Men who eat a lot of tomatoes, tomato sauce, or pizza smothered with the stuff may be giving themselves a hedge against prostate cancer. So say researchers at Harvard, who studied the eating habits of more than 47,000 male health professionals.
男人吃大量的番茄、番茄酱或者涂有大量番茄酱的披萨饼，都可以起到预防前列腺癌的功效。哈佛的研究人员在研究了47000多名健康职业男性的饮食习惯后得出了上述结论。
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They found that men who ate tomato sauce two to four times per week had a 35 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer than men who ate none. A carotenoid called lycopene, which tomatoes contain in abundance, appeared to be responsible. But scientists were puzzled: tomato juice didn't seem to have a protective effect.
研究人员表示，每周吃两至四次番茄酱的男性与不吃的男性相比，其罹患前列腺癌的风险降低了35%。番茄中大量含有一种类胡萝卜素即番茄红素，其所发挥的作用不可小觑。然而令科学家困惑的是，番茄汁不具有类似的功效。