Tomato.

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is also called rotten persimmon, persimmon, tomato and orange honey. English name: tomato, love apple. The natural production period is1-May and the production period is 10- 1 1.

Solanaceae, tomato subgenus. Annual or perennial herbs, the plant height can reach 65438 0.5 ~ 2 meters; There are two types of plants: dwarf plants and lianas. The whole plant has mucinous glandular hairs and a strong smell. The leaves are pinnately compound or pinnately parted, with irregular serrations or cracks on the edges. Leaflets are oblong or rectangular, with even pinnate leaves. Flowers bloom in summer and autumn, racemes or cymes are axillary, with 3-7 yellow flowers, 5-7 cracks in calyx and corolla, 5-7 stamens, and the anthers grow conically. Berries are oblate, round or cherry-shaped, red, yellow or pink. The seeds are flat, hairy and grayish yellow. Sex likes warmth. Originally from South America, it is now widely cultivated in China. Generally, seedlings are raised in protected areas in winter and spring, mainly cultivated in spring and cultivated in greenhouse in winter. Fruit is rich in nutrition and contains many vitamins. Make vegetables or fruits. It can also be canned.

Sweet and sour, cool.

Ingredients This product is rich in vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, organic acids and a small amount of protein. Has effect in promoting digestion, induce diuresis, and inhibiting various bacteria. Vitamin D in tomatoes can protect blood vessels and treat hypertension. There is glutathione in tomatoes, which can delay cell aging and increase the anti-cancer ability of human body. Carotene in tomato can protect skin elasticity, promote bone calcification and prevent rickets, night blindness and dry eye in children.

Functions: clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, nourishing blood and cooling blood, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion.

[Hypertension, chronic hepatitis] 250 grams of fresh tomatoes, washed and cut into pieces; 100g sliced beef, seasoned with a little oil, salt and sugar, and cooked with food. Every day 1 time.

【 Weakness, blood deficiency, malnutrition and dizziness 】 Tomato 100g, pork liver 100g, japonica rice 100g, and 3 slices of ginger. Firstly, the pig liver is washed and sliced, and stirred with salt, soy sauce, raw flour and rice wine; Wash tomatoes and cut into pieces; Wash ginger, peel and shred; Wash japonica rice, put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 20 minutes, add tomato and ginger, cook for 10 minute, then add pork liver, cook for a few minutes until pork liver is just cooked, and season with food.

【 Fever impairs body fluid, dry throat, excessive hot drinking 】 Tomato 250g, grass carp 200g, tofu, Nostoc flagelliforme 1 pinch, onion 1 root. First, grass carp is washed, dried, chopped, seasoned, added with Nostoc flagelliforme, and mixed with chopped green onion to make fish balls. Put tofu in a pot, add water, bring it to a boil, add tomatoes, bring it to a boil again, add fish balls and cook it, and season it with food.

【 Gastric ulcer 】 Tomato juice 150ml, potato juice 150ml, taken together, morning and evening 1 time.

【 Gum bleeding 】 Eat tomatoes instead of fruits, 4 a day (about 250g), and take them continuously for more than 2 weeks.

[High-temperature heatstroke] 200 grams of tomatoes are washed and sliced, and decoction is used for tea, both hot and cold.

【 Hypertension and fundus hemorrhage 】 Eat 2 fresh tomatoes on an empty stomach every morning, with a course of treatment of 1 for half a month.

Nutritionists believe that as long as you eat 100-200 grams of fresh tomatoes raw every day, you can ensure the vitamins and minerals needed by the human body, but you should pay attention to the following points when eating tomatoes raw:

1. Immature tomatoes are not edible. Immature raw tomatoes contain solanine, which will make the mouth bitter and upset the stomach. Eating too much can lead to poisoning.

2, it is not appropriate to eat a lot of tomatoes on an empty stomach, because tomatoes contain more gum, fruit, persimmon phenol and other ingredients, which are easy to combine with gastric acid to form massive stones, causing stomach pain.

3, acute gastroenteritis, acute bacillary dysentery patients should not eat tomatoes, so as not to aggravate the condition.

Don't eat rotten tomatoes to prevent poisoning.

