lycopene might reduce the risk of prostate cancer

September 1999

There's a lot of enthusiasm over new reports that lycopene might reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

Lycopene is the pigment that gives tomatoes and some fruits their red color. It's an antioxidant...like beta-carotene.

People who get a lot of lycopene from their diet seem to have a lower risk of prostate...lung...and gastric cancer.

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