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Lycopene: side effects, safety & interactions
Safe; harmless skin coloration at very high intake.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Safe; harmless skin coloration at very high intake.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Lycopene at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Lycopene is
Lycopene is the red carotenoid in tomatoes, studied for prostate and cardiovascular health.
The honest bottom line
Eat cooked tomatoes with olive oil rather than buying pills. Modest, mostly observational benefits.
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