Tomato Products Reduce LDL Cholesterol by 13% (March 2008)

The British Journal of Nutrition published a study focusing on 21 healthy volunteer with normal cholesterol readings. They consumed a tomato free diet for the first three weeks, then a three week “high tomato” diet that included 30 milligrams of ketchup and 400 milliliters of tomato juice daily. That is about two tablespoons of ketchup and one and two-third cups of tomato juice.

The subjects’ cholesterol levels were then re-measured and found to have dropped significantly; total cholesterol level fell nearly 6% on average. The LDL cholesterol dropped decreased nearly 13%.