By Ngozi Nwabuisi.
Tomatoes are filled with nutrients and antioxidants that help combat several diseases as well as keep your health in a good shape. The following use are as follows:
Reduces risk of heart disease
The lycopene in tomatoes can protect you against cardiovascular diseases. consuming tomatoes regularly helps the decrease the level of cholesterol and triglyceric in the blood, reducing the deposition of fats in the blood vessles.
Good for digestion
Eating tomatoes daily can keep your digestive system healthy as it prevent both, constipation and diarrhoea .it also prevent jaundice and effectively removes toxins from the body.
Maintaining blood health
Experts suggest that a single tomato can provide about 40 per cent of the daily vitamin C requirement and also contains vitamin A ,potassium and lron that is essential for maintaining normal blood health,vitamin K,which control bleeding and blood clothing , tomatoes help in blood circulation.
Helps fight cancer
According to studies, tomatoes contain large amount of the antioxidant lycopene that is effective in lowering the risk of cancer, especially lung, stomach and prostrate cancers.
Improves vision
Vitamin A, present in tomatoes helps to improve your eyesight as well as prevent night blindness and mascular degeneration.