Lycopene is a kind of carotenoid and a very strong antioxidant. It has the functions of preventing and inhibiting cancer, protecting cardiovascular system, resisting ultraviolet radiation, delaying aging and enhancing immunity. It is called "plant gold" in the west.
When the human body ingests lycopene, it can be absorbed into the blood and lymph through the digestive tract mucosa, and then distributed to testis, adrenal gland, prostate, pancreas, ovary, liver, lung, colon, skin and various mucosal tissues, so as to promote the secretion of hormones by glands, keep the human body vigorous, and help remove free radicals in these organs and tissues, thus achieving the effects of protecting them from injury and enhancing the body's immunity.
In addition, Harvard University has also found through research that lycopene can help prevent and improve urinary system diseases such as prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis, and can help men improve sperm quality and reduce the risk of infertility. It can be seen that lycopene has a very good preventive and therapeutic effect on male prostate, so it is appropriate for male friends with prostatitis to eat more tomatoes.
However, as far as the therapeutic effect of prostatitis is concerned, eating more tomatoes can only play a role in prevention and improvement, but it can't play a therapeutic role, let alone cure it radically. Therefore, this method can only be used as an auxiliary treatment, and patients need to be treated by drugs if they want to stay away from prostatitis completely. Such as diuretic Xiaoyan pills.
To sum up, patients with prostatitis can eat more tomatoes properly, because it can play the role of adjuvant therapy, but if they want to cure the disease radically, they need to take drugs actively, and don't expect to cure the disease simply by diet.