Chinese medicine believes that tomatoes are sweet, sour and slightly cold, which can produce fluid to quench thirst, clear away heat and toxic materials, cool blood and nourish liver.
Tomatoes are rich in carotene, multivitamins, glucose and fructose, and the contents of various vitamins are obviously higher than other vegetables.
Tomatoes are also rich in minerals, including calcium, phosphorus, zinc and iron, as well as important trace elements such as manganese, copper and iodine. These minerals are beneficial to the growth and development of infants.
Tomatoes are good for hypertension, scurvy, arteriosclerosis and liver disease.
Spleen strengthening, digestion promoting, bowel relaxing.
Tomatoes are rich in malic acid, citric acid and other organic acids, which can promote the secretion of gastric acid, enhance the concentration of gastric acid, and play a good role in the absorption and digestion of fat and protein.
People with gastrointestinal diseases or constipation can eat more tomatoes, which can promote the repair of the intestine and help alleviate the disease.
Reduce blood fat, blood pressure, diuretic and detumescence
The fruit acid, vitamin C and lycopene in tomatoes can lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular diseases. Potassium and alkaline minerals in tomatoes are also helpful for the treatment of hypertensive nephropathy, which can lower blood pressure, induce diuresis and reduce swelling.
Clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst
Tomatoes also have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin and nourishing blood. Eating more tomatoes can improve the phenomena of deficiency fire, dry mouth and bleeding gums.
Tomatoes are nutritious and delicious. Many people like to cook tomatoes with eggs, and many people think that scrambled eggs with tomatoes are the best partner. In fact, the best partner of tomatoes is not eggs, but another home-cooked dish, namely potatoes. Don't underestimate potatoes. Potatoes are treasures and enjoy the reputation of "underground apples".
Nourish the spleen and stomach and prevent constipation
Potatoes and tomatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, help to expel endotoxin and garbage from the body and prevent intestinal diseases.
Lycopene in potatoes and tomatoes helps to eliminate free radicals in the body and prevent prostate cancer.
Antioxidant and anti-aging
Potatoes and tomatoes are rich in vitamin C. The more vitamin C you take, the stronger your anti-cancer ability will be. Glutathione in tomatoes is a natural antioxidant, which can delay cell aging and improve your immunity.
Control blood pressure and reduce blood lipid.
Potatoes and tomatoes are rich in potassium, which can promote diuresis, reduce swelling and lower blood pressure. Tomatoes are rich in vitamins, which can also help lower cholesterol in the blood and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Relieve ulcers and improve gums.
If you mix tomatoes and potatoes and squeeze them into juice, you can relieve ulcers by drinking them once a day in the morning and evening. Eating tomatoes regularly can also improve gum bleeding or oral ulcers.
Prevention of stroke
Potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, which helps to control the cholesterol content in the blood. Its mucin can prevent cardiovascular diseases and reduce the risk of stroke.
Lycopene in tomatoes is not as low as that in blood. Compared with the subjects with the lowest lycopene content, the subjects with the highest lycopene content have a 55% lower risk of stroke.
1, blue tomatoes cannot be eaten.
Lycopene is toxic in immature tomatoes. If you take too much, it will lead to fatigue and even nausea and vomiting. And when we buy tomatoes, we need to open them. If the inside is blue, it means that this tomato is maturing. Don't buy it.
2, eat potatoes must be peeled.
When eating potatoes, you must peel off the skin, because potato skin contains a lot of solanine and mucormycol, which are toxic alkaloids. If the potato skin is not removed, it will cause nausea and vomiting.
3. Don't eat sprouted potatoes.
Germinated potatoes contain solanine, which is very toxic. If you eat sprouted potatoes, it is easy to cause food poisoning.
Conclusion: Next time you eat tomatoes, you might as well try a new way to eat them with potatoes!