Secret Weapon for Cholesterol

A secret weapon in the battle might be tomato juice. In a clinical study, drinking about 17 ounces a day for a month kept cholesterol from oxidizing and attaching to the artery walls - a process that hardens and blocks your arteries.

In addition, this amount of tomato juice nearly tripled levels of lycopene, a carotenoid proven to guard against heart attacks.

Prostate Cancer

According to a study conducted by Harvard researchers, the men who consumed at least 6.5 mg a day of lycopene from tomato products had the greatest protection against prostate cancer. Lycopene is linked to prevention of heart disease and prostate cancer found in tomatoes, watermelon, guava, and red grapefruit.