Efficacy and function
It can nourish the stomach, nourish blood and nourish blood, appetizer and eliminate food, clear away heat and quench thirst
Nutritional value (benefits)
1. Tomatoes contain vitamins and mineral elements that have a protective effect on cardiovascular system and can reduce heart attack.
2. Lycopene has unique antioxidant capacity, can remove free radicals, protect cells, prevent DNA and genes from being damaged, and prevent the process of carcinogenesis. In addition to preventing prostate cancer, tomatoes can also effectively reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer.
3. Vitamin C in tomato has the effects of generating saliva, relieving thirst, strengthening stomach and digestion, cooling blood, calming liver, clearing heat and detoxification and reducing blood pressure. It has a good adjuvant therapeutic effect on patients with hypertension and kidney. Eating more tomatoes has anti-aging effect and keeps the skin white.
4. Nicotinic acid can maintain the normal secretion of gastric juice, promote the formation of red blood cells, maintain the elasticity of blood vessel wall and protect skin.
5. The malic acid or citric acid contained in tomato is helpful for the digestion of fat and protein in gastric juice.
Side effects (disadvantages)
Tomatoes are cold food. If you eat too much, it is easy to flatulence, diarrhea and poor intestines and stomach, you should pay special attention to avoid eating too much.
1. Tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach.
2. Tomatoes cannot be heated at high temperature for a long time, because the lycopene contained in tomatoes will decompose when exposed to heat and lose its health care function.
3. Don't eat green tomatoes. The solanine contained in them will cause poisoning.
4. Eating raw tomatoes can supplement vitamin C, and eating cooked tomatoes can supplement antioxidants.
Taboo population
Tomatoes are not suitable for patients with acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery and active ulcer.
Suitable population
Tomatoes can be eaten by the general population. They are suitable for people with fever, thirst, loss of appetite, habitual gum bleeding, anemia, dizziness, palpitation, hypertension, acute and chronic hepatitis, acute and chronic nephritis, night blindness and myopia.