Rosy Fruits The Best Lycopene Source

The word lycopene is probably quite familiar enough in our ears. I my self often find this word in commercial break for some beauty and health products, like how lycopene can help us out to have a brighter complexion and how lycopene support the detoxification process in human body.

But what is lycopene anyway, how can lycopene do all those things and where can we find lycopene ? well, I found the answers in some articles I read, and already make some short summary of it. Lycopene is a red pigment, and this red pigment is abundantly found in rosy fruits. Some examples of those rosy fruits are tomatoes, watermelon, red guava, papaya and red bell paper.

A research by Havard Medical School has found that consuming lycopene will lowering the risk of cancer and heart attack. Lycopene contributes a stronger antioxidant compared to vitamin C (Rui Hai Liu, Professor of Food Science, Cornell University).

A study which was revealed in 2002 also mentioned that the lycopene in tomatoes will have an increasing level by cooking. Read more