NATROL Lycopen

Some epidemiologic studies have proven that a daily intake of Lycopen could help protect against diverse cancers and against cardiovascular disorders. Between the 600 carotonoids present in nature, Lycopen is found the most within the human nutrition.

At the end of the XIX century, a researcher named Harsten isolated Lycopen from the Tomato, but we had to wait until middle XX century discover its proprieties, and it took until the end of the 90ties for them to be widely.

In 1999, American researchers have analyzed 72 studies regarding the link between the consummation of tomato products, le blood level and the cancer risk: 57 studies reported an inverse link and 35 concluded to a significant statistic link. The most convincing data on this synthesis is regarding prostate, lung and stomach cancer. The results on these epidemiologic studies are particularly convincing especially regarding the diminishing of prostate and lung cancer incidence. A small clinical study suggested also that L