Find out 5 facts about this healthy fruit. Indeed, the tomato is officially a fruit. Although we use it in culinary terms as a vegetable.
1. Which is healthier:cooked or raw?
By cooking vegetables, nutrients are often lost. The same goes for tomatoes:cooking them loses some of the vitamin C, but increases the amount of the antioxidant lycopene. Your body can absorb lycopene better when it is heated. Fresh tomato sauce is healthier than raw tomatoes in that respect.
2. Eat tomatoes with a little healthy fat When you combine tomatoes with healthy fat, such as olive oil, your body can absorb lycopene even better. These are 3 more of those power food duos.
3. Lycopene is responsible for the red color
The antioxidant lycopene gives tomatoes their red color.
4. Tomatoes protect your skin
Because antioxidants fight free radicals in your body, tomato protects your skin against aging and wrinkles, among other things.
Read also:How do antioxidants work?
5. The nutritional value of tomato …
A medium tomato contains about 22 calories, 0 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 1 gram of protein and 6 milligrams of salt.
In the May issue of Santé you will find six delicious recipes with tomatoes from page 90.
