Tomato Nutrition Facts
Tomato Nutrition Facts - The tomato contains health-promoting lycopene and lots of vitamin C...
Interesting tomato facts:
The lycopene in tomatoes can lower you risk for heart disease and stroke.
Lycopene is a phytonutrient but also a red pigment. It has shown to prevent certain types of cancers.
Did you know...?
Men who eat at least 10 tomatoes per day lower their risk of getting prostate cancer by one third!
To help your body absorb the lycopene, have some virgin olive oil with the tomatoes and once in your stomach the oil will pull as much as possible of the lycopene out from the tomato.
Tomato Fruit Or Vegetable
Is a tomato a fruit?
Yep, the tomato is actually a fruit - and some even say its a berry! But because it is not as sweet as other fruits/berries, it is treated like a vegetable, used in salads and as a sauce on cooked food.
More tomato facts:
The tomato contains a good amount of vitamin C which helps to build the immune system.
There are around 7500 tomato varieties on this earth.
The most common commercial tomato is red in color, but there are also yellow, green and purple tomatoes! All healthy in their own ways.
One medium tomato contains (numbers vary depending on the actual size of the tomato):
20 milligrams of vitamin C (33% of the %DV)
1240 IU of vitamin A (25% of the %DV)
353 milligrams of potassium (10% of the %DV)
353 milligrams of manganese (8% of the %DV)
0.3 gram fat
0.0 gram saturated fat
0.1 gram polyunsaturated fat
4.5 milligrams Omega 3 fatty acids
119 milligrams Omega 6 fatty acids
1.8 gram fiber
140 gram water
1 gram protein
5.5 gram carbohydrates
2.6 gram sugars
And of course lots of lycopene :)
And finally, do you want your skin to have a natural UV-protection? Eat lots of tomatoes!
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References:
Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Varieties
Nutrition Data. http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2682/2
Monica Brannäs. Tomat - en riktig hjärtevan. MåBra

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