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| The healthiest vegetables are always green. Greens are undoubtedly healthy, but vegetables and fruits in other colors—red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple—all bring different nutrients to the table. You’ll get the most antioxidants, vitamins and minerals if you keep your plate colorful. |
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Lycopene is a pigment and phytochemical that appears to have anti-cancer properties. It has demonstrated to be particularly protective against prostate cancer.
 Lycopene is contained in tomatoes, and in lesser amounts in watermelon and pink grapefruit. Does this mean you should load up on fresh tomatoes? Sure, but keep in mind that lycopene is more accessible to the body when the tomato is cooked and processed rather than raw. Thus tomato sauce is healthier (in this sense) than fresh tomatoes.
Gardeners take note: Look for a tomato you can plant called Health Kick, which has 50 percent more lycopene than other varieties.
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