subject: Lycopene, is it a Terrific Antioxidant for Outstanding Health? [print this page] Lycopene, is it a Terrific Antioxidant for Outstanding Health?
Lycopene is a widely raved about, naturally-occuring cartenoid which is found in many foods and gives the orange pigment you see in tomatoes, pumpkins and other foods. Lycopenes are said to be good anti oxidants which aid in and help protect the human body from heart disease, cancers and other health issues. Most people receive a sufficient amount of Lycopene through their diets with over 85% of the daily intake of lycopen from tomatoes in serveral different forms.
There have been many clinical trials to test the benefits of lycopene and these have shown that as well as reducing many diseases, daily intake of a correct dosage of lycopene does have anti-ageing properties and help improve the fertility of men. There are currently no known side-effects from consuming lycopene although a few people have had slight effects from enormous consumption of tomato's such as colouration of the skin, this is very unsual though.
Some people do not get an adequte amount of lycopene in there diet or want to make sure that the lycopene they get is effective, for these people there are a number of companies that distribute vitamins & supplements containing this ingredient, and usually they say that it is one of the most significant antioxidants available. It is recommended that a daily dose of 6-10mg be consumed however some of the companies and products recommend up to 30mg of the vitamins be taken daily. Because their are no side effects and because it does not exist naturally in the human body it is worth people making sure they do get some lycopene in their diet, the supplements are usually not pricey and there are plenty of places you can purchase them from.
Lycopene research is ongoing and most researchers and scientists agree on the antioxidant properties of lycopene. Through additional research the researchers are hoping that they can work out how to use this remarkable natural pigment to its true potential which hopefully includes curing or preventing a large number of diseases. Researchers have found out that lycopene works by quenching a single oxygen cell which is produced in ultra-violet light and is to blame for skin cancer and also ageing. The lycopene also stops any damage to the body by free-radicals which damage or sometimes kill cells, it is understood that these free radicals cause over 50 health problems so the fact that lycopene can help prevent this is something scientists hysterical about.
There are many organisations such as nature-made which are selling lycopene and this is definitely a vitamin/supplement which you should take on a daily basis, even the us fda has admitted that lycopene provides an advantage to prevention of prostate cancer. If you are suffering a health disease or have a history of heart diseases or cancer you should definitely consider taking some additional supplements with your natural diet, this will ensure you do get the daily dosage that is required and at such an affordable price you would be silly to not look into it, remember though like all supplements to follow the instructions. Hopefully this article will help enhance your health in future.
