Health benefits

Cherry tomatoes, plum tomatoes, pear tomatoes, and beefsteak tomatoes are all from the same family. They differ from the shape but also by the color. We can find them red, yellow or orange.

Tomatoes are not as high in nutrients as other vegetables but they are the leader where vitamin C is concerned. A medium tomato (120 g) contains about 23 mg of vitamin C.

Vegetarians will not forget to add tomatoes to their salad. Its vitamin C will enhance the iron absorption.

This vegetable is poor in calories, only 21 calories per 100 g. No need to worry about your excess kilos, tomatoes will not add any more. On the contrary, it is the perfect vegetable for a diet. Rich in water (more than 90 %), tomato is a diuretic. It will help you eliminate toxins while you are on a diet.

Another reason to add tomatoes to your diet is that they have an alkali power. Acidosis is quite common in our society leading to many ailments such as headaches, fatigue, sleeplessness, absorption problems, arteriosclerosis, muscular aches, loss of calcium from the bones… Many people rely on anti acid but many food items would to the same work and tomatoes are one of them.

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