Comments on: Tomato Power http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/04/03/tomato-power/ Laurel on Health Food is a blog about nutrition, healthy eating, and health food. It summarizes articles in the news, lists healthy recipes, offers tips and personal feedback on healthy eating, and reports on nutritional research. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: laurel http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/04/03/tomato-power/#comment-2583 laurel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:23 +0000 http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/04/03/tomato-power/#comment-2583 Thanks ChefMD! I always look forward to reading the articles on your site. Thanks ChefMD! I always look forward to reading the articles on your site.

]]> By: John La Puma, M.D. http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/04/03/tomato-power/#comment-2540 John La Puma, M.D. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:03:02 +0000 http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/04/03/tomato-power/#comment-2540 Laurel, thanks for picking this up--I like that tomato, cucumber, onion and avocado salad too, especially as the flavors meld for a day: it can make up for tomatoes that are not exactly at their peak of ripeness, here in April, unless they are from Argentina or Honduras. And of course any time tomatoes are served with oil or fats (aka olive oil or avocado), their antioxidant lycopene level becomes more bioavailable. Tomatoes don't acquire more of it: it just becomes easier to absorb, and fight free radicals. Best JL Laurel, thanks for picking this up–I like that tomato, cucumber, onion and avocado salad too, especially as the flavors meld for a day: it can make up for tomatoes that are not exactly at their peak of ripeness, here in April, unless they are from Argentina or Honduras.

And of course any time tomatoes are served with oil or fats (aka olive oil or avocado), their antioxidant lycopene level becomes more bioavailable. Tomatoes don’t acquire more of it: it just becomes easier to absorb, and fight free radicals.
Best
JL

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