Cherry, grape, Roma, and green, red, and yellow tomatoes are available. Learn about tomatoes' nutrients and benefits.
Vitamin C and beta-carotene in tomato juice boost immunity. Tomato juice boosts immune cells, particularly "natural killer cells," which fight viruses, according to research
Beta-carotene and lycopene, another tomato antioxidant, may fight cancer. Antioxidants prevent DNA damage that can cause cancer and kill cancer cells.
Several studies have revealed that men who eat lots of tomatoes, especially cooked ones, had a lower prostate cancer risk.4 Tomatoes and other non-starchy vegetables reduce the incidence of estrogen-receptor–negative breast cancer, colorectal, lung, stomach, and upper aerodigestive tract malignancies.
A tomato-rich diet may lower your risk of heart disease, the top cause of adult death in the U.S.71 Lycopene intake and blood levels reduced heart disease risk by 14% in a 2022 study.
A study examined how a single dose of raw tomatoes, tomato sauce, or tomato sauce + olive oil affected heart disease risk in healthy persons.
Tomatoes include soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber gels during digestion by retaining water. Insoluble fiber bulks stool. Both adjustments create easy-to-pass garbage.11 Tomatoes' cellulose, hemicelluloses, and pectin fibers resist large intestine digestion and generate healthy stool.
In another study, 15 healthy non-athletes cycled for 20 minutes after drinking 5oz of tomato juice for five weeks, then without and with the juice for five weeks.
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