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| Tomato Sauce Can Help Treat Heart Disease |
Tomato Sauce Can Help Treat Heart Disease - Various sauces and such is considered bad for health, including ketchup. However, the actual health benefits of tomato sauce.
Health expert at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust found that consuming tomato sauce can improve the strength and flexibility of blood vessels.
These researchers involved 36 patients who had heart disease and 36 healthy patients. Patients were taking a pill called Ateronon, which contains 7 milligrams of lycopene (an ingredient in tomatoes) or a placebo every day for two months.
As a result, the respondents were ill, their blood vessels dilated by 53 percent. This is due to the increased function of the endothelium, the layer of cells in the walls of blood vessels.
Narrowing of the blood vessels is one of the main factors that can cause heart attacks and strokes due to constriction of blood vessels reduces blood flow. However, supplementation had no effect on blood pressure, arterial stiffness or lipid levels.
While the tomato pill provision does not affect the healthy volunteers who had normal blood vessels.
"Tomato pill is not a substitute for other treatments, but can provide additional benefits when taken circuitry other drugs," said Dr. Joseph Cheriyan, from Addenbrooke's Hospital and Cambridge University, as reported by the Telegraph, Wednesday (06/11/2014).
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