You can't eat green tomatoes that are not ripe. Tomatoes contain a toxin called solanine when they are immature. Intake of solanine will produce strong irritation and corrosiveness to the intestine. If eaten in large quantities, it may cause acute brain edema and gastroenteritis.
? Tomatoes? General reference? Tomato (Solanum of Solanaceae). Tomato (scientific name: Lycopersicon esculentumMill. ) belongs to the genus Lycopersicon of Solanaceae. It originated in South America and is widely planted all over the world. Tomato is 0.6-2 meters high, with mucinous glandular hairs, strong smell, prone to lodging, pinnately compound leaves or pinnately deeply lobed leaves, peduncle 2-5 cm long, usually with 3-7 flowers, radial calyx, radial corolla, oblate or nearly spherical berries, juicy and juicy, yellow seeds, flowering and fruiting in summer and autumn. You can't eat green tomatoes that are not ripe.
When choosing tomatoes, you should choose the kind with round color and a little white skin. You feel that there is a faint powder on the surface and it is very soft to pinch. The part of the pedicle must be round, preferably with a hint of cyan. The seeds are khaki, red, sandy and juicy. Don't buy sharp, high-bottomed or angular tomatoes, and don't choose tomatoes that feel light. These are all ripe tomatoes.
preventive measure
1, not suitable for raw food. Especially for women with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and menstrual period.
2, it is not appropriate to eat on an empty stomach. On an empty stomach, gastric acid secretion increases. Because a chemical contained in tomatoes combines with gastric acid, it is easy to form water-insoluble lumps, which often cause abdominal pain, stomach discomfort and flatulence.
3. Immature cyan tomatoes should not be eaten.
4. It is not advisable to heat at high temperature for a long time. Because lycopene is easy to decompose when exposed to light, heat and oxygen, it loses its health care function.
5, not suitable for eating with cucumbers.
6, taking heparin, dicoumarin and other anticoagulant drugs should not be eaten.
7. Fasting when taking neostigmine or galanthamine.
8. Eating tomatoes before meals can make you slim down.