tomato

everyday we eat the tomato at the food or we eat just like that.. but we only know how to eat but knowing a little bit of knowledge of health benefit of the fruit. so this is why i'm sharing the benefit to human being who eat it..

Solanum lycopersicum

Nutritive Values of Tomato : Per 100 gm.

• Vitamin A : 1,000 I.U.

• Vitamin B : Thiamine .06 mg.;

• Vitamin C : 23 mg.

• Vitamin K : amount uncertain

• Calcium : 11 mg.

• Iron : .6 mg.

• Phosphorus : 27 mg.

• Potassium : 360 mg.

• Protein : 1.0 gm.

• Calories : 20

Health Benefits of Tomato

1. A large consumption of tomato can help improve skin texture and color.
2. Tomato is a good blood purifier.
3. Tomato helps in cases of congestion of the liver (protects the liver from cirrhosis) as well as for dissolving gallstones.
4. Tomato is a natural antiseptic therefore it can help protect against infectionNicotinic acid in tomatoes can help to reduce blood cholesterol, thus helps prevent heart diseases.
5. Vitamin K in tomatoes helps to prevent hemorrhages.
6. Tomato contain lycopene (the red pigment in tomato), this pigment is a powerful antioxidant that can also fight cancer cells.