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In people with obesity, a juice made from tomatoes and soy reduces inflammation similarly to a tomato juice with fewer plant compounds, suggesting that lycopene and soy isoflavones are not the main...

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Tomato juice, even without its red pigment or added soy, reduces inflammation by turning down key chemical signals inside fat and liver cells. This means other natural chemicals in tomatoes, not just the ones people usually think of, are doing the main work of calming inflammation.

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Components in tomato juice, not just the red pigment or soy chemicals, enter the bloodstream and calm down inflammation signals inside fat and liver cells. This stops the cells from producing too many inflammation-causing chemicals, which lowers overall inflammation in the body.

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Bioactive compounds from tomato juice are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and enter systemic circulation

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Tomato‐Soy Juice Reduces Inflammation and Modulate...
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These compounds inhibit phosphorylation of IκB and activation of ERK in adipose and liver tissues

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Tomato‐Soy Juice Reduces Inflammation and Modulate...
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Inhibition of NF-κB and ERK signaling reduces transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-5, IL-12p70, GM-CSF, and TNF-α

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Tomato‐Soy Juice Reduces Inflammation and Modulates the Urinary Metabolome in Adults With Obesity

Randomized Controlled Trial
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2026 Mar

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Tomato‐Soy Juice Reduces Inflammation and Modulates the Urinary Metabolome in Adults With Obesity

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DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.70420

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Drinking tomato-soy juice daily for four weeks, which contains 54 mg of lycopene and 189.9 mg of soy isoflavones, increases lycopene in the blood and lowers levels of specific inflammatory signaling molecules in adults with obesity.

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Drinking a juice made from tomatoes and soy that contains certain plant compounds is associated with lower levels of specific inflammatory proteins in the bloodstream among adults with obesity.

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Drinking tomato-soy juice is associated with lower levels of certain fat-related compounds in the urine of adults with obesity, which may indicate a change in how the body processes fatty acids, regardless of the presence of lycopene or soy isoflavones.

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Drinking tomato juice leads to higher levels of certain metabolites in the urine of adults with obesity, which shows that compounds from tomatoes are taken up by the body and broken down.

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Drinking tomato-soy juice increases the amount of specific breakdown products from soy in the urine of adults with obesity, showing that the body metabolizes and absorbs soy compounds effectively.

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