It is so popular that is a full-fledged resident of our windowsills, because it is not uncommon to grow decorative beautiful tomatoes in pots. But if you put aside the question of beauty and aesthetics, about tomatoes you can learn a lot of interesting and useful facts.
Season
The first ripe, sweet ground tomatoes appear on our tables are already in the month of June. The season lasts all summer and until October. The rest of the time we offer greenhouse tomatoes.
How to choose
Ripe tomato always has an intense aroma, smell. Of course, the tomatoes must be solid, free of cracks, dents, and putrid spots.
Useful properties
In its composition tomatoes contain easily digestible carbohydrates, pectin, a lot of vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, E, C.
And: potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, a large number of organic acids, which are necessary for our body to function normally.
Tomatoes are good with memory impairment, loss of strength, hypertension, anemia, fatigue and gastritis. Under their influence quickly normalizes the metabolic processes, activates brain activity, improves the function of the gastrointestinal tract, improves the liver function.
You also need to eat tomatoes to maintain good vision.
Fresh tomatoes and tomato paste help to reduce total cholesterol and triglycerides. In addition, the concentrate juice or tomato paste prevents the undesirable sticking together of blood platelets, preventing a heart attack.
Anti-cancer properties of tomatoes are confirmed by many studies, they combine two necessary properties — potent antioxidant and strong anti-inflammatory, equally necessary for the prevention of disease.
However, not everyone can use tomatoes in food. Excluded from the diet tomatoes is a must for Allergy sufferers, people with kidney disease and gallstone disease.
How to use
Fresh tomatoes are used for salads, cold soups and juices. From them we prepare the tomato paste and mashed potatoes, use them in sauces, ketchup, Lecho. Tomatoes pickled, canned. Also they are dried and dried. From the tomatoes, we can make even jam!
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