Tomatoes can be regarded
either as a citrus fruit or a vegetable which are available at all seasons and
as well found everywhere. It can be eaten raw or cooked and even used in
preparing a number of dishes.
This great
fruit/vegetable, contains very high concentration of lycopene, which is an
antioxidant that helps in the fight against formation of cancerous cells.
Let us Know Why
You Must Eat Tomatoes Always:-
- Tomatoes prevents your bones
from being flimsy due to their high calcium and vitamin K content.
- Tomatoes can help you
maintain a healthy heart and much more prevent stroke because they contain
vitamins B and potassium.
- They are good in the fight
against diabetics, thanks to the huge amount of mineral, known as
chromium which they contain. This chromium helps to keep the blood sugar
levels under better control.
- Tomatoes enhance the hair,
skin, eyes, bone and even teeth due to the vitamin A they contain.
- Tomatoes provide important
antioxidants, examples are, vitamins A and C.
- Tomatoes may help to prevent
and fight several types of cancers.
- Tomatoes greatly increase the
chemical processes which occur within a living organism that are essential
for maintenance of life.
- Tomatoes protect our bodies
against damages to DNA.
- Tomatoes put off formation of
blood clots within the blood vessel.
- Tomatoes aid against pain and
swelling produced in an area of the body as a result of
infection/injury.
So, learn to make
tomatoes your everyday food, but always ensure, you do not overcook them or
better still live them fresh, as overcooking makes them less nutritious while
improperly preserved ones could manifest the risk of botulism (a severe state
of food poisoning occasioned by eating preserved food that had been
contaminated.
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