When we hear about a lycopene we just think that this is another antioxidant that we get from a fruit,a vegetable and a grapefruit. Well lycopne is the unsaturated carotenoid that gives the red color to tomato,watermelon and even a pink grapefruit.
This is an antioxidant that is proven to lower the risk of certain diseases including cancer and heart disease. Some research shows that the lycopene itself are absorbed by the body if these are proceesed for example like in ketchup,juice and sauce. You can have a lycopene that you can have in the body for example drinking it for like a tomato juice which is one source of lycopene.
The lycopne is deposited in the body like in the liver,lungs,colin,prostate gland and into our skin.Its concentration on the body tissue tends to be higher that all other carotenoids. Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is recommended as part of a healthy living aside from doing an exercise.
Epidemiological study that high intake of lycopene containing fruits and vegatebles will lower the risk of getting cancer.For example like the Italians love to eat pasta that has tomatoes in it for may be the sauce that they are using in their sauces that it decrease the risk of cancer in their track that is found in their intestines.
A regular consumption of the lycopene in the body can somehow increase the levels of lycopene in the body fo the blood tha it will decrease the level of prostate cancer amongst men since they are really prone to this leading cause of death to them. There is an ongoing study that lycopene can decrease the risk of muscular degenerative disease like the cervix,skin,serum liquid oxidation and some cancer of the lungs.
This article was written by Rob Dunfey,owner of GoSkate.com, a nationwide skateboard lesson service that comes to your closest skate park. Available in all cities around and in all 50 states.