Those who should avoid spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not take more.

The word "fan" of tomato is sometimes written as "fan" with grass prefix. It originated in Central America and South America, and is now widely planted as an edible fruit and vegetable all over the world. There are different opinions about the origin of tomatoes. It is generally believed that the first person to grow tomatoes was Peru. From16th century to17th century, Europeans introduced it as a precious ornamental plant. /kloc-it was planted as a vegetable in southern Europe in the 0/8th century. Until the mid-20th century, experts and scholars found that in the forests of Peru and Mexico in South America, the indigenous people in South America saw that tomato fruit was a bunch of small fruits, which were red and suspected to be highly toxic, so they named it "Wolf Peach" to warn others that it could not be eaten. This kind of fruit has a history of 2000 years in South America. /kloc-In the 6th century, an English duke traveled to America and fell in love with this fruit at first sight, so he brought tomatoes back to England and presented them to his lover, Queen Elizabeth. Europeans call it "the apple of love". However, it is only planted as a precious ornamental plant in my own garden. (See also the last paragraph)

There are many stories about eating tomatoes. For example, in the18th century, a French painter was deeply attracted by tomatoes and risked his "death" to eat two or three tomatoes, which were delicious. After his publicity, more people eat tomatoes. (See also the last paragraph)

Tomatoes were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and were called "Fan Persimmons" at that time. Because they are cool persimmons, red in color and from the west, they are named "tomatoes". Introduced from China to Japan, Japan also called it "Tang persimmon". Historically, China people used to add the word "fan" to things imported from abroad, so they called it "tomato". In the north of Taiwan Province Province, it is usually called "smelly persimmon", and in the south, it is called "mandarin orange" (Taiwanese).

Now tomatoes are mainly eaten as vegetables. Tomatoes are easy to be canned because of their acidic substances, and ketchup and tomato juice are also common processed products. Tomato seeds contain fat and can be used to extract edible oil. It also contains nutrients such as sugar, organic acids and vitamins. Sugar is mainly glucose and fructose, and acid is mainly citric acid and malic acid.

According to the classification method of American botanist Charles Rick, the genus Lycopersicon can be divided into the following nine varieties:

Common tomato

Gooseberry tomato

Chesmani tomato

Tomato (floret tomato)

tomato

Hairy tomato

Chilean tomato

Peruvian tomato

Panali tomato

Among them, the agricultural planting is mainly ordinary tomatoes.

Note: green tomatoes contain solanine, which has a strong stimulating effect on gastrointestinal mucosa, paralyzes the central nervous system, causes vomiting, dizziness, salivation and other symptoms, and is more harmful to raw food.

This family is the fresh fruit of Solanaceae tomato.

Alias tomatoes, persimmons, plums and fire persimmons.

The taste is slightly cold and sweet; Enter the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

The efficacy is mainly used for promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, cooling blood and calming liver, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Indications: fever, body fluid injury, thirst, loss of appetite, hyperactivity of liver yang, stomach fever, bitter taste and heat annoyance.

Every 100g nutrient contains 0.6g of protein, 0.2g of fat, 3.3g of carbohydrate, 22mg of phosphorus, 0.3mg of iron, 0.25mg of carotene, 0.3mg of thiamine, 0.03mg of riboflavin, 0.6mg of nicotinic acid and 0//kloc-0 of ascorbic acid. In addition, it also contains vitamin P, tomato J, glutathione, malic acid, citric acid and so on.

food therapy

1. can promote the digestion of citric acid, malic acid and sugar in tomatoes, and can promote digestion. Lycopene can inhibit many kinds of bacteria and help digestion.

2. Protect skin elasticity and promote bone development. Tomatoes contain carotene, which can protect skin elasticity, promote bone calcification, and prevent and treat rickets, night blindness and dry eye in children.

3. Biological salts produced by cholesterol for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases can be combined with tomato fiber and excreted through the digestive system. Because the human body needs biological salts to decompose intestinal fat, the human body needs to supplement biological salts with cholesterol to reduce the cholesterol content in the blood and play a role in preventing and treating atherosclerosis; Vitamin B in tomatoes can also protect blood vessels and prevent hypertension.

