Tomatoes lung cancer

Carrots, tomatoes, and dark green vegetables are rich in specific carotenoids. Numerous epidemiological studies have shown that the increased intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of lung and other epithelial cancers. Accurate food composition data have been prepared to test the association between dietary intake of specific carotenoids and disease incidence (Table 63.1). 

The potential beneficial effects of lycopene in human health have been reviewed extensively in recent years [39-45] numerous observational studies have consistently shown an inverse relationship between the consumption of lycopene-rich diets (tomato or tomato-based foods) or plasma lycopene levels with the risk of cancers at various sites [46, 47]. The strongest inverse relationship was that for prostate cancer [2, 46-49], one of the most prevalent male cancers in the western populations and common across the world other significant inverse relationships were found with lung and stomach cancers. 

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