FAQ

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What is natural lycopene
natural lycopene is an all-natural extract of red, ripe tomatoes. natural lycopene is valued as a dietary supplement and functional food ingredient because it provides a full complement of tomato carotenoids and other nutrients to benefit good health. The synergy of the natural tomato lycopene, phytoene, phytofluene, beta-carotene, phytosterols and vitamin E results in enhanced activity, and this means greater health benefits for you
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Who should take supplements containing natural lycopene
natural lycopene is a dietary supplement recommended for adults as a valuable part of a daily health care regimen that includes a healthy diet. Research has shown natural lycopene helps support prostate, heart and skin health, and helps protect the cells from damage from free radicals . natural lycopene is particularly beneficial to smokers and to all of us who are exposed to environmental pollutants which increase the risk of damage from free radicals. Finally, because the natural mechanism that protects us from free radicals weakens with age, older adults need to ensure that tomato phytonutrients are a part of their daily diet.
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How do I know that natural lycopene is safe to take?
natural lycopene tomato lycopene complex is a natural extract of tomato. Nothing has been added to the goodness of the tomato that nature has provided. Generations of people have safely consumed tomatoes as part of their normal diet. natural lycopene has also undergone extensive checks for safety. An independent evaluation of the safety studies has validated that natural lycopene is safe for its intended use as a dietary supplement. natural lycopene contains only tomato extract produced from ripe non-GMO tomatoes. natural lycopene is produced in following very strict quality assurance guidelines.
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What is lycopene?
Lycopene, the major carotenoid found in the tomato, gives the tomato its typical red color. It is an important antioxidant with a unique ability to inactivate or “quench” the free radicals that can damage our cells.
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Why is natural lycopene standardized to lycopene content?
Lycopene was chosen as the marker for standardization because its unique molecular structure makes it a highly effective antioxidant and biological quencher of free radicals. Standardization assures you that each and every capsule of natural lycopene contains the same quantity of lycopene in addition to a natural ratio of all the other important bioactive phytonutrients found in the tomato lycopene complex.
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What are carotenoids?
Carotenoids are a family of naturally occurring compounds found in many plants. Lycopene and beta-carotene, both found in natural lycopene, are among the major carotenoids that occur in appreciable quantities in human blood and tissues, and are believed to be important to our health and well being.
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What is the role of carotenoids in health?
Carotenoids are antioxidants. They play an important role in health maintenance by helping to reduce the impact and minimize the oxidative damage caused by surplus free radicals in the body. These surplus free radicals result from normal cell metabolism, pollution, smoking and other environmental exposures. The mixture of tocopherols naturally occurring in natural lycopene also acts as a potent antioxidant.
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What is tomato extract?
Tomato extract is an all-natural extract of red, ripe tomatoes. Tomato extract is valued as a dietary supplement and functional food ingredient because it provides a full complement of tomato carotenoids and other nutrients to benefit good health. The synergy of the natural tomato lycopene, phytoene, phytofluene, beta-carotene, phytosterols and vitamin E results in enhanced activity, and this means greater health benefits for you.
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Who should take supplements containing tomato extract?
Tomato extract is an all-natural extract of red, ripe tomatoes. Tomato extract is valued as a dietary supplement and functional food ingredient because it provides a full complement of tomato carotenoids and other nutrients to benefit good health. The synergy of the natural tomato lycopene, phytoene, phytofluene, beta-carotene, phytosterols and vitamin E results in enhanced activity, and this means greater health benefits for you.