1. Eat with dinner

You can cut raw tomatoes into thin slices, or make a salad directly from small tomatoes, drink some tomato juice with dinner, or add some tomato sauce, vegetable puree, canned tomatoes to add color to the dish.

The citric acid in tomatoes promotes sugar metabolism and burns fat, while lycopene inhibits fat cell growth and absorbs excess fat. In addition, for those "big appetite", tomatoes are rich in food fiber and pectin is simply the savior: they can be powerful to make the stomach expansion, stimulate the satiety center, while the brain sends a "full" stimulation signal, while accelerating gastrointestinal peristalsis The most important thing is that the tomato is a good source of energy and it can be used as a source of energy for the body. More amazingly, tomatoes can actually and two "weight loss enemy" peace **** place. When it is consumed with fats, not only better absorption, but also eliminate constipation; and when it is consumed with carbohydrates, can effectively reduce the glycemic index, so that blood glucose is not easy to rise, so as to create easy to lose weight in the body environment.

2. A day must consume more than 15 mg of lycopene

Raw tomatoes - can eat two large tomatoes. Red (usually big red, hard skin, not easy to peel) is better than peach-colored (usually yellowish, bright and thin skin, easy to peel), contains three times as much lycopene as peach-colored. Or eat 17 small tomatoes, also known as saints, higher nutrient content, carotene, vitamin C, dietary fiber are 1.5 to 2 times that of ordinary tomatoes.

When drinking tomato juice - you can drink a bottle of tomato juice. If you want to be more effective, it is recommended to drink 2 to 3 bottles per day. Drinking one bottle of tomato juice will give you the same amount of lycopene as eating two raw tomatoes.

When cooking with tomatoes - tomato sauce or tomato puree, you can use nearly 4 tablespoons (80 grams and 60 grams, respectively). For canned tomatoes, use 1 can (170 g). Both tomato sauce and tomato vegetable puree are processed foods and contain more lycopene than raw tomatoes.

The terms "tomato sauce," "tomato puree" and "canned tomatoes" are not the same as "tomato salsa. "The first three are made from fresh tomatoes. The first three are concentrated products made from fresh tomatoes, which are boiled in a blender and then sautéed with olive oil, minced garlic, diced onions, etc., and then made into a sauce by adding bay leaves, rum, water, and pepper, etc. The "Tomato Salsa" is different from "Tomato Sauce". Tomato salsa is a sauce made by mixing fresh broth with the tomato sauce, adding sugar and salt, and drying it down. Salsa is high in sugar and calories and is not recommended. So please read the label and ingredients when buying.