In a novel study researchers have claimed that two glasses of tomato juice daily can fend off osteoporosis. The key ingredient of tomato is lycopene, which is known antioxidant already accredited for slashing the risk of prostate cancer in males and protecting against cardiovascular disease.
Millions of people around the globe are affected due to osteoporosis each year. In a study trail carried out at the University of Toronto in Canada over sixty post menopausal women aged fifty to sixty. All the participants were asked to cut out all tomato products from their diet for the period of one month.
This escort to increase in the levels of N-telopeptide in the blood, it is chemical which is released into the blood stream when bones are being broken down. Then those participants were given a daily dose of normal tomato juice that contains fifteen milligram of lycopene, an enriched edition with thirty-five milligram of lycopene, lycopene capsules or dummy capsules.
The results of the trail showed that there was significant drop in levels of N-telopeptide in women drinking either kind of juice or taking the laycopebne capsules. But there was found no benefit in participants those taking dummy capsules. The normal tomato juice available in supermarkets was just as good as lycopene enriched one, according o experts.
Two glasses of tomato juice daily containing fifteen milligram of lycopene could prove sufficient strength to brittle bones, reported the study published in , the journal Osteoporosis International.