4. Anti-cancer and anti-aging tomatoes contain glutathione. When the content of this substance in the body increases, the incidence of cancer will drop significantly. In addition, this substance can also inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, make people's calm hypopigmentation disappear, reduce freckles, and play a cosmetic role.

5. Anti-fatigue, vitamin B 1 contained in liver-protecting tomatoes is beneficial to brain development and relieves brain cell fatigue; Contains mercuric chloride, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on liver diseases.

The dietotherapy function of tomatoes

The taste is slightly cold and sweet; Enter the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

Efficacy is mainly used for promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and digestion, cooling blood and calming liver, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Indications: fever, body fluid injury, thirst, loss of appetite, hyperactivity of liver yang, stomach fever, bitter taste and heat annoyance.

Every 100g nutrient contains 0.6g of protein, 0.2g of fat, 3.3g of carbohydrate, 22mg of phosphorus, 0.3mg of iron, 0.25mg of carotene, 0.3mg of thiamine, 0.03mg of riboflavin, 0.6mg of nicotinic acid and 0//kloc-0 of ascorbic acid. In addition, it also contains vitamin P, tomato J, glutathione, malic acid, citric acid and so on. Has effect in promoting digestion, induce diuresis, and inhibiting various bacteria. Vitamin D in tomatoes can protect blood vessels and treat hypertension. There is glutathione in tomatoes, which can delay cell aging and increase the anti-cancer ability of human body. Carotene in tomato can protect skin elasticity, promote bone calcification, and prevent and treat rickets, night blindness and dry eye in children. The following are ten therapeutic effects for your reference:

1,. Treating dermatoses

Fresh cooked tomatoes are peeled and seeded, then mashed and applied to the affected area 2~3 times a day, which can treat fungi and infectious skin diseases.

2. Beauty and anti-aging

Mashing fresh cooked tomatoes and adding a little sugar to the juice can make the skin tender and smooth, and the effect of beauty and anti-aging is excellent.

Step 3 prevent cancer

Because tomatoes are not only nutritious, but also have strong effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and inhibiting pathological changes, eating 1~2 fresh tomatoes raw every day can play the role of cancer prevention and adjuvant treatment;

Step 4 treat hypertension

Choose 1~2 fresh and ripe tomatoes and eat sugar on an empty stomach every morning, which has obvious blood pressure lowering effect;

Step 5 treat anemia

Eat a tomato, an apple and sesame 15g once, and eat 1 ~ 2 times a day for a long time, which can cure anemia;

Step 6 treat ulcers

Patients with mild peptic ulcer can be cured by drinking half a cup of squeezed tomato juice and half a cup of potato juice once a day in the morning and evening, for a total of 10 times;

7. Treat hepatitis

Take a spoonful of diced tomatoes, half a spoonful of celery powder, half a spoonful of carrot powder and half a spoonful of lard, mix them into the cooked rice porridge, and add salt and monosodium glutamate to eat them in moderation, which has an excellent effect on treating hepatitis.

8. Prevent heatstroke

Slice 1 ~ 2 tomatoes, add a little salt or sugar, and decoct soup instead of tea, both hot and cold, to prevent heatstroke;

9. Have a fever.

Mix half a cup of tomato juice and half a cup of watermelon juice and drink one cup every hour to relieve high fever;

10, treating gingival bleeding.

Eat tomatoes instead of fruits, 4 a day (about 250 grams), and take them continuously for more than 2 weeks.

Selected document

"Luchuan Materia Medica": "Promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and treating thirst and loss of appetite".

"Convenient prescription for eating traditional Chinese medicine": "clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming the liver".

Healthy recipes for tomatoes

1. Milk tomatoes 200 ml of fresh milk, 250 g of tomatoes and 3 fresh eggs. First, wash the tomatoes and cut them into pieces for later use; Starch is beaten into juice with fresh milk, and eggs are fried into poached eggs for later use; Boil the milk juice, add tomatoes and poached eggs and cook for a while, then add salt, sugar, peanut oil and pepper and mix well. This soup is delicious and nutritious, and has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, invigorating the middle energizer and benefiting qi. Suitable for the elderly and people with spleen and stomach weakness.

