Seeing red

Question:

Seeing the red pigment from packaged tomato-based sauces stain clothing and plastic, can I trust what they do in my gut?

Answer:

omatoes are tasty and versatile, whether on toast for breakfast, in a salad for lunch, or in the tomato sauce squirted onto a sausage that, yes, might get onto your T-shirt. But while lycopene, the natural red pigment in tomatoes, has