Tomatoes as Medicine

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" Tomato " has one of the highest " glutamic acid " contents so far. For

that reason, tomato is probably considered the most widely used

vegetable in cooking.

 

In addition, tomato is considered a medicinal food as it contains not

only various nutritious elements but also unknown substances that

prevent several kinds of bacterial diseases. Glutamic acid can make

your brain healthy. It means your brain will have better control of

your physical body in preventing bacteria, virus and other sick-

producing elements that take over your body.

 

So that's very good, but why tomato was not included in Traditional

? During the ancient time, people thought that tomato

was poisonous especially its inner red color part.

 

Today, tomato is always included in our snacks, dinners, and

available on every occasion. However, many housewives failed to cook

it as a tasty recipe among their delicacies.

 

Most housewives prepare to buy canned tomato sauce, tomato ketchup,

tomato paste, tomato juice, etc. in nearby malls. Don't you know that

if you know how to cook tomato well, then you may not need to use

other seasonings? That's right, tomato itself is as tasty as

seasoning.

 

Do you know that there are two kinds of tomato: one that floats on

the water, and one that sinks into the water? The tomato that sinks

into the water is tastier because it contains more sugar. Do not

judge it by color alone.

 

Also, do you know that if you bring a magnet near the tomato, the

magnet will repel? It is because tomato is 94% water, and water

molecules repel magnetic fields.

 

Now, I will let you know one of the easiest techniques for cooking.

At first, peel the tomato skin. Just pass to a hot water swiftly and

place the tomato to cold water. It will now be easier to peel off the

tomato skin.

 

You can even remove seeds with a tablespoon easily. Now, put the

remains of the tomato you are going to cook in a frying pan and

simmer it for about 20 minutes until the tomato forms a paste. Isn't

that easy?

 

You can place it in a sealable polybag and keep it in the

refrigerator for a week or two.

 

For making a tomato juice, mix it with water and sugar or honey and

ice. It's a healthy drink, especially during hot summer season. You

can mix it with red wine and ice, too. Red wine and tomato are also

good in preventing many kinds of cancer. Many health researchers

claim that tomato juice mixed with red wine is a cancer medicine. How

about breakfast or snack with tomato juice mixed with milk and some

fried oats chips in it? It's really a healthy food. You can find

various recipes with a homemade tomato paste.

 

The quantity of glutamic acid is about 86 – 140 mg per 100 g of

tomato. During harvest, the color and taste of every tomato is

different. As we can see, red-colored tomato looks tastier and

natural. The sweetness of it can be examined by means of placing

tomato in the water as noted previously.

 

TOMATO TRIVIA

 

* The smallest species of tomatoes are less than three-quarters of an

inch in diameter. There are both red and yellow varieties.

* Tomato juice is the official state beverage of Ohio.

* According to the 1996 edition of the Guinness Book of Records the

largest tomato ever grown weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces.

* The largest tomato plant was 65 feet long.

* The tomato is the world's most popular fruit. Banana is second,

then apple.

* Botanically, tomatoes are a fruit. This is because, generally, a

fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds, while

a vegetable is the edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant.

 

 

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Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher and has been studying

the causes of viruses since 1960. In 1968, he invented the Pyro-

Energen, the first electrotherapy device that eradicates viral

diseases effectively and without any side effects.

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