Benefits Tomatoes

Almost everyone knows tomatoes (Licopersicum esculentum). Without any known fruit this season turned out to contain a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to health. Various studies have shown, tomatoes beneficial to heart health and free radical stress.

Many varieties of tomatoes, tomato-like fruit is large, tomato vegetable with smaller sizes and cherry tomatoes the size of marbles. Whatever the type, tomatoes contain nutritional elements are nearly equal, ie, rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients substances.

Antioxidant Rich
Another Privileges the height of tomato fruit lycopene content. In addition to providing the red color in tomatoes, lycopene proved to be effective as antioxidants. Lycopene may also reduce the risk of cancer, particularly prostate cancer, stomach, throat and colon. Klorogenat acids and p-kumarat acid in the tomatoes can weaken the cancer-causing nitrosamines substances. Vitamin A is contained in tomatoes is very good for eye health.
Tomatoes are also widely used in the beauty industry, a lot of masks and anti-aging pill that tomato-based. Not without reason, pigment lycopene was proved to be effective as an antioxidant. Other substances such as in the tomato tomatin is as anti-inflammatory, which can heal wounds and acne. If you have a fever, tomato also has antipyretic properties aka lowering fever. While high fiber in the tomato can overcome digestive ganguan like constipation and hemorrhoids.

Prevent blood clotting
Benefits of tomatoes actually in careful long ago, such as research DR. John Cook Bennett from Wiloughby University, Ohio, conducted in November 1834. His research shows tomatoes ganguan can treat indigestion, diarrhea, restore liver function and bile attacks. Other researchers from the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, found a yellow gel surrounding tomato seeds can prevent clotting and blood clots cause strokes and heart disease. Tomatoes are also able to restore impotency and increase the number of sperm and increase agility movements.


Better cooked
Consuming tomatoes should be cooked first. As revealed from the research world food agency FAO-WHO. The results of this study indicate if the institution of lycopene content was not damaged and there were not much changed during heating. Even lycopene content will increase 10-fold when processed into tomato sauce or tomato paste.
Lycopene is a carotenoid part of the fat-soluble, but lycopene is fat soluble it difficult to absorb by the body. Therefore, the recommended way of processing tomatoes in boiled or steamed. Should choose to consume the organic tomatoes. Organic tomatoes are healthier because it is free from chemical residues, both from fertilizers and pesticides. Tomatoes from the organic results is also higher calcium content, about 23 mg compared unorganik tomato contains only 5 mg of calcium. Text & Photo: Budi Sutomo

Table Gynecology Nutrition Tomat/100 g

Ripe Tomatoes
Calories 20 cal
Protein 1.0 g
0.3 g fat
4.2 g carbohydrate
Calcium 5 mg
Vitamin A 1500 SI
Viamin C 40 mg