Another antioxidant, lycopene, found in foods like canned tomatoes and red grapefruit juice, also promotes skin health.
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Researchers have learned that men who devour lots of lycopene reduce their chances of contracting prostate cancer.
Antioxidants like lycopene and vitamin C, as well as soy protein and omega-3 fatty acids, help keep skin glowing.
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However, cooking fresh tomatoes with a little oil also greatly increases lycopene absorption.
The gene converts the compound phytoene into lycopene, which in turn is involved in the production of alpha and beta-carotene.
According to the New Scientist article, some of the new strains made five times as much lycopene as the original did.
New seed hybrids will produce fruit redder in color and higher in sugar and lycopene, an antioxidant that may prevent prostate cancer.
Nutrionists say the body absorbs lycopene better from processed tomato products, such as spaghetti sauce and tomato juice, rather than fresh tomatoes.
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a powerful anti-oxidant which, according to the American Dietic Association, reduces the risk of prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease.
To prove it worked, he started with a strain of the E. coli bacterium that produced small quantities of lycopene, the pigment that makes tomatoes red.
Very short sleepers drank less tap water and consumed fewer total carbohydrates and lycopene, found in red and orange-colored fruits and vegetables and high in cancer-fighting antioxidants, than people with other sleep patterns.
Next, he synthesised 50, 000 DNA strands with sequences that almost matched parts of the 24 genes involved in lycopene production, but with a range of variations that he hoped would affect the amount of lycopene produced.
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