Tomato-rich diet, key to fight prostate cancer: Study

Washington: Men who eat over 10 portions of tomatoes a week have an 18 per cent lower risk of developing prostate cancer, suggests study.
According to the study published in the journal, ‘Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention,’ prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide.
Rates are higher in developed countries, which some experts believe is linked to a Westernised diet and lifestyle.
To assess if following dietary and lifestyle recommendations reduces risk of prostate cancer, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford looked at the diets and lifestyle of 1,806 men aged between 50 and 69 with prostate cancer and compared with 12,005 cancer-free men.
Men who had the optimal intake of these three dietary components had a lower risk of prostate cancer.
Tomatoes and its products — such as tomato juice and baked beans — were shown to be most beneficial, with an 18 per cent reduction in risk found in men eating over 10 portions a week.