Tomatoes are eaten raw or cooked?

Good chewing, nutrient-rich, usually older people the most basic requirements in choosing their food. Tomatoes as a result of the good compatibility of the two characteristics of the table as a lot of elderly people Jiapin, some elderly, or even as a day-to-day to eat the fruit.

However, China Agricultural University, Food Science and Nutrition College of Engineering, Associate Professor Fan Zhihong said that the elderly, especially the stomach is not a good person, not suitable for raw tomatoes. Because it is despite a high content of vitamin C, but still rare, cold, and slightly acidic and may lead to the physical weak on the elderly, increasing the stomach or cause indigestion cold.

Fan Zhihong said tomatoes useful on the human body contains the antioxidant lycopene ingredients, which reduce artery blockage, a certain degree to help prevent cancer. However, lycopene is fat-soluble substances, subject to the natural release of oil from cooking. Therefore, cooked tomatoes, especially after the heated vegetable oil to the dissolution of more lycopene, but also more conducive to the absorption of the human body.

Therefore, the elderly would be preferable to eating cooked tomatoes: with fried eggs, or laver, rape make soup. Cook soup in the process, preferably by adding an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, in order to facilitate the dissolution of lycopene.

In addition, the tomato skin to retain it would be best, since it high cellulose content, their skins will allow the elderly to eat together in the dietary intake at the same time, maintain intestinal health.