olive oil with cooked tomatoes

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on 8/10/2005 2:14 PM, Al Pater at old542000@... wrote:

We conclude that the addition of olive oil to diced tomatoes

during cooking greatly increases the absorption of lycopene. The results highlight

the importance of cuisine (i.e how a food is prepared and consumed) in determining

the bioavailability of dietary carotenoids such as lycopene. PMID: 15927929