Tomatoes!!
This is my research or should I say a homework in my Health care Subj. I hope you will like it!!
Tomato
Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Indication / Uses
Tomato is classified as a vegetable. However, botanically speaking, tomato is a fruit of the tomato vine. Hence, tomato is both a vegetable and a fruit. The whole part of the tomato is used for cooking (e. g. Italian foods)
It prevent cancer, anti-oxidants in tomatoes is also good for the heart, helps prevent premature aging and reduces the risk of chronic diseases while foliate in tomatoes reduces women's risk of delivering a child with spinal cord and brain defects
• Part to be used
The whole part of the tomato is used for cooking. Tomato is low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. And unlike most foods, cooking or processing of tomato is beneficial to health. It increases its lycopene content (e.g. tomato paste, catsup, tomato soup, tomato sauce). This is so because as heating up tomato breaks down its cell walls and releasing more lycopene, a phytochemical that is beneficial to good health. Test also shows that eating tomatoes has more benefits (with all of its other ingredients) than taking lycopene alone.
• Dosage
Test shows that the more the consumption of tomatoes, the greater the affectivity. And the lower the risk of cancer - more so for prostate, stomach and lung cancers.
This is my research or should I say a homework in my Health care Subj. I hope you will like it!!
Tomato
Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Indication / Uses
Tomato is classified as a vegetable. However, botanically speaking, tomato is a fruit of the tomato vine. Hence, tomato is both a vegetable and a fruit. The whole part of the tomato is used for cooking (e. g. Italian foods)
It prevent cancer, anti-oxidants in tomatoes is also good for the heart, helps prevent premature aging and reduces the risk of chronic diseases while foliate in tomatoes reduces women's risk of delivering a child with spinal cord and brain defects
• Part to be used
The whole part of the tomato is used for cooking. Tomato is low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. And unlike most foods, cooking or processing of tomato is beneficial to health. It increases its lycopene content (e.g. tomato paste, catsup, tomato soup, tomato sauce). This is so because as heating up tomato breaks down its cell walls and releasing more lycopene, a phytochemical that is beneficial to good health. Test also shows that eating tomatoes has more benefits (with all of its other ingredients) than taking lycopene alone.
• Dosage
Test shows that the more the consumption of tomatoes, the greater the affectivity. And the lower the risk of cancer - more so for prostate, stomach and lung cancers.
