Can Spaghetti Sauce Prevent a Stroke?
Posted on 10/9/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments
Bulletin Today | Personal HealthGood news, Italian-food lovers: A new study finds that eating lots of tomatoes and tomato-based foods like spaghetti sauce is associated with a lower risk of stroke. Tomatoes, you might remember, are high in the antioxidant lycopene, which gives tomatoes their red color. The study of 1,031 older men in Finland found that those who had the highest amount of lycopene in their blood were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest amounts. The …
