Dehydrated Tomatoes Show Promise for Preventing Prostate Cancer
May 30th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer preventionNew research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
The protective effect of tomato products against prostate cancer has been suggested in many studies, but researchers remain uncertain about the exact mechanisms. Mossine and colleagues demonstrated that FruHis, an organic carbohydrate present in dehydrated tomato products, exerts a strong protective effect. Read more about tomatoes and preventing prostate cancer