Saturday, September 26, 2009

The magic of tomato

Hmmm, who do not know the fruit of this one, there are a myriad of benefits contained therein. The fruit is popular with lycopene content that can prevent wrinkles and dark spots on the skin from the sun. Study about health skin show that about 80% of human skin wrinkles caused by sunlight. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant that may reduce premature aging caused by sun exposure.


Tomato paste consumption of lycopene rich can dramatically reduce skin damage caused by sunlight. Eating tomato paste mixed with olive oil for 10 weeks in addition to your normal aging. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant and powerful weapons in preventing skin damage caused by free radicals.

Add some cooked tomato dishes into your menu such as spaghetti, pizza, tomato soup or the other. If possible choose a cooked tomato than raw. Though raw tomatoes contain more lycopene, but when cooked the contents will increase to 4 times.

Add fresh tomato slices on sandwiches and hamburgers, replace the mayonnaise in sandwiches and hamburgers with tomato paste then you will get the same taste very different.

A good idea is to drink 1 glass of tomato juice every day instead of oranges. Tomato juice contain lycopene and vitamin C that can make your body fresh. If you do not like the tomatoes you can drink lycopene supplements but should consult your doctor.

According to experts, add tomatoes to the menu bring many benefits. Lycopene is also known for its cure in combating heart disease and cancer. So, in addition to your facial skin health can also prevent other diseases.

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