You want to live longer – eat tomatoes! Scientists have said that tomato contains a large number of substances that can slow the process of cellular aging and improves the protective functions of the immune system.
“Of course, to abandon the rest of the vegetables is not necessary. However, tomatoes should be included in the daily diet is the best prevention of the most dangerous diseases,” stated the researchers.
The main value of the tomatoes – they contain antioxidant lycopene. Not one scientific study zasvidetelstvovany of this component is to protect the human body from various cancers – lung cancer, pancreas, stomach, mouth, colon and breast cancer. Known and other data: people with a high content of lycopene in the blood by 26% less likely to suffer from a stroke, and mortality in this group is below 37%.
Heat treatment does not kill the beneficial qualities of tomato, as is the case with plant foods. On the contrary, the concentration of valuable minerals becomes greater due to evaporation of water. Therefore, from cooked tomatoes is often possible to get even more benefit than from raw. And in combination with fat, such as olive oil, lycopene is better absorbed for the body this combination works as the “elixir of youth”.
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