Four tomatoes a day may reduce kidney cancer risk

ISLAMABAD Women who eat more tomatoes or other lycopene-containing fruits and vegetables may have a lower risk of developing kidney cancer a study suggests.

According to researcher the amount of lycopene in the diet of the women who consumed lycopene at the highest level in the study would be equal to eating four tomatoes daily health news reported.

Lycopene is an antioxidant that also gives tomato watermelon grapefruit and papaya its reddish colour.
The researchers said amount of micronutrients including lycopene in the womens diets was estimated from the information they provided on questionnaires when they enrolled in the study.

During the study period 383 women were diagnosed with kidney cancer.