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Red vegetables are a great ally against prostate cancer
Pulse Hradlines ^ | Apr. 24, 2016 | Camilo Pacheco

Posted on 04/24/2016 8:11:42 PM PDT by Innovative

A diet full of red vegetables, like tomatoes, apricots, guavas and watermelons may prevent men from developing prostate cancer, according to Barbara Quinn, a nutritionist affiliated with the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. The secret of red vegetables would lie on a substance called lycopene.

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These vegetables are very healthy and helpful in general.
1 posted on 04/24/2016 8:11:42 PM PDT by Innovative
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tomato is a fruit.


2 posted on 04/24/2016 8:12:39 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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Better red than dead?


3 posted on 04/24/2016 8:16:09 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Harvey Dent -- can he be trusted?)
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BTTT.


4 posted on 04/24/2016 8:17:29 PM PDT by OddLane
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Better red than dead?

I love watermelon, too bad it's racist.


5 posted on 04/24/2016 8:18:04 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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Guava, watermelon, and apricots are also fruits.


6 posted on 04/24/2016 8:19:58 PM PDT by Thidwick
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It's O.K., as long as you don't have fried chicken in the same meal. 😊
7 posted on 04/24/2016 8:21:07 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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Hmmm, red jalapenos and ghost/scorpion peppers must qualify then.................


8 posted on 04/24/2016 8:21:44 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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When I saw “Red Vegetables” I instantly thought of Senators Sander and Clinton!


9 posted on 04/24/2016 8:22:27 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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Er...”SanderS”...


10 posted on 04/24/2016 8:23:43 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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The key is lycopene content — fruit or vegetable.


11 posted on 04/24/2016 8:26:51 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Yes, tomatoes are fruit. Tomatoes, apricots, guavas and watermelons are ALL fruits.


12 posted on 04/24/2016 8:27:02 PM PDT by matthew fuller
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tomato is a fruit.

Botanically yes. So are watermelons. In a broader sense, they both have a vegetative soul, and for over 100 years the Supreme Court has recognized the tomato as a vegetable for legal (tax) purposes (Nix vs. Hedden).
13 posted on 04/24/2016 8:29:33 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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Apricots are red?


14 posted on 04/24/2016 8:29:57 PM PDT by Williams (Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
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tomato is a fruit.

Exactly. The first sentence distracted me from reading the rest of the article. If the nutritionist didn’t know that, I am not sure I can trust the rest of what they have to say.


15 posted on 04/24/2016 8:31:44 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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I’M 64 and have eaten this stuff all my life. Guess what?

No cancer./s


16 posted on 04/24/2016 8:32:23 PM PDT by umgud
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Botanically yes. So are watermelons. In a broader sense, they both have a vegetative soul, and for over 100 years the Supreme Court has recognized the tomato as a vegetable for legal (tax) purposes (Nix vs. Hedden).

Cool!

Using this broader sense we can consider barkie human.


17 posted on 04/24/2016 8:34:50 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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Lycopene for prostate health, is not a secret.


18 posted on 04/24/2016 8:39:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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He’s a fruit so we can call him a vegetable, which makes him human?


19 posted on 04/24/2016 8:40:33 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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Hopefully red peppers are on that list - love those things.


20 posted on 04/24/2016 8:40:35 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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