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Nutritional Choice of the Month -
November 2008:
“Tomato Tip”
While it’s often more beneficial to eat raw versus cooked when it comes to vegetables, tomatoes are an exception to the rule. Heating tomatoes alters the antioxidant lycopene, making it significantly (2-3 times) more absorbable in the body. While cooking slightly reduces the vitamin C content, it’s still worth cooking your tomatoes.
As a means of increasing your lycopene content, click the link for a recipe for home-made pizza (make sure to use extra virgin olive oil as cooking with a healthy/unsaturated oil helps absorb the lycopene from the tomatoes):
http://healthycooking.suite101.com/article.cfm/homemade_pizza_recipe
Source: Idea Fitness Journal: October, 2008