2. Fried pork slices with tomatoes, 200 grams of tomatoes, 50 grams of green beans, and appropriate amount of onions, ginger and garlic. First, cut pork into thin slices and tomatoes into blocks; Remove tendons from kidney beans, wash and cut into sections; Put 50 ml of oil in the wok and heat it to 70%. First stir-fry the sliced meat, onion, ginger and garlic. When the sliced meat turns white, stir-fry the tomatoes, beans and salt slightly. Add a proper amount of soup to the pot, simmer for a while, add a little monosodium glutamate when taking out of the pot, and stir well. This dish has the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, invigorating middle energizer and benefiting qi, and is especially suitable for patients with spleen-stomach disharmony and loss of appetite.

3.4 tomatoes mixed with sugar and100g soft sugar. First, wash the tomatoes, blanch them with boiling water, remove the pedicle and skin, cut them in half, cut them into crescent pieces, put them in a plate, add sugar and mix well. This dish has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and calming liver, and is suitable for fever, dry mouth and thirst, hypertension and other diseases.

4. Tomato tofu soup 20 grams of tomatoes and tofu, 50 grams of edamame rice, and a little sugar. Slice tofu, blanch in boiling water, and drain for later use; Wash tomatoes, blanch them with boiling water, peel them, cut them into pieces, fry them in an oil pan, add refined salt, sugar and monosodium glutamate, and stir them a few times; Wash the soybean rice; Clear soup, edamame rice, refined salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper and tofu are boiled in an oil pan until they are tasty. Thicken with wet starch, add tomato sauce and push evenly. Serve. This soup has the effects of invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, invigorating qi and regulating middle energizer, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and is suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency, improper diet, dyspepsia, epigastric fullness, etc. Ordinary people eat it, keep fit, prevent diseases and treat diseases.

Note: tomatoes are cold, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat more.

Taboos for eating tomatoes at health traffic lights

(1) should not be eaten with cucumber;

(2) Anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and daidzein should not be eaten;

(3) It is not advisable to eat a lot of tomatoes on an empty stomach, because tomatoes contain more gum, fruit, persimmon phenol and other ingredients, which are easy to combine with gastric acid to form massive stones and cause stomach pain.

(4) Immature tomatoes are not suitable for eating. Immature raw tomatoes contain solanine, which will make the mouth bitter and stomach uncomfortable after eating. Excessive consumption will lead to poisoning.

(5) Not edible after long-term heating;

(6) Patients with acute gastroenteritis and acute bacillary dysentery should not eat tomatoes to avoid aggravation.

(7) Don't eat neostigmine or galanthamine.

Healthy diet

1. Milk tomatoes 200 ml of fresh milk, 250 g of tomatoes and 3 fresh eggs. First, wash the tomatoes and cut them into pieces for later use; Starch is beaten into juice with fresh milk, and eggs are fried into poached eggs for later use; Boil the milk juice, add tomatoes and poached eggs and cook for a while, then add salt, sugar, peanut oil and pepper and mix well. This soup is delicious and nutritious, and has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, invigorating the middle energizer and benefiting qi. Suitable for the elderly and people with spleen and stomach weakness.

2. Fried pork slices with tomatoes, 200 grams of tomatoes, 50 grams of green beans, and appropriate amount of onions, ginger and garlic. First, cut pork into thin slices and tomatoes into blocks; Remove tendons from kidney beans, wash and cut into sections; Put 50 ml of oil in the wok and heat it to 70%. First stir-fry the sliced meat, onion, ginger and garlic. When the sliced meat turns white, stir-fry the tomatoes, beans and salt slightly. Add a proper amount of soup to the pot, simmer for a while, add a little monosodium glutamate when taking out of the pot, and stir well. This dish has the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, invigorating middle energizer and benefiting qi, and is especially suitable for patients with spleen-stomach disharmony and loss of appetite.

3.4 tomatoes mixed with sugar and100g soft sugar. First, wash the tomatoes, blanch them with boiling water, remove the pedicle and skin, cut them in half, cut them into crescent pieces, put them in a plate, add sugar and mix well. This dish has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and calming liver, and is suitable for fever, dry mouth and thirst, hypertension and other diseases.

