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Eating rare tomato is not as good as cooked?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It is good for: Your health to eat tomatoes. Tomatoes contain lycopene which is an antioxidant that fights free radicals (helps to prevent cancer). When you cook tomatoes it significantly increases the amount of bioavailable lycopene.

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Answered 11/6/2013

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