Red tomatoes for cancer patients

Red color in tomatoes, has long been known health benefits. But the greatest usefulness is slow, and even kill cancer cells.
Research on the benefits of lycopene was carried out by Dr.Mridula Chopra and his team from the University of Portsmouth. They found lycopene works by inhibiting the blood supply that is food for the cancer cells so the cells can not grow, even deat.

Now researchers will soon begin testing the same whether the reaction will be found on cancer cells in the human body. "The mechanism of cancer-fighting that simple can we get if we mengasup tomatoes are cooked," said Dr.Chopra.
Lycopene is actually generally found in red fruits and vegetables, but the highest concentrations found in tomatoes. Lycopene also be more easily absorbed and biologically active when lightly cooked tomatoes with a little oil.
Chopra asserted that the new research conducted at the laboratory is limited. "Still very clear laboratory evidence, lycopene can easily damage the mechanism of living cancer cells," says researcher whose research was published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Cancer cells for many years to "sleep" until they are triggered by chemicals and then grow. Cancer cells divide and grow uncontrollably with nearby normal cells. Selian it, it will affect cell function and normal cell growth because it competes for nutrients that fight over there.

In laboratory studies, lycopene was able to damage relations with the nutrition of the cancer cells so that it can not grow.

Another important thing is this mechanism appears mainly due to lycopene in prostate cancer tend to congregate in the prostate tissue. In addition, please note also that lycopene is needed to fight cancer may vary among individuals.