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FoodandHealth

Experts?say?the?food?people?eat?greatly?affects?their?health.?They?say?that?some?foods?are?especially?good?for?preventing?disease.??

Many?foods?contain?substances?that?protect?against?tissue?damage.?One?of?these?is?tomatoes.?The?substance?lycopene?is?released?when?tomatoes?are?cooked.?Lycopene?helps?reduce?the?risk?of?developing?cancer?in?the?digestive?system,?which?processes?food.??

The?dark?green?vegetable?spinach?contains?folic?acid?that?prevents?problems?in?developing?fetuses.?It?also?lowers?blood?levels?of?homocysteine.?High?homocysteine?levels?have?been?linked?to?hea