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2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study found that women with the highest intake of tomato-based foods, rich sources of the antioxidant lycopene, had a reduced risk for CVD compared to women with low intake of those foods.
The study also showed a positive trend that the highest dietary levels of lycopene may also be protective against CVD.
The present study is the first published report on the association of lycopene levels and cardiovascular disease exclusively in women.
The study was reported in July in the Journal of Nutrition.
The data, as reported by study leader Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, of the Harvard School of Public Health, were derived from the ongoing Women's Health Study, which has been following 40,000 women for the past 11 years, who were free from cancer or CVD at the start of the study. After 7 years of followup, the researchers recorded 719 cases of CVD. The present study analyzed the subjects' food frequency questionnaires for associations between intake of lycopene and tomato-based foods and the risk for CVD.
For those women who consumed 7 servings or more of tomato-based foods like tomato sauce and pizza each week, there ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Study: Foods rich in lycopene may reduce risk of CVD in women.