Author Topic: Tomatoes eaten raw or cooked? (Read 2983 times)

英语课 · « **on:** May 21, 2012, 10:59:04 AM »

Tomatoes eaten raw or cooked?

Which is better, to eat raw tomatoes or cooked?
Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, enhance immunity, prevent cancer, heart disease, make fair-skinned, but the Vitamin C has heat intolerance, heat will break it down; Lycopene in tomatoes is fat-soluble nutrients and it's stripping in cooking. It was found the strongest antioxidants right now, it can prevent cancer, anti-cardiovascular diseases, improve immunity, anti-aging. Therefore, it's better to eat raw or cooked tomatoes both.

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Gay · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2012, 05:04:35 PM »

Raw.

Be healthy!

JennyThompson · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2012, 06:08:13 PM »

Tomatoes can be consumed either ways. But you could obtain the exact nutrition from raw tomatoes as most of the nutrition would lower from heating.

toetapping · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2012, 01:55:58 PM »

Personally I prefer them cooked.

Here is an interesting article saying they are better for you cooked.

http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/cooked-tomatoes-are-better-than-raw-ones/

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