Why is tomato ketchup is good for you on a regular basis?

Answer 1

It contains lycopene which is effective in helping to prevent cancer.

Answer 2

Like most things, moderation is the key. There are benefits to be had from eating ketchup, as it is mode from tomato's, but as has been stated a couple of times here, it contains other things which, when taken in excess, are harmful!
I have chips every now and then, and when I do, I also have a good dollop of ketchup!

Answer 3

Who said it was? Most commercial brands of ketchup are very high in sugar and preservatives. Tomatoes are high in lycopene, but there are better ways to get it, like V8

Answer 4

It can be as it contains heated tomatoes however you're better off just heating a tomato as it has less sugar than the sauce does.

The good stuff is lycopene - http://www.lycopene.org/

Answer 5

By now, most of us know about antioxidants, protective chemicals such as beta carotene, and vitamins C and E. During the past decade, antioxidants have come to be considered "star nutrients," charged with the ability to protect our health by arresting the production of free radicals. Specifically, antioxidants "work by allowing themselves to be attacked and damaged by free radicals, sparing the cell itself," explains Neal Barnard, MD, in Food for Life (Harmony Books, 1993). Left unchecked by antioxidants, free radicals can rob our health by "rusting" our cells. Over time, a shortage of antioxidants can leave us vulnerable to a plethora of health problems. Indeed, excess free radical production has been linked with more than 50 ailments, ranging from premature aging and clogged arteries to cataracts and cancer. Putting a breaks on the health-robbing abilities of free radicals isn't always easy--after all, they're a natural by-product of breathing, as well as our external environment. But if you know which antioxidants to consume, how much, and how often-based on your own personal lifestyle-you can begin to outsmart these outlaws. One of the world's most powerful antioxidants is Lycopene, in the same family as the familiar beta carotene. The antioxidant Lycopene is primarily found in ripe, red tomatoes. One can also get the antioxidant benefits of Lycopene through an all natural tomato Lycopene supplement called LYC-O-MATO.

Answer 6

its only good for you if its not the type full of artificial ingredients and high fructose corn syrup. Organic ketchup is good because it contains lycopene, an anti cancer agent

Answer 7

all foods are good for you in a way but ketchup.................is full of sugar i suppose its good for the dentist as your be visiting soon with decay and pay him money money money
.every thing we eat has got a bit of goodness in somewhere but not to sure on this one

Answer 8

i've never heard about it being good for you.
the only thing i know about ketchup is that it has more sugar than icecream.

Answer 9

tomatoes are superfoods, full of vitamins and antioxidents! havn't u seen the 'ragu tomato sauce' t.v advert! hehe

Answer 10

Because it contains "Purple 5" and "Orange 2"