TOMATO FRUIT FOR HEALTH BENEFITS

TOMATO FRUIT FOR HEALTH BENEFITS

Tomato fruit is one of the fruits of a very familiar for the people of Indonesia from parents, adults and evenchildren know the tomato fruit.In addition to the striking colors that Karen was red and round shape is very exciting to be consumed.In fact almost allIndonesia cuisine using fruits, including tomatoes, sotachicken, fried rice, chicken soup, tomato sauce, and many more, in addition to being used as an adjunct in cooking, tomato fruit can also be made as refreshing drinks, namely in the form of tomato juice.

• Create content of tomato

Based on the results of the research fruits of tomatocontain a source of vitamins A, C, K, potassium, folate,thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, and low in sodium, saturated fat, calories andcholesterol.In a medium-size tomato fruit contain somenutritional value as follows: 22 calories, 0 g fat, 5 gcarbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein and 6 mg sodium.

• The benefits of tomatoes for the body

In addition to tasty tomato fruits are consumeddirectly or in the form of food, it saves a lot of benefits to health, including the following:

1. Maintain eye health

Because the content of vitamin A in tomatoes are great, which is around 1500 SI (within the contrivedtomatoes that have been cooked) make make the tomato is very useful for maintaining eye health, i.e. by consuming fresh tomatoes make routinely, will makeour eyes are not prone to interference.

2. Prevents blood clotting

The main causes of stroke are due to blood clotting,the occurrence of blood clotting causing blood flow did not start in the body.Tomato seeds and inside there isa gel that is yellow, and it was able to prevent the occurrence of blood clotting.So konsumsilah maketomatoes regularly in order to keep our bodies healthy.

3. As an antioxidant

Make tomato contains compounds, i.e. compoundslikopen antioxidants that may protect the body from free radicals due to air pollution, cigarette smoke, andother hazardous substances into the body.And not only that, it turns out the compound likopen also plays an active role in preventing cell damage that can lead to prostate cancer, cancer of the stomach, colon,uterine and cancer of the throat.

4. Launch and nourish the digestive system

Plum tomatoes are rich in fibers that are very useful to launch our digestive system, so konsumsilah plum tomatoes regularly to our percernaan system free ofdistractions such as constipation.