Why is the tomato called the longevity fruit
Many people know that the tomato is known as the "love apple." In fact, it has another beautiful name: the "longevity fruit."
Why did the tomato earn such a beautiful name? First, it can provide the human body with vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber, and antioxidant components. Its vitamin C content is 20 times that of an apple; for patients with high blood pressure, eating two or three raw tomatoes a day can easily provide a large amount of potassium to help control blood pressure; the dietary fiber in it can promote intestinal health, provide a feeling of fullness, and aid in weight loss; the sugar content of tomatoes is very low, so people who need to control their weight can eat them without worry. The most outstanding nutrient in tomatoes should be lycopene. Its ability to scavenge free radicals is far superior to other carotenoids and vitamin E, and its rate constant for quenching singlet oxygen is 100 times that of vitamin E, making it one of the strongest antioxidants found in nature. At the same time, it has also been classified as a Class A nutrient by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization. However, lycopene can only be absorbed from cooked tomatoes.
There is a tomato-obsessed doctor in Japan who wrote a book specifically about tomato weight loss, called "The Nighttime Tomato Diet." He claims to have fallen in love with tomatoes long before he was born, and his famous quote is: "The moment you give your body three tomatoes and one liter of tomato juice, you've reached the pinnacle of happiness, experiencing an unparalleled thrill." In the eyes of this tomato expert, the tomato is the ultimate secret to maintaining a figure, health, and beautiful skin.
It seems there's good reason to call the tomato a longevity fruit! Let's start enjoying this healthy and delicious longevity fruit today!