date:Oct 12, 2012
average of 12 years.
During that time, 67 men had a stroke.
Among the men with the lowest levels of lycopene, 25 of 258 men had a stroke.
Among those with the highest levels of lycopene, 11 of 259 men had a stroke. When researchers looked at just strokes due to blood clots, the results were even stronger.
Those with the highest levels of lycopene were 59 per cent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest levels.
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