4. Tomato tofu soup 20 grams of tomatoes and tofu, 50 grams of edamame rice, and a little sugar. Slice tofu, blanch in boiling water, and drain for later use; Wash tomatoes, blanch them with boiling water, peel them, cut them into pieces, fry them in an oil pan, add refined salt, sugar and monosodium glutamate, and stir them a few times; Wash the soybean rice; Clear soup, edamame rice, refined salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper and tofu are boiled in an oil pan until they are tasty. Thicken with wet starch, add tomato sauce and push evenly. Serve. This soup has the effects of invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, invigorating qi and regulating middle energizer, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and is suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency, improper diet, dyspepsia, epigastric fullness, etc. Ordinary people eat it, keep fit, prevent diseases and treat diseases.

Precautions Tomatoes are cold, and patients with diarrhea in loose stool should not eat more.

"Luchuan Materia Medica": "Promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and treating thirst and loss of appetite".

"Convenient prescription for eating traditional Chinese medicine": "clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming the liver".

Cultural Appreciation Historical Legend: Tomatoes originated in South America, and the locals gave it a terrible name-Wolf Peach. For a long time, when people talked about "Wolf Peach", they turned pale and were afraid. /kloc-In the 6th century, Rodari, the Duke of England, traveled to America and bravely picked a "Wolf Peach" as a gift when he returned home, and brought it to his lover Queen Elizabeth. Since then, Wolf Peach has been nicknamed "Love Apple" by Europeans.

/kloc-in the 0/8th century, when a French painter sketched tomatoes, he saw that they were beautiful in hibiscus and colorful in berries, which made people fondle. He diverted his desire to taste tomatoes and ventured to eat one. After eating, he not only felt no discomfort, but felt sweet and sour. Since then, it has created a way to eat tomatoes.

Tomatoes contain a lot of vitamin C, and each 100g tomato contains 20-30mg vitamin C. Vitamin C can enhance human body's resistance, prevent scurvy and resist infection, so tomatoes are healthier in vegetables. But do you know that there are six taboos for eating tomatoes?

(1) Tomatoes should not be eaten with cucumbers.

Many restaurants have a dish called "Harvest". Carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and other different vegetables are mixed together and eaten raw with dipping sauce. Eating vegetables raw is really beneficial to the preservation of nutrition, but with cucumber in this dish, its nutritional value will be greatly reduced.

Why is it best not to have cucumbers for a "bumper harvest"? Because cucumber contains a vitamin C decomposing enzyme, it will destroy vitamin C rich in other vegetables. Tomatoes in the "bumper harvest" are typical vegetables rich in vitamin C. If we eat them together, the vitamin C we take from tomatoes will be destroyed by the decomposing enzymes in cucumbers, and the nutritional supplement effect will not be achieved at all.

(2) Anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and dicoumarin should not be eaten.

Tomatoes contain more vitamin K. Vitamin K: Its main function is to catalyze the synthesis of prothrombin and thromboplastin in the liver. The minimum requirement for dogs is 30ug/kg body weight. When vitamin K is insufficient, because the synthesis of prothrombin is limited, the coagulation time is prolonged, leading to subcutaneous and muscle bleeding.

(3) Not suitable for eating on an empty stomach.

Tomatoes contain a lot of soluble astringents and other ingredients, which react with gastric acid and condense into insoluble lumps. These masses may block the pylorus at the gastric outlet, causing discomfort such as gastrointestinal fullness and pain.

(4) Immature tomatoes should not be eaten.

The reason is that, according to its introduction, green tomatoes contain alkaloid glycosides (solanine), which are needle-like crystals and are very stable to alkalinity, but can be hydrolyzed by acid. Therefore, immature green tomatoes often feel uncomfortable, from bitter taste in the mouth to poisoning in severe cases. Especially when the green tomato begins to rot, its solanine will be destroyed. When green tomatoes turn red, they contain no solanine.

(5) It should not be eaten after long-term heating and cooking.

After a long period of heating and cooking, it loses its original nutrition and taste. If you eat spoiled tomatoes, it will lead to food poisoning.

