"Tomatoes and tomato juice are selling well on hopes such foods can help combat metabolic syndrome....The craze was heightened after a Kyoto University team in a joint research project announced in February that tomatoes contain substances capable of ameliorating abnormalities of lipid metabolism, such as fatty liver and high-level neutral fat."
Source: Tomato boom goes beyond tastes as consumers look to trim waists
Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2012
Japan Times
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