Copyright 2006 Frank Mangano

  Has your lycopene today? If you ate a green salad with fresh tomatoes, it not only needs a good dose of this powerful antioxidant, but have also taken significant steps to reduce your blood pressure. A recent double-blind study conducted in Israel has confirmed that the home healthy Italians have known for centuries - tomatoes (haaRUCE and tomato) and reducing depression arteriellele risk of heart disease.

  The withdrawal of Israel was conducted by Dr. Esther Paran, head of Soroka Medical Center hypertension. These are patients who were previously treated for hypertension, but does not respond well to medication. Dr. Paraná patients had a supplement of tomato extract. The results are a significant fall in blood pressure after just four weeksas.

  The destuurlieden are as effective in reducing the floresddruk, because they contain lycopene. This powerful antioxidant is still the subject of some hybrid tomatoes grown by the Israelis Lycomato to have higher concentrations of lycopene in each piece of fruit. Other antioxidants in tomatoes make this super-nutrition in the prevention of heart disease. You can even help keep LDL cholesterol from oxidation which in practice to keep the arteries andcause the transition to increased blood pressure.

  Even during the height hortalizasetatieperiode may be difficult to consume four whole tomatoes each day, which is the recommended amount to have a positive effect on blood pressure. Here are some ways to enjoy the benefits of tomatoes without having to eat directly from the vine.

  1. Flag Chile. Using tomato puree, a tomato concentrate as a base for chile antioxidants usedtwo without the bulk of the whole tomato. Add some ultra-lean protein-rich soils and buffalo in the beans with garlic and chopped onion, red pepper and you get a heart, and a main ilalthy full day of the allocation of tomato.

  2. Since the use of olive oil with the tomatoes enhances the quality of care, making pasta sauce with red tomatoes, tomato paste enolijfolie ้ skip to garlic and onion. Tomato paste, used in the sauce contains more than 10 times lnutrients of a tomato you.

  3. Have a salad as an accompaniment to one of these entries and SNIJD a tomato on top. You will receive a quarter of their intake of tomatoes there.

  4. Drink tomato juice. It is better to make your own fresh juice so that it can sodium. Storus bought juices can be high in sugar based on sodium and preservatives. If you have a juicer, you can incredibly vegetable juice according to your proposedios tastes by adding carrots, celery and some spices low in sodium.

  5. Take a tomato. If you can not stomach tomatoes, then 200mg supplement provides the equivalent of more than four hours recommended Tomatoes.

  Add the tomatoes to your diet can rereduire systolic blood pressure by 10 points and diastolic pressure by 4 points, as was the case for Israel in the study. Whichever way you decide, tomatoes maintain and strengthen the immune systemlower blood pressure.