Rich in vitamin B, vitamin C, carotene, and calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and other trace elements

The content of vitamin C in tomatoes is about 10 times that of watermelon. And because of the protection of organic acids, in the storage and cooking process, it contains vitamin C is not easy to be destroyed, the human body has a high utilization rate.

Tomatoes are also rich in carotenoids, vitamin B, including rutin, which plays a role in protecting vascular health and preventing high blood pressure. The content of various vitamins than apples, pears, bananas, grapes 2 -4 times higher, it contains a variety of minerals accounting for 0.6% of its total weight, which to.

The value of tomatoes

Tomatoes are also quite appreciated by ancient and modern medical practitioners, the nature of its slightly cold taste sweet and sour, thirst, cool the blood and nourish the liver, clearing away heat and detoxification, the treatment of hypertension, scurvy, prevention of arteriosclerosis, liver disease and so on. "Lu Chuan Materia Medica" contained, tomato "stomach and digestion, treatment of thirst, loss of appetite." Patients with high blood pressure, half a month in a row in the early morning on an empty stomach to eat two tomatoes, there is a role in lowering blood pressure. To tomatoes instead of fruit to eat 2-3 times a day, two weeks after the treatment of bleeding gums to see the effect. Tomato juice and watermelon juice half a cup each, mixed drink, fever and thirst. Tomato juice and sugar cane juice or hawthorn juice mixed drink, cure stomach heat, dry mouth.

Modern medical doctors have found that tomatoes contain organic acids, can soften blood vessels, promote calcium, iron absorption, the intestinal mucosa has an astringent effect. Containing malic acid and citric acid, can help the gastric juice to digest fat and protein. Most of the sugars contained are fructose and glucose, which are easy to absorb and nourish the heart and liver. Containing lycopene, anti-inflammatory diuretic effect, especially beneficial to patients with kidney disease. Containing a small amount of tomato alkali, can inhibit a variety of bacteria and pathogenic fungal reproduction. Tomatoes peeled and mixed with honey, can also cure constipation. Tomatoes sliced and boiled soup, into a little salt as a tea, there is heat relief effect. Although tomatoes contain traces of oxalic acid, but at the same time contain a variety of oxalic acid can subdue the harmful effects of salts, such as citrate, tartrate, oxalate, to help destroy the rheumatism and gout patients with calcium precipitation, so the two patients eating tomatoes is beneficial and not harmful.

Tomatoes also have beauty benefits. This product contains high vitamin and calorie is quite low, is people need to diet when the good hunger food, to keep women's body slim has a certain role. Tomatoes mashed juice, add a small amount of honey and fresh soybean meal mix, coated face and arm 15 minutes after washing, commonly used to eliminate wrinkles. If you use tomato juice 1 cup per day, into the appropriate amount of cod liver oil to drink, or often drink tomato juice, or tomato juice to wash your face, can make the face shiny and red. Tomato glutathione is contained in the maintenance of normal cell metabolism indispensable substances, can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, so that the pigmentation in the skin and viscera fade or disappear, to prevent butterfly spots or the role of spots.

The ancient legend of tomatoes containing poisonous, admittedly, has been proved unbelievable, but modern pharmacological research has also found that not fully ripe tomatoes containing alkali, if a large number of income in a short period of time the human body, often easy to cause poisoning. Symptoms: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, salivation and generalized fever, and even life-threatening in serious cases. Therefore, unripe tomatoes should not be eaten raw, even if cooked food should be burned through. If you add some vinegar when cooking, you can destroy the tomato alkali and avoid poisoning. Where suffering from acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery and ulcer activity patients, should not be eaten, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.

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