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Tomato juice consumption reduces systemic inflammation in overweight and obese females
2012
British Journal of Nutrition
Tomatoes are the richest source of lycopene, a potent antioxidant. Tomato products improve antioxidant defences and reduce the risk of inflammatory diseases, at least partly, due to the presence of lycopene. Lycopene, as an anti-inflammatory agent, prevents the production of inflammatory cytokines. Obesity is a chronic inflammatory condition in which the increased level of body fat leads to an increase in circulating inflammatory mediators. We hypothesised that the consumption of a
doi:10.1017/s0007114512004278
pmid:23069270
fatcat:4mmsct2rkjb5jdp56ksr7jqaii