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1. Tomato Sauce 番茄醬
Men who eat a lot of tomatoes, tomato sauce, or pizza smothered with the stuff may be giving themselves a hedge against prostate cancer. So say researchers at Harvard, who studied the eating habits of more than 47,000 male health professionals.
男人吃大量的番茄、番茄醬或者涂有大量番茄醬的披薩餅，都可以起到預防前列腺癌的功效。哈佛的研究人員在研究了47000多名健康職業男性的飲食習慣后得出了上述結論。
They found that men who ate tomato sauce two to four times per week had a 35 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer than men who ate none. A carotenoid called lycopene, which tomatoes contain in abundance, appeared to be responsible. But scientists were puzzled: tomato juice didn't seem to have a protective effect.
研究人員表示，每周吃兩至四次番茄醬的男性與不吃的男性相比，其罹患前列腺癌的風險降低了35%。番茄中大量含有一種類胡蘿卜素即番茄紅素，其所發揮的作用不可小覷。然而令科學家困惑的是，番茄汁不具有類似的功效。
