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    Lycopene is Still Useless -Roger Mason

    Folks, who else in the world is telling you about the useless,worthless food supplements that have no value? Why isn't anyone else telling you lycopene has no value, and you shouldn't buy it? Why isn't anyone else blowing this whistle on this kind of crap?  Lycopene is a complete scam from a major ketchup company, and an Israeli corporation that manufactures it.  

    We have repeatedly quoted the studies on over 32, 000 men who actually had their blood drawn and analyzed for lycopene content. This was compared to their medical records, and absolutely no relation could be found between their serum lycopene and their prostate health. These studies were published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (vol. 82, 1990) and Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention (vol. 6, 1997). What more proof do you need? If this had any value, we would be quoting the good studies and praising it. Meanwhile, God-knows-how-many millions of dollars of this garbage are being sold every year to poor, naive uninformed people who are sincerely trying to use natural medicine to get well. When this doesn't work, they'll end up back at the doctor's office to get butchered, poisoned, and irradiated, while their wallets get thinner.  
     
    Well, the same journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention published a new study  (2001 vol. 10) saying that lycopene may have value for outright prostate cancer. This article stunk, and it was obvious something wasn't right here. Reading the small print in the full text study showed what was going on. Legally they have to reveal when "studies" are really just paid advertisements in medical journals.  Yes, many medical journals sell ad space and pretend these are studies. Well, on page 861 there it was- "The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must be hereby marked ADVERTISEMENT in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact." It's a paid advertisement, not a study at all. Lycopene is a useless fraud.
     

    In 2007 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (v. 86) published a large British study. The doctors looked at 2000 men in 8 countries. They compared blood samples to their prostate health for six years. They then adjusted for all variables to be as fair as possible. They found no relation at all with lycopene and prostate health. This was done at the famous Oxford University. 

    Folks, you can cure prostate, breast or other cancers naturally in about one year. You do this by making major changes in your diet, taking about 20 supplements, fasting every week, avoiding Rx drugs, exercising, ending any bad habits, and balancing your basic hormones. Taking promotional junk like lycopene is never going to help you.

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