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 does the tomato earn such a fine reputation? First, it provides the human body with vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber, and antioxidant components. Its vitamin C content is 20 times that of an apple; for people with high blood pressure, eating two or three raw tomatoes a day can easily provide a large amount of potassium, helping to control blood pressure; the dietary fiber in it promotes intestinal health, provides a feeling of fullness, and aids in weight loss; tomatoes have a very low sugar content, 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 far surpasses 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 natural antioxidants discovered to date. At the same time, it has also been classified as a Class A nutrient by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). 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, titled "The Evening 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 a day is like reaching the pinnacle of happiness, experiencing an unparalleled sense of ecstasy." In the eyes of this tomatoologist, the tomato is the ultimate secret for 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!