Tomatoes
Tomato juice and tomato paste (but not tomato extract supplements) shown to lower inflammation.
Also known as: tomato sauce, tomato paste, tomato products, tomato juice
Active Compounds
Bioactive compounds found in Tomatoes, based on research from longevity science.
- Lycopene
Source: How Not to Age
Health Benefits
Health conditions and aging processes that Tomatoes may influence, based on the source research.
Reduces Risk Of
- Prostate cancer
Tomato sauce helped while lycopene supplements failed; 10% tomato diet reduced prostate cancer tumor burden in rats by 33%
Source: How Not to Age
- Depressiondaily
People who ate tomatoes or tomato products daily had just half the odds of depression compared to those who ate them once a week or less; People who ate tomatoes or tomato products daily had just half the odds of depression compared with those who ate them once a week or less.
Source: How Not to Die
- Cardiovascular Disease
Tomatoes and cardiovascular health -- review of evidence for cardioprotective benefits (Willcox et al. 2003)
Source: How Not to Die
Protects Against
- Osteoporosis
Green tomato extract improves bone formation through Bmp2-Smad 1/5/8-Runx2 signaling and modulates RANKL/OPG pathway, improving bone resorption.
Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity
Biological Mechanisms
How Tomatoes works at a cellular level.
- PromotesReduces inflammation
Tomato juice and tomato paste (but not supplements) shown to lower inflammation. | Tomato juice consumption reduces systemic inflammation in overweight and obese females
- PromotesAntioxidant Defense
Tomato consumption increases lymphocyte DNA resistance to oxidative stress
- PromotesmTOR Suppression
Tomato powder modulates mTOR pathways during aging in healthy rats
- PromotesReduces blood platelet clumping, helping prevent clots
Tomato extract reduces human platelet aggregation in both in vitro and in vivo studies (Dutta-Roy et al. 2001; O'Kennedy et al. 2006)
- PromotesImproves bone formation through growth factor signaling
Green tomato extract improves bone formation through Bmp2-Smad 1/5/8-Runx2 signaling.
Dosage Recommendations
Specific amounts mentioned in the research literature.
- dailyfor Depression
People who ate tomatoes or tomato products daily had just half the odds of depression compared to those who ate them once a week or less; People who ate tomatoes or tomato products daily had just half the odds of depression compared with those who ate them once a week or less.
Source: How Not to Die
Recipes with Tomatoes
Sources
- How Not to Age
- How Not to Die
- Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity