What is the nutritional value of tomatoes? What are the ways to eat?

Tomatoes (also called tomatoes) are rich in antioxidant vitamin C and lycopene, and because of different eating methods, the nutritional components of tomatoes are different after entering the human body. There are many ways to eat tomatoes, such as soup, cold salad and scrambled eggs. In the process of scrambled eggs in soup, vitamin C will be lost if the pot is not covered. Even if the lid is covered, vitamin C is easily destroyed due to the long time of high temperature.

The most precious thing about tomatoes is its vitamin C substance. Unlike carrots, using oil can be more beneficial to the human body.

Absorption, vitamin C in tomatoes can effectively absorb nutrients as long as our bodies ingest it. Of course, cold salad is also a good choice. As long as tomatoes are not cooked for a long time, the vitamin C in them will be well preserved.

Many friends often worry that high temperature will destroy the nutrition of tomatoes. However, tomatoes do not have such problems. Because a lot of organic acids in tomatoes can protect vitamins. And the cell wall is destroyed at high temperature, thus releasing a lot of lycopene. It is recommended that friends who like cooked tomatoes be boiled in oil, so that the human body can absorb a lot of nutrients from tomatoes.

Lycopene in tomato is essentially a fat-soluble vitamin, which can maximize its health care effect after heating and cooking. But it is easy to decompose when exposed to light and heat, so it is not suitable for long-term cooking. So how can tomatoes be nutritious? Tomato and egg soup can meet the above cooking needs. First, wash the tomatoes and cut them into pieces, beat the eggs evenly, add water to the pot, and add 2 slices of ginger to cook together. After the water is boiled, add tomatoes, turn to low heat, add a little salt, pour in eggs, and then turn off the heat. Tomatoes are sweet and sour, cool and slightly cold. It can clear away heat and quench thirst, nourish yin and cool blood, and enter the liver, stomach and lung meridians. All ingredients, as long as they have less oil, less salt and less sugar, do not use seasonings excessively, and fry and bake at high temperature for a short time, are healthy foods.