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Cooking the tomatoes with olive oil, as it's done in the Mediterranean, makes it easier for the body to absorb the lycopene: the cooking helps to release the lycopene from the tomatoes, and the olive oil improves the absorption of this fat-soluble molecule.

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Nutritionist Rick Hay explains: ‘Lycopene is a powerful super antioxidant that particularly helps with cardio-vascular and with general immune function as well. It is true that studies in humans have shown that the Mediterranean diet, or one supplemented with tomato products, has clinical benefits. Our panel, including former Nobel Prize Foundation scientist Alf Lindberg, continually conducts in-house studies to further evidence the efficacy of the formula. Whilst there is strong epidemiological evidence to support the role of lycopene in reducing cardiovascular risk, the mechanism by which it does so is unclear.

However, we cannot answer if this may reduce heart disease – this would need much larger trials to investigate outcomes more carefully. You can choose to take it in the morning or evening, with or without food, depending on what suits your routine best.Our LactoLycopene™ complex has won ingredient of the year at the prestigious NutraIngredients USA Awards 2022.