Has The Fountain Of Youth Been Discovered, In The Tomato?

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Has The Fountain Of Youth Been Discovered, In The Tomato?

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Hi All,

The antioxidant lycopene, found in tomatoes, appears to reverse the ageing process of skin.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7370759.stm

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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Oh not sure that one would work lol my gran eat tons of tomatoes each day, she just loved them..........had a great little figure but oh poor grans skin was not good :sad:
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Hmmmmmmmm. That's not good news. I think they have to be well cooked, in order to work right, such as tomato paste. Maybe she ate them raw.

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Hahaha lol that is where she went wrong...........she did eat them raw.
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