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Is it better to eat tomatoes with skin or without skin?
It's better to eat with skin. Part of the red persimmon itself is rich in lycopene, that is, tomato skin.

Tomato: Another name is tomato persimmon. In ancient times, it was called June persimmon, and the good news was three yuan. In Peru and Mexico, it was originally called "Wolf Peach". All raw mucus glands have a strong smell. The stem lodging easily. The leaves are pinnately compound or pinnately parted, and the leaflets are extremely irregular, oval or oblong in size, with irregular serrations or lobes at the edges. Calyx radial, lobes lanceolate, persistent when fruit; Corolla radial, yellow. Berries are oblate or nearly spherical, juicy, orange or bright red and smooth; The seeds are yellow. Flower and fruit period, summer and autumn.

Tomato is a vegetable that likes warm and light, and the requirements for soil conditions are not strict. However, in order to obtain high yield and promote good root development, fertile loam with deep soil layer, good drainage and rich organic matter should be selected. Native to South America, it is widely cultivated in the north and south of China. Tomatoes are rich in nutrition and unique in flavor. Has effects in reducing weight, relieving fatigue, stimulating appetite, promoting protein digestion, and relieving abdominal distension and dyspepsia.

Edible value:

1. Tomatoes are rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants can prevent free radicals from damaging the skin, and have obvious beauty and anti-wrinkle effects.

2. Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins.

3. Nutritional components per 100g of tomato: energy1/kcal, 0.06mg of vitamin B, 0.9 g of protein, 0.2 g of fat, 3.3 g of carbohydrate, 0.0 1 mg of riboflavin, 0.49 mg of nicotinic acid and 0.49mg of vitamin C/kloc.