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How cooking tomatoes can help your heart, reduce your risk of cancer and even benefit your skin.

Tomatoes are packed full of goodness & cooked tomatoes are even better for you! In this episode, Michael reveals how cooking your tomatoes - saut茅ed, or in a sauce or soup - can reduce your blood fat levels, help your body recover from exercise, and even protect your skin from damage. It鈥檚 all to do with a beneficial compound called lycopene which is released under heat. Michael speaks to Professor Richard van Breemen from Oregon State University who reveals his studies on lycopene and why cooked tomatoes can help protect against prostate cancer.

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Producer: Nija Dalal-Small
Science Producer: Catherine Wyler
Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu
Trainee Assistant Producer: Toni Arenyeka
Executive Producer: Zoe Heron
A 成人快手 Studios production for 成人快手 Sounds / 成人快手 Radio 4.

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Wed 4 Oct 2023 09:30

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My five tips to improve your sleep

My five tips to improve your sleep

Struggling with sleep? Try Michael Mosley's suggestions for relaxing and dropping off.

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