WATER MELON – TOMATO – ANTI-OXIDANT USA RESEARCH
October 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEFOOD scientists have discovered that innocuous and bland-tasting watermelon actually contains high levels of lycopene, a cancer-fighting anti-oxidant found in tomatoes but not much else. The US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) says watermelon could prove an effective alternative to people with tomato allergies or bouts of acid reflux, given it offers similar quantities of lycopene to tomatoes. Other foods known to contain lycopene are red and pink grapefruit, pink guava and, in small amounts, rose hips, papaya, bittersweet carrots and an Asian ...
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