Tomato Juice May Reduce Inflammation and Lower Cholesterol!

Tomatoes are an important part of the Mediterranean diet and contain large amounts of lycopene and other polyphenols. A recent study was designed to find out how a diet supplemented daily with tomato juice would impact waist size and inflammatory adipokines. The result of the study showed improvements in cholesterol, reducing inflammatory  MCP-1, reduction in body weight and BMI and other health-related measurements. There was a significant increase in lycopene, triglycerides and adiponectin. The author's concluded that tomato juice can reduce weight circumference, inflammatory adipokines and  cholesterol in young women and these changes were independent of changes in body fat!

For further reading: Mediterranean Diet May Improve Symptoms of Depression! 
                                The Mediterranean Diet : The Key to Preventing Disease and Life Extension?
                                Cytokine Found that May Cause "Brain Fog" in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome!
                   
Tomato juice supplementation in young women reduces inflammatory adipokine levels independently of body fat reduction. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), Vol. 31, No. 5. (May 2015), pp. 691-696 by Yu-Fen F. Li, Ya-Yuan Y. Chang, Hui-Chi C. Huang, et al. http://www.citeulike.org/user/kimberlykramer2015/article/13582919