Re: Tomatoes may prevent osteoporosis

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In a message dated 8/14/2003 2:17:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,

tuesdynite@... writes:

> but that seems like a lot of acid to me..............

There was a lady in our lunch room talking about a new diet. I usually

silently laugh at these, But, it is called the Mayo diet and is used for a fast

weight lost for pre op heart patients. But basically it is Catkins with

grapefruit juice. The acid in the grapefruit juice is supposed to breakdown the

protein for better use. I haven't researched it yet, but it may be related to

the

acid in the tomato. It is worth researching to see if it applies to RNA's who

lack the stomach acid.

Fay Bayuk

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Centrum has 300mcg of Lycopene. If " normies " are supposed to get 10mg, then

Centrum provides only 3% of the recommended daily allowance.

According to http://ww2.mcgill.ca/chempublic/right_chem/indexprnt.htm, the

natural source of the greatest amount of lycopene is watermelon:

" We hear a great deal about lycopene, a compound that can reduce a man's

risk of getting prostate cancer. What raw food is the best source of this

substance? "

" Answer: Watermelon. Not what you thought! Most people immediately think of

tomatoes when the subject of lycopene comes up. Indeed the red pigment is

found in tomatoes but the tomatoes have to be cooked for the pigment to be

well absorbed by the body. When this molecule is inside the tomato,

protecting it from disease and damage from the sun, it's in a form called

trans-lycopene. In that form our body doesn't absorb it very well.

....

" In a study carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 23 healthy

volunteers drank either watermelon juice or tomato juice to furnish 20

milligrams of lycopene (3 cups of watermelon juice). Blood lycopene

concentrations doubled in each case when compared with a low lycopene diet.

Since watermelon can have about 40% more lycopene than an equivalent weight

of uncooked tomatoes, it affords an easy way to increase our lycopene

intake. "

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Surgery date June 3, 2002

----- Original Message -----

> Well, there's Lycopene in Centrum daily vitamins, including the

> chewables -- so I guess I'm getting mine! I'll have to check the bottle

> for the amount, but I know their advertising in the past few months has

> emphasized that their product has this added ingredient.

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In a message dated 8/15/2003 6:43:04 PM Central Daylight Time,

Penelope@... writes:

> One of my favorite things to snack on is cucumbers and tomatoes. I just

> have to watch how many tomatoes I eat. If I do this snack for a few days

> in a row, I get a weird, almost allergic reaction to the tomatoes. My

> body starts to itch from the inside. Really hard to describe. I can do

> it a few times a week, but not consecutive days. Glad to know I've been

> eating something that is doing me good from time to time. Have been out

> of control for way toooooo long. Managed to get myself back in mode this

> week and hoping to stay there.

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Good for you, Regina! Have u tried tomatoes other than raw? Sometimes that

can make a difference in how your body reacts. I myself prefer them raw, but

actually COOKED tomatoes have even more available lycopene than the raw ones. Or

you might try sipping tomato juice or V8.

Carol A

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Good for you, Regina! Have u tried tomatoes other than raw? Sometimes

that can make a difference in how your body reacts. I myself prefer them

raw, but actually

COOKED tomatoes have even more available lycopene than the raw ones. Or

you might try sipping tomato juice or V8.

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Hey Carol,

I'm Italian, therefore, I eat a lot of tomatoes that are cooked. I make

a pretty mean tomato sauce if I do say so myself. Just not during the

summer. I'm more of a seasonal cook and eater and save the sauce for the

fall/winter. Also, like to heat up a can of diced tomatoes with onions

every once in a while and eat it like that or put it over an omelet that

I split with Tim, etc.

Thanks for the info.

Regina