Sunday 21 April 2013

Tomatoes and its benefits to the human body

 

Tomatoes are filled with antioxidants and phyto-nutrients, over 9,000 known phyto-nutrients to date.



The main and most
powerful antioxidant known in the tomato is lycopene.

 Lycopene is thought to protect the liver, lungs, prostate gland, colon and skin from sunburn among other things.
Ongoing research seems to show that lycopene helps prevent muscular degeneration, lower cholesterol, support the immune system and can help prevent
and rid cancers. alkaline residue, reduces inflammation, vitamin C, B6, B5 ,B1, vitamin K, copper, iron, magnesium.

Eat as many tomatoes as possible and add to your daily cooking.

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