Wednesday, October 8, 2008

health benefits of tomatoes

http://www.everynutrient.com/healthbenefitsoftomatoes.html

  • low in calories
  • packed with nutritions, especially when there are fully ripe
  • provide an excellent source of vitamins C and K, carotenes and biotenes
  • good source of vitamin B6, niacin, folic acid, fiber and pantothenic acid
  • high contain of lycotine that tomatoes contain, they have increasingly received a lot of attention as a health food
  • the red carotene (lycopene) is extremely protective against breast, lung, colon, prostate, and skin cancers
  • that tomatoes lower the risk of heart disease, cataracts, and macular
    degeneration.

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