Tomatoes are a special presence in many vegetables, because it can be eaten as both vegetables and fruits, and summer is the peak season for tomatoes, which is loved by men, women and children, whether it is eaten directly raw, or boiled soup, cold mix, hot stir-fry, are very delicious and delicious.
Sweet and sour taste can stimulate the taste buds, enhance appetite, and tomatoes have high nutritional value, rich in vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin B2 and dietary fiber, both healthy spleen and appetizer, and nourishing effect on the skin.
What are the benefits of eating tomatoes properly?
1. Good for the skin
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, lycopene can repair damaged skin, play a good protective role, tomatoes are rich in biotin and vitamin C, including collagen and other proteins, but also can repair damaged skin cells, delay skin aging.
Whether you eat raw tomatoes or squeeze them into juice to apply to the face, you can have a good skin care whitening effect.
2. Keep bones healthy
Tomatoes contain a lot of calcium and vitamins, both of which are essential for bones and bone tissue, and tomatoes also contain two minerals necessary for the human body - magnesium and potassium.
Magnesium acts as a cofactor in calcitonin, a hormone that directs calcium from the bloodstream to the bone marrow; Potassium is another important trace element that places the loss of calcium in bones and has the effect of maintaining bone density.
3. Reduce the risk of stroke
Lycopene is a nutritional element discovered by modern clinical medicine, which has anti-inflammatory sterilization and anti-coagulation properties, which can prevent and clear the agglomeration of arterial vascular plaque and reduce the risk of stroke after arterial injury.
Tomatoes are rich in B vitamins and A, which can reduce cholesterol levels and blood pressure, effectively prevent heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related problems.
4. Prevent the occurrence of hypertension
Increased blood pressure is mainly caused by the continuous constriction of blood vessels, especially when atherosclerosis occurs, it will become more dangerous, and staging can effectively prevent hardening of blood vessels, in addition, tomatoes are rich in potassium ions can help the kidneys to excrete sodium, further reduce the risk of hypertension.
5. Nourish the stomach and protect the stomach
There are many acidic substances in tomatoes, such as malic acid, citric acid, etc., these organic acids have many benefits for the stomach, not only can make the gastric juice secreted more, but also can increase the concentration of gastric acid, in addition to making the function of the gastrointestinal tract more powerful.
If you have a chronic stomach disease, eating some tomatoes regularly can also restore your health faster. In addition, the fiber in tomatoes can also improve the digestive function of the stomach and avoid the occurrence of food accumulation and constipation.
How much do you know about the contraindications of tomato pairing?
1. Can not be eaten with sweet potatoes
Sweet potato health benefit is not smaller than tomatoes, it is rich in dietary fiber, vitamins and a variety of trace elements is recognized as longevity food, the effect of such a powerful two foods can not be eaten together, the reason is mainly due to the high starch content in sweet potatoes, in the human body after the fermentation reaction produces acidic substances.
The physical reaction of this substance with the pectin in tomatoes is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, such as acid reflux, heartburn, bloating, etc., so sweet potatoes and tomatoes can not be eaten together.
2, do not mix sugar to eat
Tomato mixed with white sugar is a simple, convenient and appetizing summer food, loved by children, but some people will have some adverse symptoms after eating, there is abdominal pain, diarrhea, because there is a kind of thing called sweet mites in the sugar, the most love to eat sugar, maltose, syrup is eaten together with food into the stomach, resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even intestinal ulcers.
Therefore, tomatoes mixed with white sugar such a way of eating is best reduced, if you really love to eat, it is better to replace sugar with honey, delicious and healthy, the health effect is doubled.
3. It should not be eaten at the same time as fish
Vitamin C in food inhibits the absorption of nutrients in fish. Vitamin C in tomatoes inhibits the release of copper in fish.
Not only will it reduce the nutritional value of protein, but also easily produce tannic acid substances that can stimulate the gastric mucosa to form indigestible, causing people to have abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.
4. It should not be eaten at the same time as cucumber
Because cucumbers contain a vitamin C breakdown enzyme, it will destroy the vitamins rich in other vegetables and tomatoes are typical vitamin C-rich vegetables.
If the two are eaten together, the vitamin C we take from tomatoes is destroyed by the decomposition enzymes in cucumbers, and the effect of supplementing nutrients is not achieved at all.
3 precautions for eating tomatoes
1. It should not be consumed on an empty stomach
Tomato contains a large number of soluble astringents and other components, which react with stomach acid and condense into insoluble lumps, which may block the outlet pylorus of the stomach, causing abdominal distention, pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.
2. It is not advisable to eat unripe tomatoes
Green tomatoes contain alkaloid glycosides (Arowanaline) which are needle-like crystals in shape and are very stable to alkalinity but can be hydrolyzed by acids. Therefore, unripe green tomatoes often feel uncomfortable when eaten.
In mild cases, the mouth feels bitter, and in severe cases, poisoning may occur. Especially when the green tomato begins to rot, its dragon flower alkali will be destroyed. After the green tomato turns red, it does not contain dragon flower alkali.
3. It should not be consumed when taking anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and dicoumarin
Tomatoes contain more vitamin K, which mainly catalyzes the synthesis of prothrombin and thromboglobin in the liver. When vitamin K is insufficient, it prolongs clotting time and causes subcutaneous and muscle bleeding.
Extension – How to pick tomatoes?
Distinguish from the appearance:
Usually, the ripening tomato fruit is particularly evenly colored, the whole fruit is darker red, the epidermis has no fine white spots, and it feels hard to the touch.
Naturally ripe tomato fruit is rounded at the top, not protruding, and the peduncle is stiff and slightly cyan; For unripe fruit, when the pedicle is pulled out by hand, a depression is obviously brought out with a fine flesh, rather than a smooth shape. rise
Observe from the inside of the fruit:
After the tomatoes are broken, the ripening tomatoes are less juicy, the meat and juice are integrated, and the structure is not obvious: the naturally ripe tomatoes are juicy, the grains are intact, and the seeds and pulp can be clearly distinguished.
Difference in taste:
Ripening tomato flesh is hard and tasteless, the taste is astringent, and the meat is basically kept as it is; Naturally ripe to eat slightly harder but the texture is more "sandy", the sour and sweet is moderate.