Virgin bloody Mary softens hay fever. ? Kagome confirms the effect of tomato content "Lycopene".

The carotenoid is a kind of the coloring matter chiefly contained in the plant. Six kinds "alpha-Caroten", "beta-Caroten", "Ltan", "Zeakisantin", "Lycopene (lycopene)", and "beta-Criptokisantin" exist also in blood manning. The most famous is "beta-Caroten" included in the carrot etc.The disease prevention action by the antioxidative effect is paid to attention recently.

This investigation generates the subjective symptom of hay fever 2 years in a row, and is the one intended for the adult who shows positive reaction by the allergy testing of hay fever caused by cedar pollen. Both patterns of "The lycopene content capsule (20mg content) is 1 every day" and "The placebo capsule (0mg content) that doesn't contain the lycopene is 1 every day" are prepared in the investigation concerning the lycopene of both patterns and the tomato extractions of "Virgin bloody Mary including the lycopene 35mg is 1 every day" and "Placebo (counterfeit drug) beverage including the lycopene 3.5mg is 1 every day" in the investigation concerning virgin bloody Mary. 14 week investigation of two weeks after 12 intake weeks and intakes was additionally executed.

As a result, it is said that the improvement of the symptom of hay fever was seen in "Runny nose" the "Itchy" in "Runny nose", "Sneeze", "Itchy of the nose", and the lycopene content capsule in virgin bloody Mary.

Concrete graph of effect by virgin bloody Mary and those who take lycopene content capsule in "Runny nose". The result of the survey that both situations are improved compared with placebo (counterfeit drug) intake group has gone out.

Moreover, virgin bloody Mary tended to decrease "Tendency" in the total IgE density (The symptom of high density nearly equal hay fever became intense) in blood used as a numerical value that guessed the symptom of hay fever, and the time that decreased obviously was admitted in the lycopene capsule.

Kagome is explaining, "A continuous intake of the carotenoid (chiefly lycopene) that originates in virgin bloody Mary and the tomato can improve the subjective symptom of hay fever" from the above-mentioned result.

To finish believing 100% to think about a statistics thing even in case of the experiment that uses the placebo because both of the numbers of verification objects are one digit levels, the doubt remains a little though a certainly significant value has gone out when only the figure of the result of the survey is seen. A further verification and scientific clarification will be requested.

However, must gospel for the person from whom cruel hay fever speaks with a local accent every year.