isn't there a bit too much sugar in most ketchup? On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:30 PM, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 27, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > > > I thought they found out that ketchup does have some food value . > > > > > > Indeed. Reagan was, inter alia, a freaking nutritional genius ;-). Google > "lycopene" and "anti-oxidants". The short of it: tomatoes are a good source > of anti-oxidants due to the lycopene present in them, and anti-oxidants are > just about the hippest thing when it comes to nutrition these days. Now, > here's where Reagan is the genius: turns out that the lycopene is better > absorbed when the tomatoes are served up as a sauce or paste, or in some > crushed format. So tomatoes are good, and ketchup, by this theory, is > better! > > Of course, if like me, you agree with Michael Pollan [sp?] that one should > "eat food" (not ingredients or nutrition or whatever), this argument doesn't > impress much. > > --ravi > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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