From: ravi <
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
^^^^^
CB: Yes, that was it. And lycopene is supposed to help prevent prostate
cancer ! Pizza is good for it too. As I recall, southern Italy has
low rates of prostate cancer, and they hypothesize it's the tomato
sauces and pastes, as you point to.
As to "food", actually a lot of people like catsup's taste (?). That's
why they eat it, not for nutritien.
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