Lycopene has a certain anti-cancer effect. Sun Jianping, a nutritionist in the Clinical Nutrition Room of Cancer Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences, said that tomatoes contain lycopene, which has a certain anti-tumor effect. Daily intake of lycopene can significantly reduce the incidence of liver cancer. Secondly, lycopene can resist oxidation.

Human cells produce a lot of oxygen free radicals every day, which is closely related to the aging of tissues and cells. Lycopene belongs to plant active substances. Generally, plant active substances are effective antioxidants, which can inhibit the production of free radicals or directly eliminate them. Its antioxidant capacity is about 10 times that of vitamin e, and it is one of the strongest antioxidants in natural carotenoids.

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The most abundant source of lycopene is tomato. Other foods, such as guava, watermelon, papaya and sweet red pepper, also contain lycopene, but the concentration is much lower than that of tomato. In addition, not all tomatoes are rich in lycopene. Generally speaking, the redder the color and the higher the maturity, the higher the lycopene content and the stronger the anticancer effect.

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