1, tomato beauty and skin care function
First, the beauty and health care effects of tomatoes
1. Clean skin
Washing your face with tomatoes has a good cleaning effect. Tomatoes are rich in fruit acid, which can effectively clean pores, absorb excess oil on the face and make the skin clean. At the same time, it can also eliminate bacteria on the skin surface, thoroughly clean the skin, effectively prevent acne and acne, and protect the skin without destroying the acidic balance of the skin. Very suitable for friends with oily skin.
Practice: Wash and mash tomatoes into juice, mix with protein powder, and then wash your face with the mixture.
Exfoliate
Tomatoes contain more fruit acid, which can effectively regulate the acid-base balance of the skin. Moreover, tomatoes are acidic, which makes them a natural, high-quality and healthy exfoliating cleaning product.
Practice: After the tomatoes are washed and mashed into juice, apply the juice to the face with a cotton swab and keep it for 15 minutes, then fully soften the old cutin of the skin, and then wash it with clear water to remove the cutin and restore the smoothness of the skin.
skin whitening
Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, which can block the formation of melanin and make the skin white and shiny again. In addition, tomatoes also contain vitamin P, which can prevent vitamin C from being destroyed by oxidation. It can be combined with vitamin C to reduce dark spots and prevent senile plaques.
Practice: Eating tomatoes raw or washing your face often can make your skin whiter.
Deep moisturizing
People often eat tomatoes, which will make their skin deeply moisturized, mainly because tomatoes are rich in carotene. After being ingested, carotene can be converted into vitamin A after being digested by the human body, which can help the skin resist the invasion of free radicals, moisturize the skin, improve the dryness of the skin and make the skin moist again.
Practice: Mash the freshly cooked tomatoes and add a little sugar to juice, and apply it to the skin every day, which can make the skin delicate and smooth, and the beauty and anti-aging effect is excellent.
Treat dermatosis
Studies have found that tomatoes do have antifungal effects and can inhibit some fungi that cause diseases to plants or people, which is probably due to the role of lycopene contained in them. Because of its rich nutrition, tomato for external use can not only treat some fungal infections, but also play a role in beautifying and rejuvenating the skin.
Practice: Peel and mash fresh tomatoes and apply them to the affected area 2-3 times a day, which can cure fungi and infectious skin diseases.
Lose weight and lose weight
First of all, tomatoes are low in calories and easy to make people feel full. Therefore, eating more tomatoes will not increase too many calories and lead to obesity, and it can also control the number of other foods; Secondly, tomatoes are also rich in organic acids, which can promote digestion, decompose body fat and have the effect of reducing fat and weight. They are ideal food for friends who want to lose weight.
Practice: Choose 1 ~ 2 fresh and ripe tomatoes with sugar every morning on an empty stomach.
7. Prevention of cancer
Lycopene contained in tomatoes can not only eliminate free radicals in the human body, delay the aging of the body, but also inhibit the growth of various cancer cells such as lung, uterus and breast. Therefore, eating tomatoes regularly or eating tomato products such as tomato sauce and tomato juice can effectively prevent various cancers such as gastric cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Practice: Persist in eating 1 ~ 2 fresh tomatoes raw every day, which can play the role of cancer prevention and adjuvant treatment.
8. Slow down pigmentation and delay aging.
Lycopene is not only an important natural edible pigment in industry today, but also a strong antioxidant. Supplementing lycopene can resist aging, strengthen the immune system and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Lycopene can also reduce macular degeneration and pigmentation. Therefore, tomatoes have the reputation of "longevity fruit".
While marveling at the beauty and health care effects of tomatoes, Bian Xiao then introduced how to DIY tomato skin care products.
Second, tomato DIY mask eye mask
1. Tomato acne mask
Practice: Mash tomatoes into mud, apply them directly to acne skin, then apply enough tomato juice on them with a cotton pad, and take them off and wash them after 10 minutes.
Efficacy: Tomato has the functions of anti-inflammation, sterilization and oil balance, which can effectively relieve the calm and inflamed acne skin and reduce the appearance of acne.
2. Tomato scrub
Practice: Wash tomatoes and cut them into small pieces. Dig out the tomato meat and put it in a bowl for use. Remember to dig gently, don't destroy the tomato skin. Massage the skin around eyes with peeled tomato skin, which can effectively remove aged keratinocytes around eyes, moisturize and whiten skin, reduce fine lines and remove yellowing and dullness. The remaining tomato meat can be used as facial scrub, massaged with fingertips and gently rubbed in circles, and can also play a role in deeply cleaning pores, making the skin more delicate and smooth.
3. Tomato freckle-removing and whitening mask
Ingredients: 2 tomatoes, sugar 1 spoon.
Practice: Dig out the tomato meat and put it in a bowl, mash it with a spoon, then add sugar and stir it evenly, apply it to the washed face, and then stick a wet paper mask on the tomato mask to avoid the mask material falling, and at the same time strengthen the osmotic pressure and promote the skin's absorption of nutrients. Stay 15-20 minutes and then wash with warm water.
