Contest entry my favourite fruit Tomatoes|| by victoh78|| 10%to hive-180821(steemit-Garden)
Introduction
Hello steemit garden it your money hungry boy victoh,this is my first post in this community,after studying this community intensively I came to appreciate the good works that is being done here and as such I would like to participate in this wonderful contest which I was referred by my friend and mentor @ronindboss.
Below I would be talking about my favourite food which is tomatoes
Lol bet many of you didn't know it was fruit.
Tomatoes
When I saw this competition I was Intrigued, like what is my favourite fruit. It got me spinning cause they are alot of fruits out there and to be my favourite was going take something special and our of the box.
Brief summary of tomatoes
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a fruit from the nightshade family native to South America. It's has a glossy red colour and plump in texture. There is a general mid conception that tomatoes are vegetables but this in fact is actually wrong. Vegetables do not have seeds they reproduce by other means while tomatoes reproduce through Thier seeds.
Nutrition facts
The water content of tomatoes is around 95%. The other 5% consists mainly of carbohydrates and fiber.
The nutrients in a (100-gram) raw tomato:
Water: 95%
Calories: 18
Protein: 0.9 grams
Carbs: 3.9 grams
Sugar: 2.6 grams
Fiber: 1.2 grams
Fat: 0.2 grams
protein,carbs,sugar,fat,fiber and calories all make up the remaining 5%
Just like water melon tomatoes are majorly water. They are a good source of water and can be eaten raw that is after they have been thoroughly washed with either salt or clean water.
Health Benefits from Eating Tomatoes
• good for the kidney
Adding tomatoes without seeds to your diet has been proven in some studies to reduce the risk of kidney stones.
• Tomatoes gives good skin
Tomatoes contain a high level of lycopene, which is a substance that is used in some of the more pricy facial cleansers that are available for purchase over-the-counter.
If you want to try tomatoes for skin care, you need to start with about eight to twelve tomatoes. Peel the tomatoes and then place the skin on your face with inside of the tomato touching your skin.
Leave the tomatoes on your face for a minimum of ten minutes, then wash. Your face will feel clean and shiny. Some redness may occur, but should fade with time.
• Tomatoes help prevent several types of cancer
Various studies have been conducted that indicate that the high levels of lycopene in tomatoes works to reduce your chances of developing prostate, colorectal and stomach cancer.
Lycopene is a natural antioxidant that works effectively to slow the growth of cancerous cells. Cooked tomatoes produce even more lycopene. If you smoke regularly this would serve as an added incentive to taking tomatoes as it would reduce the risk of lung cancer as well
• Tomatoes help maintain strong bones
a considerable amount of calcium and Vitamin K can be found in tomatoes. Both of these nutrients are essential in strengthening and performing minor repairs on the bones as well as the bone tissue.
• Tomatoes provide essential antioxidants
Tomatoes contain a great deal of Vitamin A and Vitamin C. This is primarily because these vitamins and beta-carotene work as antioxidants to neutralize harmful free radicals in the blood.
Free radicals in the blood stream are dangerous because it may lead to cell damage. Remember, the redder the tomato you eat is, the more beta-carotene it contains. In addition, you also want to keep in mind that cooking destroys the Vitamin C, so for these benefits, the tomatoes need to be eaten raw.
• Tomatoes are good for your heart
Because of the Vitamin B and potassium in tomatoes, they are effective in reducing cholesterol levels and lowering blood pressure. Therefore, by including tomatoes in your regular balanced diet you can effectively prevent heart attacks, strokes as well as many other heart related problems that may threaten your life.
• Tomatoes are good for your hair
The Vitamin A in tomatoes works perfectly to keep your hair shiny and strong. In addition, it also does wonders for your eyes, skin, bones and teeth. In the sense that tomatoes would prevent early balding. Perhaps Elon musk started taking more of tomatoes..
• tomatoes improves eye sights
The Vitamin A found in tomatoes is fantastic for improving your vision. In addition, eating tomatoes is one of the best foods to eat to prevent the development
Fun fact: Tomatoes is the most common fruit used in Nigeria as majority of the population use it in making stew, stew this is a sauce popular made in Nigeria where tomatoes a blended with pepper as well as onions and use to make a form of sauce used In taking basically all food. The sauce can be used to take rice, yam potatoes the list is endless
Conclusion
Honestly I started this write up I only knew just a few key point about tomatoes but while conducting various research I got aquinted with othe health benefits of tomatoes to which I was oblivious to.
It's been fun writing about my favourite fruit and I would like to thank the organizers of this contest though it doesn't feel like a contest to me anymore it a safe learning place. I hope who ever reads this would also like tomatoes as much I do and possibly go and do his or her own research and tell us about Thier favourite fruits.
It's with this in mind that I invite @papi.mati @asilo and @varoad to participate in this contest with me
Welcome to our community Steemit Garden. Thank you very much for your participation in our contest. But tomatoes are a vegetable, and our competition is about fruits: apples, pears, bananas ...
You have done a great job to write this valuable post. He cannot win the competition, since you wrote about the vegetable. But I will nominate you for booming.
the uniqueness of your text is very high 97%. very nice.
Thank you very much for your kind words.
I really enjoyed writing this post for the community
Can I conduct further research and update you on my findings?
If tomatoes is a fruit or not
ok, continue your research. And if this is a fruit, then you will turn the opinion of many people.
This is indeed a nice post on tomato fruits, not arguing the fact about it's nutritional value. The different ways of consuming this food also amazes me, it can be eaten raw or used to prepare stew (sauce).
You choose a really nice fruit to fall in love with.
Thank you broo
There is really something amazing about tomatoes
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