Tomato The Antioxidant Fruit

July 7, 2009 by jingga · Leave a Comment
Filed under: diet and eating, fruit and vegetables 

Tomatoes has been worldwide known with the high vitamin, especially  vitamin A and C it has. Vitamin A and vitamin C is very good for body’s immunity. Not only that, tomato also contains 56.6 lycopene.

tommatoesLycopene is an antioxidant, which will destroy free radical in human body, as the result of pollution, smoke, and UV rays.

Another serum called Tomatin also functions as anti inflammation, that will heal wound and pimples. The high fiber this fruit has, contribute in digest. Yellow gel which wraps tomato seeds will prevent blood dense and clotting, whereas Clotted blood may cause heart attach and stroke.

300 g of tomatoes which is combined with 20 g of sugar, will result in 117,6 calories ; 3,9 grams protein ; 1,6 grams fat ; and 25,5 gram carbohydrate. It will be better to consume tomatoes juice directly. No need to sieve, it will keep the fiber in it.

Bookmark and Share

No related posts.

Speak Your Mind

Tell us what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!


Travel · Weight loss · Girl · Insurance · Car