The Many Benefits of the Tomato
Cheryl Carpenter
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Tomatoes are a fruit. This fruit contains many vitamins and minerals which are essential for our good health. When a tomato is ripe and red, it contains much vitamin A. However, by eating green tomat 
oes you will be gaining more protein.
We eat tomatoes in many different fashions such as sauces, on pasta, and pizza, as well as in juice forms. Nothing is better in many people's opinion than a fresh tomato off the vine on a sandwich with bacon and lettuce. Tomatoes contain Lycopene, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin A, which are antioxidants, potassium, which lowers cholesterol levels, and blood pressure, vitamin K, and chromium.
Studies show that those who love tomatoes and consume many will receive many health benefits, and will reduce their risk of serious diseases. Studies indicate that you may be able to reduce your risk of cancer up to 50% by eating tomatoes everyday. In addition, tomatoes are affective in helping to prevent heart disease.
Diets which are rich in tomatoes have a positive affect on the reduction of prostate caner in men. Other cancers tomatoes help to fight are cancer of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, and pharynx. Tomatoes contain lycopene which the body does not produce on its own, but is essential in helping to prevent cancer.
Pollution is everywhere in our society. Because of this lung cancer is a very common disease. Tomatoes are not only thought to prevent disease but may even reverse some diseases. Tomatoes can protect your lungs from the negative affects of the polluted air we breathe. Studies have reveled that those who drink V-8 juice everyday, have as much as 20% less damage to their lungs from ozone pollution.
As for sun damage to skin, 1.3 ounces of tomato paste each day will reduce the damage by 40%. This is great news for those who have experience premature aging of the skin as a result of photoaging. Not only can tomatoes improve sun-damaged skin, they act as an anti-aging product for the brain. A study conducted on elderly women found that those with high levels of lycopene in their blood were the most physically as well as mentally active in there age group.
We eat tomatoes in many different fashions such as sauces, on pasta, and pizza, as well as in juice forms. Nothing is better in many people's opinion than a fresh tomato off the vine on a sandwich with bacon and lettuce. Tomatoes contain Lycopene, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin A, which are antioxidants, potassium, which lowers cholesterol levels, and blood pressure, vitamin K, and chromium.
Studies show that those who love tomatoes and consume many will receive many health benefits, and will reduce their risk of serious diseases. Studies indicate that you may be able to reduce your risk of cancer up to 50% by eating tomatoes everyday. In addition, tomatoes are affective in helping to prevent heart disease.
Diets which are rich in tomatoes have a positive affect on the reduction of prostate caner in men. Other cancers tomatoes help to fight are cancer of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, and pharynx. Tomatoes contain lycopene which the body does not produce on its own, but is essential in helping to prevent cancer.
Pollution is everywhere in our society. Because of this lung cancer is a very common disease. Tomatoes are not only thought to prevent disease but may even reverse some diseases. Tomatoes can protect your lungs from the negative affects of the polluted air we breathe. Studies have reveled that those who drink V-8 juice everyday, have as much as 20% less damage to their lungs from ozone pollution.
As for sun damage to skin, 1.3 ounces of tomato paste each day will reduce the damage by 40%. This is great news for those who have experience premature aging of the skin as a result of photoaging. Not only can tomatoes improve sun-damaged skin, they act as an anti-aging product for the brain. A study conducted on elderly women found that those with high levels of lycopene in their blood were the most physically as well as mentally active in there age group.