But, but what about the 50% reduction of marijuana buds?
At least this one gave some amounts. A slice of pizza and catsup is even listed, I'm sure your doctor would never recommend that.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10893138.htm
The growing number of individuals suffering from stroke has been
raising concern for UK health researchers as the years go by. According
to the Global Stroke Association, there are currently about 13,500
stroke cases per year, and about 128,175 people living with stroke in
London. In England as a whole, there are approximately 107,300 strokes
per year and more than 1 million living with stroke.
Recent studies seem to be pointing the way to tomatoes and tomato lycopene
supplements being the cure for many health problems like stroke,
stomach cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. World Health Food
studies have found that among the more than 600 carotenoids in plants,
only 14 of them are found in human tissues. Tomatoes and tomato products
contribute to 9 of these 14 carotenoids that the body needs and are the
predominant source of lycopene, neurosporene, gamma-carotene, phytoene,
and phytofluene. Because the lycopene found in tomatoes has potent
antioxidant properties, studies have evaluated its potential stroke and
anticancer effects, particularly against prostate cancer.
A 12 yearlong study done in Finland and funded by Lapland Central
Hospital was concluded last year in October and found that a diet that
includes tomatoes could lower the chances of stroke by 55%. Jouni
Karppi, the study’s lead author, who is affiliated with the University
of Eastern Finland’s Department of Medicine, said that the main goal
that the study began with was to look at whether other substances such
as retinol, or vitamin A, and alpha-tocopherol, a type of vitamin E,
impacted stroke rates.
However, they found no association with the
levels of vitamin A or E, but instead found that men who had the highest
levels of lycopene in their bodies were 55% less likely to have a
stroke than men who had lower levels. Overall, there were 67 strokes
among the 1,031 men in the study who were divided into four groups by
lycopene levels. There were 25 strokes among 258 men who were considered
to have the lowest levels of lycopene while there were 11 strokes among
men with the highest lycopene levels. The study showed that the men who
had the highest levels of lycopene--an antioxidant found in
tomatoes--had fewer strokes than men who had the lowest levels of
lycopene in their blood. The study was published on October 2012 in the
Medical Journal Neurology.
Lycopene can be found at its highest concentrations in cooked tomato
products like tomato paste, puree, and sauce, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture’s national nutrient database. A cup of
ready-to-serve marinara sauce may be packaged and processed, but it
contains more than 31,000 micrograms of lycopene while the average raw
tomato has about 3,165 micrograms, according to USDA. Fresh and home
cooked forms of tomatoes are best, but when all else fails, a slice of
fast food pizza on the run has about 2,074 micrograms of lycopene. A
tablespoon of catsup also has 2,146 micrograms of lycopene. Amounts of
Lycopene can also be found in watermelon, grapefruit, papaya, and mango,
but the largest quantities are found in tomatoes.
Fruit and veggies seem to be our only hope. Sadly by 2013, only one
3rd of the UK is consuming enough fruit and vegetables daily, the worst
results being in Scotland and Northern Ireland. A study done the by the
British Heart Foundation in 2010 found that eating 5 portions of fruit
and vegetables a day would save 15,000 lives, including 7,000 from heart
disease, almost 5,000 from cancer, and almost 3,000 from stroke.
Another 4,000 deaths would be prevented by sticking to dietary
recommendations on fibre; around 7,000 from watching fat intake and
7,500 by reducing salt.
UK Dietary Guidelines suggest each person to eat 5 portions of fruit
and vegetables a day. The Oxford University stated in 2010 that around
33,000 lives could be saved each year if everyone in the UK followed the
dietary guidelines.
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