khassandraHealth Benefits of Tomatoes
July 21st 2011 16:30
When I was a child, my mom would always see to it that we have fresh tomatoes at home. My siblings and I loved eating sliced fresh tomatoes almost everyday. I love the not so ripe ones though while my siblings love the ripe ones. At that time, eating tomato for me was just part of a good meal. However, when I grew older, I learned that my mom had a very good reason why she introduced tomatoes in our daily diet.
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Tomatoes have large Vitamin C content which is approximately about 40% of the daily value (DV). Vitamin C is very much needed by the body as it is a very important antioxidant. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals that destroys the good cells in our body.
Another important nutrient of tomato is lycopene. Lycopene is the red pigment that we can see in tomatoes. Lycopene is also an antioxidant that helps to neutralize the free radicals in the body. Lycopene also helps to make our cells healthy and helps prevent the many diseases that we may catch later in life most especially cancer . Studies by Harvard researchers show that consuming approximately 10 servings of tomatoes a week helps cut the risk of the development of prostate cancer in men. Eating tomatoes regularly will also help lessen the chances of getting cardiovascular diseases.
Other nutrients that we can get from tomatoes are Vitamin A, vitamin B, potassium, iron, to name a few.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes have large Vitamin C content which is approximately about 40% of the daily value (DV). Vitamin C is very much needed by the body as it is a very important antioxidant. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals that destroys the good cells in our body.
Another important nutrient of tomato is lycopene. Lycopene is the red pigment that we can see in tomatoes. Lycopene is also an antioxidant that helps to neutralize the free radicals in the body. Lycopene also helps to make our cells healthy and helps prevent the many diseases that we may catch later in life most especially cancer . Studies by Harvard researchers show that consuming approximately 10 servings of tomatoes a week helps cut the risk of the development of prostate cancer in men. Eating tomatoes regularly will also help lessen the chances of getting cardiovascular diseases.
Other nutrients that we can get from tomatoes are Vitamin A, vitamin B, potassium, iron, to name a few.
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