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Tomato pill ‘beats heart disease’

by Pat Coate | June 01, 2009
"(The preliminary findings are) very promising."
- Anthony Leeds, professor/Heart UK trustee

Scientists say a natural supplement made from tomatoes, taken daily, can stave off heart disease and strokes.

The tomato pill contains an active ingredient from the Mediterranean diet - lycopene - that blocks "bad" LDL cholesterol that can clog the arteries.

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