Efficacy: Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, which can lighten spots, reduce melanin and make skin even and bright. Sugar acts as a scrub, helping exfoliate and even skin tone.
4. Tomato pore-shrinking mask
Materials: 2 tomatoes, protein 1.
Practice: Mash tomatoes into tomato sauce with a juicer, then add fresh protein, stir evenly and apply it to the cleaned facial skin, let it stand for 10 minute, then wipe off the mask, then soak the cotton pad with tomato juice and apply it to the area with strong oil secretion in T area, let it stand for 5 minutes, and then clean it with water. Skin achieves water-oil balance, purifies skin and narrows pores.
Efficacy: the acidic juice of tomato can make the skin in a state of water-oil balance and inhibit oil secretion; Purify the skin and remove the aged horny dirt on the epidermis. Combine protein's pore-astringing function to create smooth, firm, refreshing and fair skin.
5. Tomato moisturizing eye mask
Practice: Wash the fresh tomatoes, cut them into 6 pieces with a knife, dig out 3/2 of the tomato meat with a spoon, then apply the tomato skin to your eyes, and take it off and wash it after 10 minutes.
Efficacy: The whitening ingredients and moisturizing ingredients of tomato can effectively lighten dark circles, moisturize dry skin around eyes, moisturize for a long time, smooth dry lines and present clear and bright eyes.
2. A delicious way to eat tomatoes
First, garlic, tomato and potato chips
Ingredients: potato 1, tomato 1, 4 cloves of garlic, coriander, salt 1/2 teaspoons.
Exercise:
1. Peel potatoes, cut them into thin slices and soak them in clear water.
2. After washing the tomatoes, remove the pedicels and cut into pieces.
3. Peel and cut garlic for later use.
4. After washing the coriander, cut it into 1 cm long segments.
5. Pour the oil into the pot, add half of the garlic and stir fry until the potato chips become transparent.
6. Add tomato pieces, stir-fry until the tomatoes become soft and soup, add salt and stir-fry evenly.
7. After turning off the fire, add the parsley section and stir-fry with the other half of the garlic slices for a few times.
Second, stewed beef brisket with tomatoes.
Ingredients: sirloin, tomato and ginger slices with white mushrooms, scallion, fragrant leaves, cinnamon, salt, tomato sauce, coriander and pepper.
Exercise:
1. First, add water to the sirloin, add ginger slices, scallion and other seasonings and simmer for about 1 hour.
2, another pot, peeled tomatoes, cut into pieces, add stir-fry to taste.
3. Put the beef into the tomato, then add the beef soup, and never taste the beef at all.
4. Add mushrooms, tomato sauce and salt and stew for 40 minutes.
5. Sprinkle coriander and pepper on the pot.
Third, tomato beef soup
Ingredients: beef 1000g, tomato and soybean 425g 1 can, 4 tomatoes, onion 1, tomato sauce 300g, salt 10g.
Exercise:
1, the beef flies into water, and then it is washed with hot water.
2. Pour in a can of tomatoes and soybeans, cut beef, onions and tomatoes, and pour in tomato sauce.
3, add enough hot water at a time, keep 10 minutes after the fire boils, and turn to low heat for 50 minutes.
4. Finally, add salt to taste.
Fourth, tomato cauliflower
Ingredients: cauliflower, tomato, chives, tomato sauce, sugar, salt, water, corn starch and oil.
Exercise:
1, put the cauliflower in the pot and cook for 2 minutes, then take it out and drain it for later use.
2. Stir-fry chopped green onion, add tomato sauce, stir-fry, add water to boil, and stir well.
3. Add diced tomatoes, add salt and sugar and mix well.
4, add cauliflower, add raw powder water, the soup is thick and can be served, and finally sprinkle with shallots.
Five, tomato fried tofu
Ingredients: a tomato, a tofu, a handful of edamame, salt, tomato sauce.
Exercise:
1, take out a proper amount of tomato sauce, put it in a small bowl and dilute it with a little water.
2. Cut tofu into pieces and cut tomatoes into hob pieces.
3. Thaw and wash the edamame, and blanch the tofu and edamame in boiling water respectively.
3. Pour the right amount of oil into the wok, heat it, add the ginger and garlic slices and stir fry, then add the tomato pieces and stir fry.
4. Add tofu and stir fry, add peas and tomato sauce, and stir well with salt.
6.baked eggplant with tomato
Ingredients: tomato, eggplant, fungus, garlic, soy sauce, oil consumption, sugar, vegetable oil.
Exercise:
1, auricularia auricula foam hair; Eggplant cut into pieces; Cut tomatoes into pieces; Garlic, minced garlic
2, pour some oil in the pot, first fry the eggplant pot soft, and remove it for use.
3. After the eggplant is served, pour the garlic into the pot and stir fry with base oil.
4. Add the tomato pieces and stir fry. Stir fry the tomatoes until they are soft and make soup.
5, add fungus and stir fry for one minute, pour eggplant and pour oyster sauce.
6. Add sugar and a little soy sauce according to the taste, and taste it for about 2 minutes.