Tomato… Ndi olemera mu chiyani?

150 g ya tomato ndi gwero labwino kwambiri la vitamini A, C, K, potaziyamu ndi folic acid kwa tsiku lonse. Tomato alibe sodium, mafuta ochuluka, cholesterol, ndi ma calories. Kuphatikiza apo, amatipatsa thiamine, vitamini B6, magnesium, phosphorous ndi mkuwa, zofunika pa thanzi lathu. Tomato amakhalanso ndi madzi ambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azikhala ndi thanzi labwino. Kawirikawiri, kudya zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zambiri, kuphatikizapo tomato, kumalepheretsa kuthamanga kwa magazi, cholesterol yapamwamba, sitiroko, ndi matenda a mtima. Tomato amawongolera khungu lanu. Beta-carotene imateteza khungu lanu ku kuwala koyipa kwa UV. Lycopene yomwe imapezeka mu phwetekere imapangitsanso khungu kuti lisavutike ndi kuwonongeka kwa UV pakhungu, chimodzi mwazomwe zimayambitsa makwinya. Zamasambazi ndi zabwinonso ku thanzi la mafupa. Vitamini K ndi calcium zimathandizira kulimbitsa ndi kukonza mafupa. Lycopene imawonjezera mafupa, omwe ndi opindulitsa polimbana ndi matenda a osteoporosis. Tomato antioxidants (mavitamini A ndi C) amapha ma free radicals omwe amawononga ma cell. Tomato amathandizira kuti shuga m'magazi asamayende bwino. Izi zimachitika chifukwa cha chromium yomwe ili mu tomato, yomwe imayang'anira kuchuluka kwa shuga. Kafukufuku waposachedwapa wasonyeza kuti kudya tomato kumachepetsa chiopsezo cha macular degeneration, matenda aakulu komanso osasinthika. Tomato amawongoleranso tsitsi! Vitamini A imapangitsa tsitsi kukhala lowala (mwatsoka, masambawa sangathe kukhudza ubwino wa tsitsi, koma adzawoneka bwino). Kuphatikiza pa zonsezi, tomato amalepheretsa mapangidwe a miyala mu ndulu ndi chikhodzodzo.

Siyani Mumakonda