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Lyc-O-Mato Standardized Natural Lycopene Complex |
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by totalhealth editors
The good news is that there is clinical
proof that you can build a powerful
antioxidant defense system against
prostate cancer. By incorporating LYC-O-MATO®
(standardized natural tomato extract) into
your daily nutrition program you can access
remarkable fighting power against prostate
cancer and a host of other degenerative diseases.
The standardized natural tomato extract
contains several phytonutrients found in
tomatoes including lycopene, tocopherols,
vitamin E, phytofluene, phytoene, phytosterols,
beta carotene and more. LYC-O-MATO is
extracted from non-GMO tomatoes grown in
Israel that contain four times the lycopene
content of tomatoes grown elsewhere.
A six-year Harvard Medical School study
of healthy males found that consuming tomatoes,
tomato sauce or pizza more than twice a
week, as opposed to never, was associated with
a reduced risk of prostate cancer of 21 to 34
percent, depending on the food.
As exciting as its cancer-prevention potential
is the evidence that shows lycopene may
help fight existing cancer. A recent paper
published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers
and Prevention by Omer Kucuk, M.D., professor
of medicine and oncology, and his colleagues
at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in
Detroit, Michigan, evaluated the effect
encapsulated LYC-O-MATO had on patients
with existing prostate cancer. In this study,
Dr. Kucuk and colleagues followed 30 men
with localized prostate cancer who were
scheduled to undergo surgical removal of the
prostate. For three weeks prior to surgery the
study participants were randomly assigned to
receive either 250 milligrams twice daily of
LYC-O-MATO from LycoRed Natural Products,
Beer-Sheva, Israel (which contains 15 milligrams
of lycopene) or no intervention.
Following removal of the prostates, the
glands were analyzed to determine whether
there were any differences between the two
study groups.
 The investigators found that the treated
group had smaller tumors, which were
more likely to be confined
to the prostate.
Levels of serum
PSA were found
to decline
in the
patients
w h o
received
Lyc-O-Mato tomato extract. In addition, the
tumors in patients who consumed this natural
lycopene showed signs of regression and
decreased malignancy.
“This was the first published report
from a randomized prospective clinical
trial showing the efficacy of a tomato extract
supplement against prostate cancer,” said
Dr. Kucuk. “Previous reports were largely epidemiological
studies showing an association
between consumption of tomato products and
decreased risk of prostate cancer. Furthermore,
our findings suggest that a tomato extract in the
form of LYC-O-MATO may not only help prevent
prostate cancer but also may be useful in treating
prostate cancer.”
Research using standardized LYC-O-MATO
natural tomato extract is also good news for
mild hypertensive patients reluctant to make
lifestyle changes.
New findings published in the May issue
of The American Journal of Hypertension provide
evidence that LYC-O-MATO may help lower
blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The
study, presented at the Sixteenth Annual
Scientific Meeting of the American Society of
Hypertension on May 18, 2001, may provide
a new alternative for about 50 million
Americans who have hypertension.
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