The Skinny Kid

March 4, 2007

Tangerine Tomatoes?

Filed under: Antioxidants, Food, Lycopene, Tomatoes, Weight Loss — Trent @ 10:56 pm

ScienceDaily: Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-fighting Antioxidants

Deep red tomatoes get their rich color from lycopene, a disease-fighting antioxidant. A new study, however, suggests that a special variety of orange-colored tomatoes provide a different form of lycopene, one that our bodies may more readily use.
Researchers found that eating spaghetti covered in sauce made from these orange tomatoes, called Tangerine tomatoes, caused a noticeable boost in this form of lycopene in participants’ blood.

Additional colors also make the meal look and taste better.

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