Tomatoes, also called tomatoes. Delicious and nutritious, it is the fruits and vegetables of the masses in summer. There are six kinds of nutrients in human food, and the content of vitamin pp ranks first among vegetables and fruits. According to calculation, eating 2 ~ 3 tomatoes a day can meet the vitamin and mineral needs of one day.
Tomatoes not only have the functions of fruits and vegetables, but also have magical therapeutic and health care functions. It is reported that doctors in a British hospital used tomatoes as supplementary food to treat patients with coronary heart disease and liver disease, and achieved good results. Tomatoes also contain fine cellulose, which plays an important role in promoting the excretion of rotten food in the intestine and lowering cholesterol. Malic acid and citric acid in tomatoes can help gastric juice digest and absorb protein and fat. Tomatoes can also inhibit a variety of bacteria and fungi, which is beneficial to the recovery of oral inflammation. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and diuresis, cooling blood and calming liver, and lowering blood pressure. In recent years, it has been found that glutathione contained in tomatoes has anti-cancer effect and may also delay the aging of some cells.
So, how to eat tomatoes? It's best to eat it raw. When tomatoes are cooked, they lose at least 30% of their vitamins. It is better to eat them raw, but they must be washed before eating. Be careful not to eat tomatoes on an empty stomach. Eating stomach acid and gum in tomatoes on an empty stomach will cause chemical reactions and produce stones. Immature tomatoes are also not suitable for eating. Immature tomatoes contain lycopene, which often leads to astringency and discomfort after eating, even poisoning, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and fatigue.
Tomatoes are not only nutritious, sweet and sour, but also can prevent and treat many diseases.
1. Treatment of gingival bleeding: People with frequent gingival bleeding can wash tomatoes and eat them as fruit for about half a month.
2. Reduce high fever: squeeze half a cup of tomato juice and half a cup of watermelon juice and mix them once an hour.
3. Clearing away heat and relieving summer heat: Choose 2 top-grade tomatoes, wash and slice them, add a little salt, and decoct them in soup.
4. Lowering blood pressure: People with high blood pressure can eat two first-class tomatoes every morning, and eat them on an empty stomach after washing, which has certain effect.
5. Beauty: Squeeze a proper amount of tomato juice, add a little sugar, and apply it to exposed parts such as face and hands after stirring, which can make the skin fair and delicate and enhance the skin's resistance.
6. Treatment of night blindness: People with night blindness can drink half a cup of tomato juice and half a cup of potato juice together, one cup in the morning and one cup in the evening every day, and five days is a course of treatment.
An adult who eats 100-200 grams of tomatoes every day can meet the human body's demand for lycopene. But many people like to eat tomatoes raw, which is not conducive to the absorption of lycopene, because lycopene is a fat-soluble vitamin, which is more conducive to its health care effect after cooking with oil. Because lycopene is easy to decompose when exposed to light, heat and oxygen, long-term high-temperature heating should be avoided when cooking to retain more nutrients. When cooking, close the lid tightly and add a little vinegar to protect it from oxygen. Tomatoes are rare nutritious vegetables in summer. Now I'll sum up a few self-made methods to support bodhisattvas.
Sugar-mixed tomato: ripe tomato slices, with appropriate amount of white sugar or brown sugar cold salad, sweet and sour, rich in vc.
2, stewed tofu with tomatoes: this dish is nutritious 1) Wash the tomatoes and slice them, put a little oil in the bottom of the pot, fry the pot flat, pay attention to the heat, about 7 or 8 minutes, until the tomatoes are fried into soup. 2) Cut the tofu into strips, add appropriate amount of water, add salt, and simmer for about 30 minutes. Ingredients: two or three tomatoes (you can add more), one piece of tofu, and a little oil and salt. Key operation: stir-fry tomato soup for a while; After tofu is put into tomato soup, be careful not to add too much water first, and then stir it several times to avoid tofu sticking to the pot.
3, tomato noodles: pasta practitioners should eat more. 1) Tomato mixed with cold noodles: sliced tomatoes, fried into soup as above, and added with salt (be careful not to add water); Then that cook noodles are taken out and put into a plate, the cook tomato juice is poured on the noodles, and the noodles are stir into cold noodles, which are delicious, smooth and nutritious. 2) Tomato noodle soup: After tomatoes are fried and cooked into soup, add appropriate amount of water and salt to serve with noodles. The number of tomatoes generally needs two or three, and you can add more according to your personal taste.
4. Ketchup: After the tomatoes are fried into soup, simmer for about 40 minutes until the tomatoes are sauce-like, add salt, and make jam or cold salad. This kind of practice is especially edible. Tomatoes that are about to be overcooked can't be wasted, they can be boiled into sauce.