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Archive for January, 2008

Tomato special: vitamin P aka flavonoids -

Besides being full of vitamins, tomatoes are also rich in flavonoids. There are about 7000 kinds of flavanoids and they used to be called vitamin P. Because of their anti-oxidative properties they would lower the chance of cancer in women. Flavonoids also sabotage the development of fat cells. This was discovered in a research by […]

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Tomato special: full of vitamins -

Tomatoes are full of vitamins. They are rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B1, B2 and B6 and the minerals potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. Furthermore they are full of carotene. The body makes vitamin A from carotene. They transport waste products from the body. And they are beneficial for the mucus membranes that can […]

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Tomato special: the green poison -

Tomatoes are toxic! The culprit in the vegetables is called tomatine and it is meant to act as a repellent against diseases, but it is also toxic to humans. But tomatine is only found in green, unripe tomatoes. During the riping process the tomato gets its color and then the tomatine and the poison disappear. […]

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Tomato special: the red medicine -

Lycopene it is called and it gives the tomato its red color. This natural pigment is also found inside other red fruits. The more red, the more lycopene. Lycopene is also used to color foods. Then the additive is called E160d in Europe. Lycopene is a powerful anti-oxidant. An anti-oxidant is a molecule that […]

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