More questions for your doctor. How many daily tomatoes are needed to get to the correct serum level? Or tomato juice? Or, I could have had a V-8?
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Intake of fruits and vegetables and levels of serum carotenoids have
been associated with decreased risk of stroke, but the results have been
inconsistent. The aim of the present study was to examine whether serum
concentrations of major carotenoids, α-tocopherol and retinol, are
related to any stroke and ischemic stroke in men.The study population
consisted of 1,031 Finnish men aged 46-65 years in the Kuopio Ischaemic
Heart Disease Risk Factor cohort. Serum concentrations of carotenoids
retinol and α-tocopherol were measured by high-performance liquid
chromatography. The association between the serum concentrations of
lycopene α-carotene, β-carotene, α-tocopherol, and retinol and the risk
of strokes was studied by using Cox proportional hazards models.A total
of 67 strokes occurred, and 50 of these were ischemic strokes during a
median of 12.1 follow-up years. After adjustment for age, examination
year, BMI, systolic blood pressure, smoking, serum low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes, and history of stroke, men in the
highest quartile of serum lycopene concentrations had 59% and 55% lower
risks of ischemic stroke and any stroke, compared with men in the lowest
quartile (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.45, 95% confidence interval [CI]
0.25-0.95, p = 0.036 for any stroke and HR = 0.41; 95% CI 0.17-0.97, p =
0.042 for ischemic stroke). α-Carotene, β-carotene, α-tocopherol, and
retinol were not related to the risk of strokes.This prospective study
shows that high serum concentrations of lycopene, as a marker of intake
of tomatoes and tomato-based products, decrease the risk of any stroke
and ischemic stroke in men.
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