Re: tomatoes and Lycopene - watermelon

[Guest guest]

Actually I read recently that raw (how else are you going to eat

it? ) watermelon was as good a source of lycopene as cooked

tomatoes. Sorry no time to find refs now - this too was in a

science/or health pamphlet (though not of an HMO I don't think )

Maybe you still need to eat it with fat though - watermelon and nuts?

[Guest guest]

> Actually I read recently that raw (how else are you going to eat

> it? ) watermelon was as good a source of lycopene as cooked

> tomatoes.

" Watermelon Shows Its Lycopene Stripes "

http://www.oirp.ars.usda.gov/menu.htm?newsid=1876

With watermelon you still have the enzymes intact - and there's no

concern about high volumes of methanol being introduced during

the heating process.