> >Add ground sirloin to it. It's FABulous and fast. I just don't want to eat
> >as much spaghetti as I would have to if I made a big pot of homemade
> >sauce--so I buy a pound of lean ground beef and brown it, dump it in the
> >prego. Mm mmm. Cooked tomatoes have lycopene, too. A cancer fighter, or so
> >they are saying this year. You may be happy to know that RAW tomatoes do NOT
> >have this. If yuo need a good excuse to eat pizza? That, plus getting lots
> >of vegetables on it, is a good one.
>
> Regarding Lycopene, you are somewhat mistaken.
>
> Research shows that lycopene in tomatoes can be absorbed more
> efficiently by the body if processed into juice, sauce, paste and
> ketchup. The chemical form of lycopene found in tomatoes is converted
> by the temperature changes involved in processing to make it more
> easily absorbed by the body.
>
> http://www.lycopene.org/


I would like to get my lycopene from someplace other than jars of
Prego. That stuff is just too sweet for me.