After entering middle age, Zhang Weiting's physical strength and health were not as good as before. In the face of big fish and big meat in social occasions, he is always careful not to eat, and he is often worried that the three highs will exceed the standard, for fear of accidentally getting a ticket for cardiovascular disease? Japanese research points out that tomatoes can effectively reduce triglycerides and the proportion of bad cholesterol! Although in the past two years, the harm of sugar to human body has become weak, which makes people feel that the harm of cholesterol is not so great. There are even rumors on the Internet that "cholesterol is harmless", which makes experts at home and abroad come forward to refute the rumors. In fact, it is the ratio between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol that affects arteriosclerosis. The value of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol) divided by high density lipoprotein cholesterol (good cholesterol) is "LH ratio". If it exceeds 2, the risk of arteriosclerosis is high, while if it exceeds 2.5, the risk of diseases such as myocardial infarction will surge. LH ratio, as long as bad cholesterol is reduced and good cholesterol is increased, diseases such as arteriosclerosis can be prevented. Eating 300 grams of tomatoes every day, good cholesterol increased by 65438 05% after eight weeks. How to change LH value? According to foreign papers, as long as you take 15mg lycopene every day for more than eight weeks, it will have the effect of raising cholesterol. In this study, 98 men and women with an average age of 45.5 years were given 300 grams of tomatoes (raw tomatoes, tomato juice or ketchup) every day. After eight weeks, the blood concentration of good cholesterol increased by 15%. The research team led by Professor Akio Kawada of Kyoto University Institute also found that if the tomato ingredients were given to experimental mice for four weeks, the triglycerides in blood and liver would be reduced by 30%. Converted into human beings, a cup of tomato juice (about 200ml) per meal every day has the same effect. Lycopene helps reduce the risk of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer and other cancers. It is better to eat lycopene 15mg in the morning, which is equivalent to10.8 tomatoes and 150 grams of tomato juice in the market. The antioxidant effect of lycopene also helps to reduce the risk of cancer. According to the research of Rutgers University, taking 25 mg of lycopene every day can effectively prevent breast cancer. In addition, it can also prevent pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer and bladder cancer. In addition, an experiment on 23 healthy adults in Japan also found that the absorption rate of lycopene in the morning is the best, which is three times that in the evening.