Summer is here, and it's time to eat tomatoes again
Tomato juice is rich in water, water content is close to 95%, coupled with raw eating is delicious, many people think it should be a fruit, especially the small tomato "cherry tomato" (also known as cherry tomato), also often appear on fruit stalls.
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Eating tomatoes regularly, or these 5 benefits will appear
〓 Beauty and beauty
Eating tomatoes regularly can supplement the vitamins needed by the body, especially vitamin C, vitamin C has antioxidant, stable cell lysosomal membrane, so reduce the effect of cell damage, often eat tomatoes can achieve the role of beauty and beauty.
Vitamin C can also well regulate the metabolism of pigments in the skin, promote collagen production, and eating tomatoes properly can make the skin more rosy, fair and elastic.
〓 Reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Often eat tomatoes, which are rich in a large amount of vitamin C, because it has antioxidant free radical effect, and oxygen free radicals play an important role in the development of vascular endothelial damage, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
By taking vitamin C orally to resist the damage of oxygen free radicals to the body, it can alleviate or delay atherosclerosis, thereby helping to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
〓 Improve gastrointestinal function
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 chronic stomach disease, often eat some tomatoes, you can also recover health faster, in addition, the fiber in tomatoes can also improve the digestive function of the stomach, avoid the occurrence of food accumulation and constipation.
〓 Protects vision
Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A and carotene, which can improve vision and prevent night blindness, in addition, tomatoes contain a variety of plant antioxidants such as lycopene, zeaxanthin and lutein, which can protect the eyes from photodamage, therefore, eating tomatoes helps protect the eyes.
〓 Helps with weight loss
First of all, the calories of tomatoes are very low, and each 100g of tomatoes contains only 16 calories, which is a typical low-fat low-calorie food, and secondly, tomatoes are rich in juice and also contain a lot of dietary fiber, and the feeling of fullness is strong, which can reduce the intake of other intakes.
In addition, tomatoes are rich in organic acids, these acidic substances can stimulate gastric juice secretion, strengthen the digestion of greasy food, coupled with the role of dietary fiber, can promote the adsorption and excretion of excess lipids in the intestine, so tomatoes are a kind of food with explosive weight loss.
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When eating tomatoes, pay attention to the "4 major taboos"
1, should not eat unripe green tomatoes
When buying tomatoes, someone may see some green tomatoes, such tomatoes are not yet ripe, and may contain dragon flower alkali.
Dragon's alkali may cause problems in people with food poisoning, so it is not edible. When we buy tomatoes, we must pick red, and the green ones can be eaten for a while.
2. 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 thrombin vilinin in the liver. When vitamin K is insufficient, it prolongs clotting time and causes subcutaneous and muscle bleeding.
3. Tomatoes and cucumbers should not be eaten at the same time
Tomatoes are a vitamin-rich fruit and vegetable food that contains 550 mcg of carotene per 100 g of tomatoes, 0.03 mg of thiamine and riboflavin, 10.6 mg of niacin, 19 mg of vitamin C, 0.57 mg of vitamin E, and 92 mcg of vitamin A.
Cucumbers have vitamin C decomposition enzymes, which can destroy vitamin C in tomatoes and reduce other nutrients, so tomatoes should not be eaten raw with cucumbers.
4, long-term heating and cooking should not be eaten
After a long period of heating and cooking, it loses its original nutrition and taste. Because lycopene is easily decomposed under light, heat and oxygen, it loses its health function, so long-term high temperature heating should be avoided during cooking.
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Is it better to eat tomatoes raw or cooked?
The various nutrients contained in raw tomatoes are not affected by high temperatures, so the nutritional value is higher. When tomatoes are heated, they may cause a portion of the loss of vitamin C and other nutrients. In the case of ensuring that tomatoes are healthy and pollution-free, tomatoes are suitable for most people to eat raw.
It should be noted that for the elderly with decreased gastrointestinal function and younger children, it is not suitable to eat raw tomatoes on an empty stomach, but at this time, it may be more beneficial than eating raw dishes by cooking, stir-frying, etc., and most of the nutrients can be obtained.
In addition, tomato skin contains a lot of lycopene, therefore, it is best not to abandon the skin when eating, for patients with vitamin C deficiency, eating raw tomatoes is also a good way to supplement vitamin C.