I love eating tomatoes. I feel like good tomatoes are very cleansing for the system but somebody told me yesterday that they had seen a news report where it was claimed that tomatoes could or did cause cancer.I've done some searches but can't find anything.Does anybody know anything else about this story?Can I continue munching in peace?

Yes, you can continue munching. Fresh, raw tomatoes will not cause cancer.

I have heard of cases of poisoning from canned tomatoes



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I have a poster on my kitchen wall from the American Cancer Society tittled "Cancer - Reduce Your Risk". The poster is a collection of 30 smaller pictures of fresh raw foods but there isn't a single cooked food pictured, not even a big mac ! The tomato is one of the ACS recommended foods pictured on their poster. Enjoy



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No, but maybe yes for some very hot peppers, which are in the same food family.

The overwhelming majority of usual fruit/veg items are protective and reduce risks, looks that they are even more protective when they are raw.

There was a recent one on apples, more apples = more protection (6> 3> 2>1) but I think I am going to stop posting about them because of the rats and mice they use.

Bryan has never made an issue of it but I will stick to people and test tube studies from now on.

Be not afraid, ROIRRAW! Tomatoes carcinogenic--who would suggest such a totally daft thing?! If you can remember where you came across this information, please let us know; it's very puzzling.

On the contrary, lycopene in tomato is a strong antioxidant, helping fight cancer. Tomatoes are good to prevent prostate cancer for example.

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Hey! Thanks for the responses. I couldn't and don't believe it either but I just checked there again.My mum said she heard it on a health news program last week and my brother read it in a health food magazine in a shop(that he didn't buy).I know.I know! Its sounds like a total windup but they're really not that intelligent,lol!!
But seriously,I definately don't think they're making it up but there is nothing about it on the internet that I can find besides this article that I am too tired to comprehend. I think he's talking about market research but using tomatos to talk about it or something...but why did he pluck this topic from the sky...ok. [www.bizcommunity.com]

Anyway,on a slightly different note why do perfectly healthy looking tomatoes get mouldy in my fridge after a few day?Too much fertilizers etc..? Find organic ones?
Anyway,sorry for the ramble.Its been a long day here.Hope it makes sense.

Find organic ones, dear. At the very least, your fast-mouldering tomatoes are a colossal waste of money.

Curious article, in that Lehan Stemmet demures that his choice of posited argument, "tomatoes cause cancer," is a poor one for the purpose of illustrating subjectivity in research data. Dude, think of something else then!



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