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Individuals who are cigarette smokers may be highly vulnerable to pancreatic cancer.
A decline in non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk is associated with frequent consumers of foods high in carotenoids, such as alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and beta-cryptoxanthin.
Smoking is associated with increased predisposition to rectal cancer in both men and women.
Hip and non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures are less likely to occur in individuals who are habitual consumers of foods loaded with carotenoids, especially lycopene.
Marked reduction in the risk of prostate cancer is associated with high consumption and elevated plasma concentrations of lycopene.
Frequent consumption of foods loaded with lycopene, lutein, zeaxathin, beta-carotenoids, alpha-carotenoids, and beta-cryptoxanthin may help boost an individual's defenses against prostate cancer.
Individuals who follow a plant-based dietary pattern are less likely to suffer from heart failure.
Generous intake of foods rich in lycopene may help cut down ovarian cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
Significant reduction in the risk of stroke is associated with individuals with high blood levels of lycopene.
Consistent consumption of foods high in lycopene may help guard against the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and coronary heart disease.
Cigarette smoking may promote the development of some types of age-related cataracts, such as nuclear and posterior subcapsular cataracts.
