date:Jun 07, 2013
r conclusions after tracking the study's participants' blood levels of lycopene, which were measured at the beginning of the study and tracked over the next 12 years.
Participants were split into four groups based on blood lycopene levels. 25 of 258 men in the low-lycopene group suffered strokes compared to 11 of 259 men in the group with high levels of lycopene.
Researchers concluded that the risk of stroke was cut by 55 percent with a diet rich in lycopene.
This study adds to the evidence t