date:May 25, 2012
A daily 70 gram portion of tomato paste containing 33.3 mg of lycopene was associated with a 3.3% improvement in flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a measure of a blood vessel's healthy ability to relax, report researchers from Athens Medical School in the journal Nutrition Research .
However, such benefits were only observed after medium term consumption of the tomato product, with no benefits observed over the short term, reported the researchers.
Multiple mechanisms contribute to the effect of