in treating cancer. Today, many people still believe that the naturally occurring toxin cyanide, found in apricot kernels, might be helpful. Apricot kernels are used to make the alternative cancer drug laetrile." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "It is also rich in a number of phytochemicals including passi-florine, lycopene, and carotenoids. Home Remedies Puerto Ricans eat passion fruit to lower blood pressure. Brazilians eat the seeds to induce sleep. The Spanish discovered that passion fruit was used as a sedative in many folk medicine practices throughout South America. In Madeira, the juice is taken to aid in digestion and also used as a treatment for gastric cancers. Passionflower has been used to treat nervous and easily excited children, bronchial asthma, insomnia, nervous gastrointestinal disorders, and menopausal problems." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that lycopene reduces the risk of prostate cancer and also has cardioprotective, antimutagenic, anticar-cinogenic, and anti-inflammatory properties. Tomatoes also contain polyphenols which have been shown effective in halting growth against liver and prostate cancer in cell line studies. Home Remedies Drinking tomato juice, and taking a bath in it, have been advocated for eczema and other skin disorders. Some find gargling tomato juice 3 to 4 times a day provides relief from mouth ulcers." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Five years before the latest "discovery" of lycopene, a graduate student of mine, Youping He, compared four different carotenoids (beta-carotene, lycopene from tomatoes, canthaxanthin from carrots and cryptoxanthin from oranges) regarding their ability to prevent cancer in experimental animals.31 32 Depending on what we were testing and how we did the test, single carotenoids could have widely ranging potencies. While one carotenoid is potent in one reaction, the same carotenoid is far less potent for another reaction." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.) "Five years after our rather obscure work on these antioxidants,32 a Harvard study33 effectively kicked off the lycopene campaign. In my opinion, lycopene, as a cancer fighter, is headed for an already overcrowded magic bullet graveyard, leaving behind a trail of deep confusion. FRUIT CLAIMS The fruit industry plays this game just like everyone else. For example, when you think of vitamin C, what food product comes to mind? If you don't think of oranges and orange juice, you are unusual. Most of us have heard ad nauseum that oranges are a good source of vitamin C." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"In men who have low lycopene levels, prostate cancer is likely to be especially aggressive. lycopene is nearly four times more readily available to the body from tomato paste than from fresh tomatoes. Since lycopene is fat-soluble, it is better to prepare the tomatoes with a small amount of vegetable oil (pumpkin seed oil would be best), although this is not a license to consume unlimited quantities of any fatty food, such as pizza, as long as it contains some tomatoes. lycopene is also found in red grapefruit and watermelon, and in smaller quantities in crab and lobster." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies (Get the book.)

"Olestra reduces the body's ability to absorb fat-soluble carotenoids (such as alpha- and beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and canthaxanthin) from fruits and vegetables, which reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Any other processed food. Processed foods are anything not produced in nature: quick or instant grains, meals in a package, box, or can, factory-produced breads, dinner mixes, frozen meals. And look out for snack foods, even ones that claim they are healthy and sugar-free. After you have gone through this list, take a final sweep." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"According to one Harvard Medical School study, men may want to favor a diet that is low in fat, high in red-orange vegetables and high in lycopene, an antioxidant found in tomatoes and tomato sauces. (The study found that men who ate more than 10 servings a week of tomato-based foods had a 45% lower risk of prostate cancer than other men in the study.) BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) • A Less Invasive Surgical Alternative • Bark with a Bite ~Pygeum africanum—the bark of an African evergreen tree—works equally well on prostatitis and BPH." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

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