Tomatoes, also called tomatoes. Native to Central and South America, it is widely cultivated in China, with the highest yield in summer and autumn. Tomatoes have two nicknames in Europe, one is called "Love Fruit". It is said that a British duke who traveled in South America once brought tomatoes back to his lover, Queen Elizabeth, who loved them very much. At that time, the red tomato given to the Queen by the Earl, like the red rose now, entrusted the Earl's love for the Queen, so the tomato has the reputation of "love fruit" since then. ...
Another name for tomatoes is "longevity fruit". There is a reason why tomatoes have such a good name.
First of all, it can provide the human body with vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber and antioxidant components. Its vitamin c content is 20 times that of apples; For patients with hypertension, eating two or three raw tomatoes a day can easily get a lot of potassium to help control blood pressure; Moreover, dietary fiber can promote intestinal health, provide satiety and lose weight; Tomatoes are low in sugar, so people who need to control their weight can eat them with confidence. Lycopene is the most prominent nutrient in tomato, which is far superior to other carotenoids and vitamin E in scavenging free radicals. Its rate constant of quenching singlet oxygen is 100 times that of vitamin e, and it is one of the strongest antioxidants found in nature at present. Therefore, people give lycopene another name "plant gold", which is also recognized as a class A nutrient by FAO and WHO. But only cooked tomatoes can absorb lycopene.
It should be noted that tomatoes should not be heated at high temperature for a long time to avoid nutrient loss. Because it is rich in vitamin C, tomatoes should not be eaten with shrimps and crabs, which will produce arsenic and is very toxic.
There is a doctor in Japan who is crazy about tomatoes. He specially wrote a book about tomato weight loss, called "Tomato Weight Loss at Night". He claimed to have fallen in love with tomatoes long before he was born. His famous saying is: "When you supplement your body with three tomatoes and 65,438+0 liters of tomato juice every day, you can climb the peak of happiness and feel unparalleled * * *. In the eyes of this tomato scientist, tomatoes are the only magic weapon to keep fit, healthy and beautiful skin.
It seems that it makes sense for tomatoes to be called longevity fruit! So, let's enjoy this healthy and delicious longevity fruit from today!