(6) Neostigmine or galanthamine should not be eaten, and patients with acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery and active ulcer should not be eaten.

Applicable people can eat it by ordinary people. Take 2~3 capsules a day to meet daily needs.

It is especially recommended not to cook for a long time. Adding vinegar during cooking can destroy the harmful substance lycopene.

Health traffic lights green unripe tomatoes are not suitable for eating.

Scientific research has also found that people who eat processed tomatoes can increase the concentration of antioxidants such as lycopene in their blood compared with those who eat raw tomatoes. This is because high temperature destroys the cell wall of tomato cells, thus increasing the release of antioxidants such as lycopene. In addition, vegetable oils such as peanut oil and salad oil are often used in the cooking process of tomatoes, which will help tomatoes naturally release fat-soluble antioxidants such as lycopene and give full play to their antioxidant effects. Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages. After heating, vitamin C in tomatoes will be lost, but the content of antioxidants such as lycopene in tomatoes will increase significantly. Therefore, the overall nutritional value of cooked tomatoes is higher than that of raw tomatoes. In addition, tomato skin contains a lot of lycopene, so it is best not to discard the skin when eating.

For patients with vitamin C deficiency, eating tomatoes raw is also a good way to supplement vitamin C, but immature green tomatoes contain toxins and are not suitable for eating. In addition, some tomatoes show prominent tops due to the use of plant hormones in the growth process, and this tomato is also not suitable for eating.

Tomatoes contain a certain amount of vitamins and dietary fiber, just like other vegetables. But besides vitamins, tomatoes also contain lycopene. Lycopene is a natural pigment that turns tomatoes red. Its function in human body is similar to carotene, and it is a strong antioxidant, which may prevent cardiovascular diseases and some cancers to some extent. It has been reported that men who eat a lot of tomatoes have a relatively low risk of prostate cancer, which is related to the antioxidant components of lycopene in tomatoes.

Tomato PK ketchup

Compared with tomatoes, the content of lycopene in concentrated tomato sauce is higher. But tomato sauce loses the dietary fiber contained in fresh tomatoes. Therefore, experts say that fresh tomatoes and ketchup can be eaten, and it is best to eat both properly.

Eat raw PK cooked

Tomatoes can be eaten raw or cooked. These two ways of eating are good for your health, and you can choose according to your own preferences. According to experts, both lycopene and carotene are soluble in oil, so it is good to fry tomatoes or make soup, and the absorption rate of raw food is low. If vitamin C is ingested, it can be eaten raw or cooked, because the high acidity of tomatoes is conducive to the stability of vitamin C, and the loss after cooking is relatively small. If it is to obtain potassium and dietary fiber, you can eat it raw and cooked.

Tomatoes are cold and have the functions of clearing away heat and cooling blood, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. If you are thirsty, eat a tomato, which is very comfortable. But for people who are afraid of cold, cooked food is the best choice, and eating raw food is easy to be unbearable, leading to diarrhea.

Health tips

When eating tomatoes, it is best not to peel them, because the skin of tomatoes also contains vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. In addition, you should pay attention to washing raw tomatoes.

Rumors about tomatoes

As for the saying that "tomatoes contain nicotine, if eating tomatoes raw is equal to smoking, it is easy to cause cancer", experts said that the nicotine content in tomatoes is very small, which is not the same as that in cigarettes, so there is no need to worry. & gt& gt& gt Six taboos should be paid attention to when eating tomatoes.

How to choose tomatoes

There are many varieties of tomatoes. Strong red, rich in lycopene, is good for cancer prevention. Pale yellow contains only a small amount of carotene and no lycopene. Oranges have less lycopene, but higher carotene. The sugar content of small tomatoes is higher than that of large tomatoes, so they are suitable as fruits, but the calories are also slightly higher. Others, such as vitamins, vary with varieties and cultivation methods and cannot be generalized. Fan Zhihong thinks that in order to meet the demand of vitamin C, all kinds of tomatoes are good, and the key is to choose the ones that are ripe in the season, because the vitamin content that are ripe in the season is higher than that cultivated in greenhouse. If you want to supplement antioxidant components such as lycopene and carotene, you should choose crimson or orange instead of pink or yellow.