Max Lugavere on tomatoes/lycopene: recommends

Max Lugavere notes that lycopene concentrates in tomatoes and was found at roughly half the brain concentration in Alzheimer’s patients versus controls in a 2023 neuropathology analysis, per his 2026 Missouri Medicine paper.

His stated reasoning is that carotenoid-rich produce like tomatoes contributes to the brain’s antioxidant defenses — part of his broader “food-first” case that nutrient-dense, minimally processed plant foods are front-line neuroprotection.

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