Tomatoes
- Acidic
- Easy to preserve
- Preserved by drying, usually in the sun
- Botanically a berry
- Believed to benefit the heart among other organs
- Contain lycopene one of the most powerful natural antioxidant
- Lycopene, especially in cooked tomatoes - found to assist in preventing prostate cancer
- Lycopene improves the skin's ability to protect against harmful UV rays
- Produce
- Lycopene
- Carotene
- Anthocyanin
- Other antioxidants
- Vtamin C
- Vitamin A
- High levels of anthocyanin
Medicinal properties
- Lycopene (caotenoid antioxidant) protects against oxidative damage
- Decreased risk of various cancers:
- Breast cancer
- Lung
- Prostrate
- Stomach
- Oral
- Colorectal
- Eosophageal
- Pancreatic
- Head
- Neck
- and many more
- Protects against neurogenerative diseases
- Lowers urinary tract symptoms (taken as raw, puree or tomato sauce)
- Tomatoes and garlic taken together at the same time have cancer preventive effects.
- Lycopene and the newly discovered bioflavonoids in tomatoes are responsible as cancer fighting agents
- Tomato is also good for healthy liver
- Tomato is detoxification effects in the body
- Presence of chlorine and sulfur in tomatoes
- Natural chlorine stimulates the liver by filtering and detoxifying body wastes
- Sulfur in tomatoes protects the liver from cirrhosis
- Tomato juice for rejuvenating the health of patients on dialysis
- Tomato products reduce risks of cardiovascular diseases because of lycopene
- Tomatoes prevent hardening of arteries
- Tomatoes can reduce high blood pressure
- Red ripened tomatoes are powerful antioxidant
- Vitamin E and lycopene in tomato prevents LDL oxidation effectively
- Tomato is an excellent fruit or vegetable for rapid skin cell replacement
- Tomato juice assists with healing sunburn because of its unique vitamin C
- Tomato juice restores effects from fatigue and sleepiness
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