Re: [Pen-l] "natural capital"

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 27, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Charles Brown wrote:
> I thought they found out that ketchup does have some food value .

Indeed. Reagan was, inter alia, a freaking nutritional genius ;-).  
Google "lycopene" and "anti-oxidants". The short of it: tomatoes are a  
good source of anti-oxidants due to the lycopene present in them, and  
anti-oxidants are just about the hippest thing when it comes to  
nutrition these days. Now, here's where Reagan is the genius: turns  
out that the lycopene is better absorbed when the tomatoes are served  
up as a sauce or paste, or in some crushed format. So tomatoes are  
good, and ketchup, by this theory, is better!

Of course, if like me, you agree with Michael Pollan [sp?] that one  
should "eat food" (not ingredients or nutrition or whatever), this  
argument doesn't impress much.

	--ravi

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